NBER Working Papers Cited in the Press
This is a partial list of NBER Working Papers cited in the press within the last year.
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ABC News
| October 24, 2012 |
Popular Kids Paid More as Adults, Study Finds |
18111 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
| June 14, 2012 |
The Walmart Effect on Home Prices: Economists Say Home Prices Have Increased Near Stores |
18111 |
Devin G. Pope, Jaren C. Pope |
When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always? |
| July 8, 2011 |
Medicaid Makes Poor Healthier and States Poorer |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
ajc.com
| May 2, 2012 |
Study: Leisure gap growing |
17982 |
Orazio Attanasio, Erik Hurst, Luigi Pistaferri |
The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and Leisure Inequality in The US, 1980-2010 |
Associated Press
| October 01, 2011 |
Patient death puts spotlight on replacement nurses |
15855 |
Jonathan Gruber, Samuel A. Kleiner |
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State |
The Atlantic
| March 26, 2013 |
Let's Go Back to Grouping Students by Ability |
18848 |
Courtney A. Collins, Li Gan |
Does Sorting Students Improve Scores? An Analysis of Class Composition |
| March 27, 2013 |
Your 401(k) Is Out to Get You |
18764 |
Veronika K. Pool, Clemens Sialm, Irina Stefanescu |
It Pays to Set the Menu: Mutual Fund Investment Options in 401(k) Plans |
| March 27, 2013 |
Your 401(k) Is Out to Get You |
18686 |
Robin Greenwood, Andrei Shleifer |
Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns |
| March 8, 2013 |
The Bike Helmet Paradox |
18773 |
Pinka Chatterji, Sara Markowitz |
Effects of Bicycle Helmet Laws on Children's Injuries |
| November 19, 2012 |
How the Recession Improved Life Expectancy—But Didn't Make Us Healthier |
17657 |
Ann Huff Stevens, Douglas L. Miller, Marianne E. Page, Mateusz Filipski |
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality |
| September 24, 2012 |
Countries Tend to Be Too Optimistic About Their Budget Forecasts |
18283 |
Jeffrey A. Frankel, Jesse Schreger |
Over-optimistic Official Forecasts in the Eurozone and Fiscal Rules |
| May 3, 2012 |
Would Sales Taxes Put a Crimp in Online Shopping? |
18018 |
Liran Einav, Dan Knoepfle, Jonathan D. Levin, Neel Sundaresan |
Sales Taxes and Internet Commerce |
| April 27, 2012 |
New Research Suggests Federal Education Grants Are Working |
17990 |
Thomas Dee |
School Turnarounds: Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus |
| December 23, 2011 |
The HIV Discovery of the Year; Women Aren't Better Politicians |
17671 |
Fernando Ferreira, Joseph Gyourko |
Does Gender Matter for Political Leadership? The Case of U.S. Mayors |
| September 19, 2011 |
The No. 1 Reason Americans Are Getting Fatter: We're Not Smoking |
17423 |
Charles L. Baum, Shin-Yi Chou |
The Socio-Economic Causes of Obesity |
| June 20, 2011 |
Corporations Say Special Tax Holiday Will Create Jobs. Don't Believe Them |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
| May 3, 2011 |
Was 9/11 the Most Expensive Act in History? |
10580 |
Hugh Rockoff |
Until it's Over, Over There: The U.S. Economy in World War I |
The Baltimore Sun
| May 13, 2013 |
Why education should be considered a civil right |
17633 |
Martha J. Bailey, Susan M. Dynarski |
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion |
| January 8, 2012 |
Higher taxes save lives (sometimes) |
17709 |
Philip J. Cook, Christine Piette Durrance |
The Virtuous Tax: Lifesaving and Crime-Prevention Effects of the 1991 Federal Alcohol-Tax Increase |
Bloomberg Business Week
| May 9, 2013 |
Grabbing Jobs |
18901 |
Paul Beaudry, David A. Green, Benjamin M. Sand |
The Great Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Cognitive Tasks |
| May 2, 2013 |
NYU Prof: How to Spot a Dishonest Company |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
| December 18, 2012 |
Why Top Colleges Miss Great Students |
18586 |
Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery |
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low Income Students |
| November 22, 2012 |
Cure for Economic Slumps Seen in Raising Rates: Cutting Research |
18544 |
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martín Uribe |
The Making Of A Great Contraction With A Liquidity Trap and A Jobless Recovery |
| October 24, 2012 |
'Revenge of the Nerds' Writer on Popularity and Success |
18475 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
| September 28, 2012 |
Shiller Data on U.S. Questions Housing Revival Power |
18400 |
Karl E. Case, Robert J. Shiller, Anne Thompson |
