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Assessing FMLA: Results from 2018 Surveys
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56% of private workers are eligible for medical leave under the FMLA, and 95 percent of worksites reported positive or neutral perceptions of the law’s effects.
Using Behavioral Insights to Market a Workplace Safety Program: Evidence From a Multi-Armed Experiment
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An Abt evaluation found marketing OSHA’s safety consultation service via brochure was effective but incorporating behavioral nudges didn’t increase uptake.
Susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae From Côte D’Ivoire to Insecticides Used on Insecticide-Treated Nets: Evaluating the Additional Entomological Impact of Piperonyl Butoxide and Chlorfenapyr
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Tests in Cote d’Ivoire show vector susceptibility to ITNs treated with chlorfenapyr to be much higher than for pyrethroids alone or with piperonyl butoxide.
Developing the SafeWater CBX Benefit-Cost Model
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More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm. To weigh regulatory options, the Environmental Protection…
CDC’s Zika Domestic Readiness Campaign
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After the initial 2016 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil and other countries, the public’s concern waned, and but the Zika virus still posed a threat to women who were pregnant or planning to become pregnant throughout the Americas. In the midst of a rapidly…
Service Function Review of Palliative Care Services
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Abt's review of palliative care services for the Australian Capital Territory Government identified critical gaps in service capacity and coordination.
Serving Unemployment Insurance Claimants During a Public Health Crisis: The Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Program and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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This brief explores COVID-19 challenges to Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program operations and state strategies to address them.
Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES)
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Many Americans struggle in the labor market even when overall economic conditions are good. Unemployment is persistently high for some demographic groups and in certain geographic areas, and a large proportion of working-age adults – about one in five in…
The Prekindergarten Age-Cutoff Regression-Discontinuity Design: Methodological Issues and Implications for Application
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Rental Housing Results from Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
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Abt is merging databases with information on rental housing results from low-income housing tax credits to inform decision-making.