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...maybe the argument is flawed. New research by David Barker of the University of Iowa and Eric Miller of the Congressional Budget Office indicates that homeownership actually has little to no effect on how kids do in school. Their paper, "Homeownership and Child Welfare," which appears in the summer issue of Real Estate Economics, is drumming up interest in housing-policy circles for calling into question one of the basic rationales for encouraging people to own homes. It's yet another idea - like house prices always go up, and down payments aren't that important - being re-evaluated...
Barnes was born on August 6, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn., and grew up there as the middle child of three boys. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover, he went on to Amherst to study English and rose to become president of his class and captain of the varsity football team...
...afraid of heights as a child. Conquered the fear at age 11, when he was locked out of his parents' seventh-floor apartment and climbed the building...
...including regulatory reform. Leaning less on export-oriented growth doesn't mean cutting back on exports if the government uses deregulation to stimulate domestic consumption, says Naohiro Yashiro, an economics professor at Tokyo's International Christian University. The DPJ plans to do that by increasing household income through monthly child allowances and the elimination of highway tolls, which should have the same effect as tax cuts. It also aims to develop new environmental technologies and create jobs in nursing, health care and agriculture. Toshihiro Ihori, an economics professor at Tokyo University, says that in addition to regulatory reform, offering favorable...
...Being a conscious parent is so important - being able to connect with both your strengths and your vulnerabilities before you start working with your child. Like on an airplane, they say to put your own air mask on before you put one on your child. Know yourself before you start to parent...