What Have They Been Thinking? Home Buyer Behavior in Hot and Cold Markets |
| August 1, 2012 |
Culture Matters—Just Not as Much as Romney Thinks |
18130 |
Enrico Spolaore, Romain Wacziarg |
How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development? |
| June 3, 2012 |
Monetary Aid Coming as Wal-Mart Helps Housing: Cutting Research |
18111 |
Devin G. Pope, Jaren C. Pope |
When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always? |
| May 29, 2012 |
The Big Mac Theory of Development |
18006 |
Orley C. Ashenfelter |
Comparing Real Wages |
| May 1, 2012 |
Higher Taxes Won't Discourage Wealthy From Working Harder |
17616 |
Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Stefanie Stantcheva |
Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities |
| December 30, 2011 |
California Nurses Say Strike Champions Patients Over Profits |
15855 |
Jonathan Gruber, Samuel A. Kleiner |
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State |
| November 22, 2011 |
Births at 11-Year Low May Prolong Five-Year Housing Slump |
174852 |
Lisa J. Dettling, Melissa Schettini Kearney |
House Prices and Birth Rates: The Impact of the Real Estate Market on the Decision to Have a Baby |
Bloomberg.com
| April 4, 2013 |
Hidden Price-Fixing Signaled by Revolving Door: Cutting Research |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
| March 14, 2013 |
Yahoo Work-at-Home Edict Squanders Benefits: Cutting Research |
18871 |
Nicholas Bloom, James Liang, John Roberts, Zhichun Jenny Ying |
Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment |
| January 21, 2013 |
Women Would Travel for Abortions If Roe Falls, Study Says |
18338 |
Theodore J. Joyce, Ruoding Tan, Yuxiu Zhang |
Back to the Future? Abortion Before & After Roe |
| October 16, 2012 |
An Economics Nobel For Saving Lives |
18202 |
Itai Ashlagi, David Gamarnik, Michael A. Rees, Alvin E. Roth |
The Need for (long) Chains in Kidney Exchange |
| August 20, 2012 |
Private-Market Tooth Fairy Can't Cut Medicare Cost |
16977 |
Jason Brown, Mark Duggan, Ilyana Kuziemko, William Woolston |
How does Risk Selection Respond to Risk Adjustment? Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program |
| May 8, 2012 |
Nobody Immune From Income Volatility, Even Rich |
18035 |
Fatih Guvenen, Serdar Ozkan, Jae Song |
The Nature of Countercyclical Income Risk |
| April 30, 2012 |
Reinharts, Rogoff See Huge Output Losses From High Debt |
18015 |
Carmen M. Reinhart, Vincent R. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Debt Overhangs: Past and Present |
| February 2, 2012 |
You Can Cut Spending and Still Get Re-elected: Stephen L. Carter |
17655 |
Alberto F. Alesina, Dorian Carloni, Giampaolo Lecce |
The Electoral Consequences of Large Fiscal Adjustments |
| August 4, 2011 |
Decade of Fiscal Stimulus Yields Nothing but Debt: Caroline Baum |
17239 |
Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and Its Implications |
| July 27, 2011 |
Why the Debt Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think |
12344 |
Jerry Green, Laurence J. Kotlikoff |
On the General Relativity of Fiscal Language |
| July 7, 2011 |
How to Be a Patriot: Hire an Illegal Immigrant |
15507 |
Giovanni Peri |
The Effect of Immigration on Productivity: Evidence from US States |
| July 7, 2011 |
How to Be a Patriot: Hire an Illegal Immigrant |
16439 |
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri, Greg C. Wright |
Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs |
| July 7, 2011 |
How to Be a Patriot: Hire an Illegal Immigrant |
12497 |
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri |
Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages |
| July 7, 2011 |
How to Be a Patriot: Hire an Illegal Immigrant |
14490 |
Gordon H. Hanson |
The Economic Consequences of the International Migration of Labor |
| March 21, 2011 |
Harvard Isn't Worth It Beyond Mom's Party Chatter: Amity Shlaes |
16869
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Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner |
Math or Science? Using Longitudinal Expectations Data to Examine the Process of Choosing a College Major |
| March 21, 2011 |
Harvard Isn't Worth It Beyond Mom's Party Chatter: Amity Shlaes |
16730
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Kevin Lang, Erez Siniver |
Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel |
| March 21, 2011 |
Harvard Isn't Worth It Beyond Mom's Party Chatter: Amity Shlaes |
12245
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E. Han Kim, Adair Morse, Luigi Zingales |
Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge? |
