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How DMV questions shape organ donor registration decisions

How DMV questions shape organ donor registration decisions

Wharton professor of business economics and public policy Judd Kessler explores whether rewording organ donor questions at the DMV can meaningfully increase registration rates.

Is housework holding back wage equality?

Is housework holding back wage equality?

New research from Wharton associate professor of business economics and public policy Corinne Low links unequal domestic workloads to stalled progress on closing the wage gap—and even declining marriage rates.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Nafisa Bangura (left) and Angelica Dadda (right) doing hands-on experimental work in the Composto Lab.

Nafisa Bangura (left) and Angelica Dadda (right) examine CoolSeal-treated asphalt bricks in the Composto Lab to better understand how this coating behaves in controlled environments.

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Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia

Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.

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How to enable public policy climate solutions

How to enable public policy climate solutions

When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing carbon sinks, and promoting adaptation to a changing climate, solutions abound. Implementing these solutions through policy, however, is anything but simple.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

2 min. read

Survey finds some confusion over mammogram guidelines

Survey finds some confusion over mammogram guidelines

A recent survey question by the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that some Americans appear to be confused about when women with an average risk of breast cancer should begin a regimen of regular mammograms. The survey finds that nearly half of those surveyed know that age 40 is when women at an average risk of breast cancer should begin to have mammograms every other year, and 11% are not sure.