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Leveraging Rapid Antigen Tests in School-Aged Children
To keep schools safe, students enrolled at LAUSD schools were required to show a negative COVID-19 test in the two weeks prior to the first day. Is this a good use of scarce resources?
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How COVID Changed Life in Los Angeles: Recent Findings from a Longitudinal Survey
Data collected from Los Angeles residents between November 2020 and April 2021 offers insights into views on crime, public transit and other topics compared with pre-pandemic views.
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It is Time for the U.S. to Create a National COVID-19 Vaccination Registry
Schaeffer Center expert Jakub Hlávka writes that the U.S. is hurting itself by not having a single vaccination registry, which would enable faster reopening of key sectors of the economy as well as of international travel.
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Gender and Financial Literacy at Older Ages in America
Using data from the Understanding America Study, a new study assesses the extent to which the gender gap in financial literacy exists in women and men in the crucial years before retirement.
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While Politicians Fight Over Civic Education, Most Parents and Adults Agree on the Subject
Between mid-April and the end of May 2021, USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research asked 1,510 K-12 parents from the nationally representative Understanding America Study (UAS) how important they feel it is for students to learn about civics education topics in school.
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Using Behavioral Science to Inform Risk Communications
Experts from USC use behavioral sciences to help international organizations with risk messaging.
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Returning to In-Person Learning Might be More Complex than Simply Re-Opening Schools for Minority Families
A new study using data collected during the fall of 2020 shows large differences appear by race with 77% of Black and Hispanic parents using fully remote or hybrid learning options for their children, as compared with only 61% of white parents.
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Why the Vaccine Guidelines Work Against Blacks
By making COVID vaccine eligibility based on age, Black communities were left out despite making up a larger portion of COVID-19 deaths and infections.
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Can Educational Interventions Reduce Susceptibility to Financial Fraud?
A new study from USC’s Center for Economic and Social Research and the FINRA Foundation examines whether short, online educational interventions can improve adults’ ability to spot fraudulent investment opportunities.
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