bnet.com
| August 5, 2011 |
Anyone Can Get Uncle Sam's Small Business Advice. Maybe That's Not a Good Thing |
16521 |
James A. Brander, Qianqian Du, Thomas F. Hellmann |
The Effects of Government-Sponsored Venture Capital: International Evidence |
Boston Globe
| April 7, 2013 |
The blindness of football refs - quantified |
18883 |
Marianne Bertrand, Adair Morse |
Trickle-Down Consumption |
| March 10, 2013 |
Lawyers, the arms race |
18834 |
Orley C. Ashenfelter, David E. Bloom, Gordon B. Dahl |
Lawyers as Agents of the Devil in a Prisoner's Dilemma Game: Evidence from Long Run Play |
| March 3, 2013 |
Diverse college, higher wages |
18812 |
Barbara L. Wolfe, Jason Fletcher |
Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity |
| March 3, 2013 |
Unstoppably frisky teens |
18810 |
Silvie Colman, Thomas S. Dee, Theodore J. Joyce |
Do Parental Involvement Laws Deter Risky Teen Sex? |
| February 27, 2013 |
Small Mileage Differences Mean Big Price Differentials |
17030 |
Nicola Lacetera, Devin G. Pope, Justin R. Sydnor |
Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market |
| February 8, 2013 |
Hello, I'm Superman |
18690 |
John F. Helliwell, Haifang Huang |
Comparing the Happiness Effects of Real and On-line Friends |
| December 2, 2012 |
What welfare does to health |
18535 |
Hilary W. Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Douglas Almond |
Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net |
| November 18, 2012 |
What dirty money does to us |
18511 |
Andreas Leibbrandt, John A. List |
Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment |
| October 14, 2012 |
The US goes straight to your hips |
18422 |
Anna Aizer, Laura Stroud, Stephen Buka |
Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings |
| September 2, 2012 |
Give me power, Superman! |
18333 |
Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr |
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines |
| August 5, 2012 |
The power of revoking your bonuss |
18237 |
Roland G. Fryer, Jr, Steven D. Levitt, John List, Sally Sadoff |
Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Loss Aversion: A Field Experiment |
| June 24, 2012 |
"Stand your ground" laws lead to more homicides |
18134 |
Cheng Cheng, Mark Hoekstra |
Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Castle Doctrine |
| April 12, 2012 |
Polarized job market hurting those in middle, study says |
14063 |
Nir Jaimovich, Henry E. Siu |
The Young, the Old, and the Restless: Demographics and Business Cycle Volatility |
| March 25, 2012 |
Does financial aid make college more expensive? |
17827 |
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Claudia Goldin |
Does Federal Student Aid Raise Tuition? New Evidence on For-Profit Colleges |
| August 7, 2011 |
Do exam schools add value? |
17264 |
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak |
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools |
| June 25, 2011 |
Honor can kill you |
17113 |
Nico Voigtlaender, Hans-Joachim Voth |
Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany |
| June 25, 2011 |
Let's not open the door to corporate tax-dodging |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
| June 12, 2011 |
Gifted programs may not help |
17089 |
Sa A. Bui, Steven G. Craig, Scott A. Imberman |
Is Gifted Education a Bright Idea? Assessing the Impact of Gifted and Talented Programs on Achievement |
| May 22, 2011 |
The couple that votes together |
17023 |
Steven D. Levitt, Thomas J. Miles |
The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker: Evidence from the World Series of Poker |
| April 3, 2011 |
The breast-feeding penalty |
16882 |
Joel Waldfogel |
Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie? The Supply of New Recorded Music Since Napster |
| March 20, 2011 |
Social engineering fail |
16865 |
Scott E. Carrell, Bruce I. Sacerdote, James E. West |
From Natural Variation to Optimal Policy? The Lucas Critique Meets Peer Effects |
businessinsider.com
| April 22, 2013 |
Female Education Has Completely Changed Marriage In America |
18979 |
Fatih Guvenen, Michelle Rendall |
Women's Emancipation Through Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis |
| March 18, 2013 |
How To Know When Your Boss Or Company Is Hiding Something |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
CBS Money Watch
| October 22, 2012 |
How reducing our deficit can help our economy |
18336 |
Alberto Alesina, Carlo Favero, Francesco Giavazzi |
The Output Effect of Fiscal Consolidations |
| May 2, 2012 |
Leisure inequality: Who's bumming around more? |
