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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Todd Jones |Benjamin Cowan |Jeff Swigert |Southern Utah
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big ideaMoms of school-age children get significantly less sleep during the school year than during the summer. We are economists who specialize in education and health research. We combined extensive data on school district schedules with information derived from the American Time Use Survey to explore the ways families use their time differently depending on whether school is in session or out for summer.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Morgan M. Gerard |Josh Kaplowitz
Among President Donald Trump’s directives issued on his first day in office was a Presidential Memorandum targeting wind energy, which has been a significant source of new electricity generation in the United States over the past decade, totaling around 10% of utility-scale generation.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
nber.org | Benjamin Cowan
Skip to main content The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Related
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Josh Kaplowitz |Gerald Pels
The one-two punch of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (“Loper Bright”) and Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Corner Post”) this past week spun administrative law around and could put a wide range of current and anticipated federal regulations—particularly in the environmental arena—on the ropes.
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May 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan
On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard (DSL) as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The DSL is a small, spiny lizard endemic to the shinnery oak sand dunes of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, in the heart of the Permian Basin.
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May 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Josh Kaplowitz |Tyler Self
Introduction On May 1, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published its Final Rule implementing revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)—better known as Phase 2 (the “Final Rule”).[1] This rule, which takes effect on July 1, 2024, partially rolls back changes to the NEPA regulations made in 2020 by the Trump Administration[2], and implements statutory amendments enacted as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (“FRA”) (last year’s deal to raise...
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Todd Jones |Benjamin Cowan |Jeff Swigert |John Leicester
John Yang: Irina Sabalenka of Belarus won her second straight women's singles championship today at the Australian Open tennis tournament. This first Grand Slam event of the year is an example of a growing trend in women's professional sports. Eight players in the tournament had returned to the sport after pausing their careers to have children. As Ali Rogin tells us, it's a scenario that's playing out on the courts, fields and tracks around the world.
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Oct 8, 2023 | 
mommyinlosangeles.com | Todd Jones |Benjamin Cowan |Jeff Swigert
A lot of ABC’s and not enough Zzz’sBy Todd Jones, Benjamin Cowan & Jeff Swigert“Mothers spend more time taking care of others”Three economists who specialize in education and health research combined extensive data on school district schedules with information derived from the American Time Use Survey to explore the ways families use their time differently depending on whether school is in session or out for summer. Here is their report.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
newsnationnow.com | Todd Jones |Benjamin Cowan |Jeff Swigert
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
(The Coversation) – Moms of school-age children get significantly less sleep during the school year than during the summer.
We are economists who specialize in education and health research. We combined extensive data on school district schedules with information derived from the American Time Use Survey to explore the ways families use their time differently depending on whether school is in session or out for summer.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
wane.com | Todd Jones |Benjamin Cowan |Jeff Swigert
Less sleep, less exercise and less relaxation – here’s the data on just how much parents sacrifice during the school year | WANE 15
