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Special Online Collection: Life Cycles

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Life CyclesThis week, Science and its online companion sites the Science of Aging Knowledge Ennvironment (SAGE KE) and ScienceCareers.org explore lessons learned from studies of humans at various stages of the life cycle, from infancy to old age. In Science, News and Perspective articles look at factors that influence child development, how our political views and perceptions of happiness change with time, and the demographic effects of balancing work and family. A related Perspective in SAGE KE examines how an aging population will affect the workforce. And a collection of articles on ScienceCareers.org focuses on a subset of social science careers dealing with decision, risk, and management sciences.

In Science

INTRODUCTION

Science Looks at Life >
B. Jasny, D. Kennedy, and E. Marshall

NEWS

The Baby Deficit >
M. Balter
The Bomb That Wasn’t >
M. Balter

PERSPECTIVES

Some Frontiers in Social Science >
W. P. Butz and B. B. Torrey
Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children >
J. J. Heckman
Studying Adolescence >
L. M. Richter
Politics and the Life Cycle >
D. R. Kinder
Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer? A Focusing Illusion >
D. Kahneman, A. B. Krueger, D. Schkade, N. Schwarz, A. A. Stone
Redistributing Work in Aging Europe >
J. W. Vaupel and E. Loichinger
The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development >
L. L. Carstensen

Also in this issue:

Editorial: Alarm Bells Should Help Us Refocus
N. Lane

Book Review: The Perils of Prognostication
J. T. Jost

Book Review: Fishing Rights and Race Relations
N. J. G. Winter

Book Review: Stoking the Voters' Passions
J. N. Druckman

In Science of Aging Knowledge Environment

PERSPECTIVES

Aging On the Job >
J. Levine, J. Heet, and B. Burlingame
As the population ages, will the workforce decline along with it?

In ScienceCareers.org

FEATURE INDEX

Careers in the Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences
R. Arnette
How--and why--do we make the decisions we make? Science Careers examines the work and opportunities in an emerging interdisciplinary field.

ARTICLES

Europe: Deciding on a Career in Decision Science
E. Pain
Carlos Trujillo and Natalia Karelaia both left corporate jobs in their native countries to travel to Spain to study aspects of decision-making.
US: Decision Analysis Meets Environmental Policy
S. A. Webb
Environmental decisions often involve a baffling mix of cost, risk, benefit, and uncertainty.
US: Funding for Decision Science Research: Negotiating the Maze
A. Kotok
Decision-science funding is divided into programs for basic decision-making research and programs that focus on a wide variety of applications.
Europe: The Value of Working Together
A. Forde
German researchers Bettina Rockenbach and Ózgur Gürerk investigate why individuals choose to work together.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)