17982 |
Orazio Attanasio, Erik Hurst, Luigi Pistaferri |
The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and Leisure Inequality in The US, 1980-2010 |
| May 2, 2012 |
Note to CEOs: Most mergers don't pay |
18024 |
Ulrike Malmendier, Enrico Moretti, Florian S. Peters |
Winning by Losing: Evidence on the Long-Run Effects of Mergers |
| March 28, 2012 |
Retail financial advisors looking out for themselves? |
17929 |
Sendhil Mullainathan, Markus Noeth, Antoinette Schoar |
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study |
| June 13, 2011 |
Mid-Year Money Check-Up |
17103 |
Annamaria Lusardi |
Americans' Financial Capability |
CBS News
| August 8, 2012 |
Study: Almost Half Of Americans Die With Less Than $10,000 In Assets |
17824 |
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise |
Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts |
| September 4, 2011 |
Bachmann "open" to eliminating corporate taxes |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
| July 22, 2011 |
Do working moms put their kids at risk? What new study says |
17212 |
Pinka Chatterji, Sara Markowitz, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn |
Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing |
| July 11, 2011 |
Proposed health cuts may limit access further |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
Chicago Tribune
| June 18, 2012 |
HAnalysis: Investors cling to cash to guard against euro fallout |
18120 |
Lee Pinkowitz, René M. Stulz, Rohan Williamson |
Multinationals and the High Cash Holdings Puzzle |
| April 18, 2012 |
Home > Business > Chicago Breaking Business
Science-, math-related majors headed for high salaries |
17985 |
Joseph G. Altonji, Erica Blom, Costas Meghir |
Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments: High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers |
| March 14, 2012 |
Many workers eyeing retirement with dread |
15321 |
Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo |
Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy |
| January 13, 2012 |
Banks start playing games with your money |
16433 |
Melissa Schettini Kearney, Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan, Erik Hurst |
Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products |
| June 15, 2011 |
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' wedding registry: More money, fewer problems? |
15161 |
Kasey S. Buckles, Melanie E. Guldi, Joseph Price |
Changing the Price of Marriage: Evidence from Blood Test Requirements |
Chron.com
| April 11, 2012 |
OnlinePharmaciesCanada.com and Other Verified Online Pharmacies Safe According to Study Published by the National Bureau of Economic Research |
17955 |
Roger Bate, Ginger Zhe Jin, Aparna Mathur |
Unveiling the Mystery of Online Pharmacies: an Audit Study |
| April 11, 2012 |
Wellesley Study Investigates Reasons for Record Lows in U.S. Teen Birth Rates; Shows Abstinence-Only Policies, Sex-Ed and the Recession Have Little Impact |
17964 |
Melissa Schettini Kearney, Phillip B. Levine |
Explaining Recent Trends in the U.S. Teen Birth Rate |
| April 11, 2012 |
Wellesley Study Investigates Reasons for Record Lows in U.S. Teen Birth Rates; Shows Abstinence-Only Policies, Sex-Ed and the Recession Have Little Impact |
17965 |
Melissa Schettini Kearney, Phillip B. Levine |
Why is the Teen Birth Rate in the United States so High and Why Does it Matter? |
| April 11, 2012 |
Wellesley Study Investigates Reasons for Record Lows in U.S. Teen Birth Rates; Shows Abstinence-Only Policies, Sex-Ed and the Recession Have Little Impact |
17157 |
Melissa Schettini Kearney, Phillip B. Levine |
Income Inequality and Early Non-Marital Childbearing: An Economic Exploration of the "Culture of Despair" |
| April 10, 2012 |
National Bureau of Economic Research Study Finds Drugs Purchased at PharmacyChecker.com Verified Websites are Safe and Affordable |
17955 |
Roger Bate, Ginger Zhe Jin, Aparna Mathur |
Unveiling the Mystery of Online Pharmacies: an Audit Study |
| October, 2011 |
HISD reforms boosted math scores, reading stagnant |
17494 |
Roland G. Fryer, Jr |
Creating "No Excuses" (Traditional) Public Schools: Preliminary Evidence from an Experiment in Houston |
The Chronicle of Higher Education
| January 28, 2013 |
What's the Payoff for the "Country Club" College? |
18745 |
Brian Jacob, Brian McCall, Kevin M. Stange |
College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption? |
| January 16, 2012 |
How the Recession Has Hit College Students Seeking Jobs on the Side |
17744 |
Judith Scott-Clayton |
