Izabela Marx

“Many volunteers and short-term relief efforts want to do what they assume is needed rather than what would result in the most sustainable good.”
― Innocent Magambi, Refugee For Life: My Journey across Africa to Find a Place Called Home

“face the challenges of learning a new language and finding a job in a country that may not recognize your qualifications. We’ve even heard of doctors cleaning toilets. Then there’s the matter of adapting to the weather, since most refugees resettle in colder climates. Finally, resettlement adds to the brain-drain, siphoning men and women who could contribute to society in their homelands. Yes, repatriation is better, but lack of opportunity often stands in the way of repatriation because there is nothing to go home to. Before fleeing their countries, many refugees cultivated the earth. When they fled, that land was almost always taken from them or at least occupied by others. Returning home to fight the occupiers can create conflict and cost lives. Many refugees either can’t go home or turn down offers of voluntary repatriation because they have nothing to return to.”
― Innocent Magambi, Refugee For Life: My Journey across Africa to Find a Place Called Home

“Second, studies tend to find that the impacts of both parents working are positive (i.e., working is better) for kids from poorer families, and less positive (or even slightly negative) for children from richer families.”
― Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

“One thing that is commonly seen is that children in families where one parent works part time and the other works full time tend to perform best in school—better than children whose parents both work full time or who have one parent who doesn’t work at all.3 This could be due to the working configuration, but I think it’s more likely due to differences between these families.4”
― Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool