A compact but complete handbook of zoning covering the story of the spread of this movement, the reasons for zoning, the experiences of various zoned cities, the correct principles and best practice, the legal pitfalls and a selected list of reference.
EDWARD M. BASSETT was chairman of the Zoning Committee of New York.
This paper examines how foreclosure practices during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) produced persistent declines in homeownership among younger cohorts. Using a border discontinuity design that exploits differences in state judicial versus nonjudicial foreclosure laws, and tracking individuals via address histories, the study estimates causal effects of foreclosure regimes on long-term homeownership and family outcomes.
Degree requirements remain common in job postings despite growing evidence that they may screen out qualified non-degree holders and contribute to labor market stratification that limits socioeconomic mobility. This project uses a two-stage field experiment to examine how hiring language shapes both candidate self-selection and employer evaluation, testing whether degree requirements generate inefficient sorting in terms of demographic characteristics (education, gender, and race) and skill match.
This booklet, reprinted from The Journal of Educational Psychology of April 1913, discusses tests used to select people for various jobs. It notes that some tests focus on vision, hearing, and color discrimination. Other tests are psychological evaluations, which aim to select among applicants those best fitted to perform the work.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet discusses the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of 1907, which made it illegal to declare a strike or lockout in mines or other public utilities until a full investigation into the merits of the dispute was completed. Topics include procedure under the act, serious strikes in the West, the act as a failure in coal mining, railroads and other public utilities, violations of the act, penalties not enforced, and lessons for the United States. Appendixes provide statistical tables and a bibliography.
BEN M. SELEKMAN worked in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet provides material related to a dispute between operators and miners in the bituminous-coal industry. After an introduction by Mary van Kleeck, director of the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation, it provides documents including an agreement between the mine workers and the coal mine administrator, the federal mine safety code, executive orders, and legal decisions.
EDWARD A. WIECK was a research associate in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet provides a directory of social agencies that existed in the United States in 1931.
BERTHA F. HULSEMAN was the librarian at the Russell Sage Foundation.
