According to a study by the Wharton School, the total of federal estate taxes paid in 2019 was about 100 times less than it would have been if the estate-tax-exemption limit had remained steady since 2000.
According to a study by Laura Gibson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues, many people don’t know that babies should be placed on their backs to sleep.
A paper co-authored by Jospeh Gyourko of the Wharton School finds that housing supply growth in Sun Belt metropolitan areas has decreased since the 2000s to rates almost as low as in hyper-expensive coastal cities.
A study by Zhengxia Dou of the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues found that diverting all food waste away from landfills in the U.S. would avoid about 10% of the planet-warming carbon emissions that come from the country’s agriculture sector.
In an opinion essay, Michael J. Stephen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that simple swimming ability, close supervision, and knowledge of CPR specific to a drowning victim would help reduce drowning deaths among children nationwide.
The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates that eliminating income taxes on Social Security benefits would lower federal revenue by $1.5 trillion over 10 years and increase the federal debt by 7% by 2054.
Joseph Teel of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people can get a blood test to see whether they already have antibodies against certain viral infections.
More than half of American women may be confused about when to start regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer, according to a survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, with comments by Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
Executive Director of Penn Washington Celeste Wallander says that a more capable and independent Europe will be more willing to defy U.S. priorities and make demands for cooperation.