What Explains Trends in Labor Supply Among U.S. Undergraduates, 1970-2009? |
| December 5, 2011 |
Inequality in Educational Attainment Has Grown, Especially Among Women, Report Says |
17633 |
Martha J. Bailey, Susan M. Dynarski |
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion |
| October 31, 2011 |
School Suspensions Among Boys May Be Linked to Lower College Attendance |
17541 |
Marianne Bertrand, Jessica Pan |
The Trouble with Boys: Social Influences and the Gender Gap in Disruptive Behavior |
| January 14, 2011 |
Gaming the Admissions System - With Social Benefits |
16663 |
Julie Berry Cullen, Mark C. Long, Randall Reback |
Jockeying for Position: Strategic High School Choice Under Texas' Top Ten Percent Plan |
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
| November 17, 2011 |
Charitable Deduction Faces a Fresh Challenge as Lawmakers Attempt to Close Deficit |
16921 |
Martin Feldstein, Daniel Feenberg, Maya MacGuineas |
Capping Individual Tax Expenditure Benefits |
cnbc.com
| June 11, 2012 |
If the CEO Owns a Yacht, Should You Sell the Stock? |
18001 |
Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, Abbie J. Smith |
Executives' "Off-The-Job" Behavior, Corporate Culture, and Financial Reporting Risk |
| April 13, 2012 |
Tax Refunds Being Used to Pay for Bankruptcy Filings |
17807 |
Tal Gross, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Jialan Wang |
Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates |
| April 5, 2012 |
For Gates-Like Wealth, Look Beyond Wall Street |
14644 |
Thomas Philippon, Ariell Reshef |
Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006 |
cnet News
| August 5, 2011 |
Econ 101: Solar panels increase home values |
17200 |
Samuel Dastrup, Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn |
Understanding the Solar Home Price Premium: Electricity Generation and "Green" Social Status |
CNN Money
| March 5, 2013 |
Why the Fed is failing to boost lending |
18857 |
Augustin Landier, David Sraer, David Thesmar |
Banks Exposure to Interest Rate Risk and The Transmission of Monetary Policy |
| March 13, 2012 |
The marriage plot: Single CEOs make for riskier investments |
17904 |
Nikolai Roussanov, Pavel G. Savor |
Status, Marriage, and Managers' Attitudes To Risk |
| February 14, 2012 |
Is Bernanke's shyness holding back the economy? |
17836 |
Laurence M. Ball |
Ben Bernanke and the Zero Bound |
| May 24, 2011 |
Many don't have $2,000 for a rainy day |
17072 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel J. Schneider, Peter Tufano |
Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications |
CNN World
| June 5, 2012 |
China: An unlikely home for democracy? |
16948 |
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao |
Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China |
commonhealth.wbur.org
| April 2, 2012 |
Why Recessions Are Good For Your Health: Nursing Home Staffs? |
17657 |
Ann Huff Stevens, Douglas L. Miller, Marianne E. Page, Mateusz Filipski |
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality |
computerworld.com
| August 29, 2012 |
Innovation is the most abused word in tech |
18135 |
Christopher T. Downing, Francis A. Longstaff, Michael A. Rierson |
Inflation Tracking Portfolios |
The Economist
| May 2, 2013 |
Money can buy happiness |
18992 |
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers |
Subjective Well-Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation? |
| April 27, 2013 |
School's not out |
16277 |
Raquel Fernández |
Does Culture Matter? |
| April 20, 2013 |
Crisis-stricken Icelanders drink less and sleep more |
15639 |
Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Growth in a Time of Debt |
| July 28, 2012 |
Snoozing geysers
Crisis-stricken Icelanders drink less and sleep more |
18233 |
Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir, Nancy E. Reichman |
Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland |
| August 16, 2011 |
Two eagles, one crooked arrow |
16948 |
Ethan Ilzetzki, Enrique G. Mendoza, Carlos A. Vegh |
Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China |
| August 2, 2011 |
Tuesday morning quarterbacking |
16479 |
Ethan Ilzetzki, Enrique G. Mendoza, Carlos A. Vegh |
How Big (Small?) are Fiscal Multipliers? |
| June 8, 2011 |
Business-school research: Where to go for an IPO |
16916 |
Craig Doidge, G. Andrew Karolyi, Rene M. Stulz |
The U.S. Left Behind: The Rise of IPO Activity Around the World |
| April 7, 2011 |
Over to you |
12834 |
James Poterba, Steven Venti, David A. Wise |
The Decline of Defined Benefit Retirement Plans and Asset Flows |
Financial Post
| October 5, 2012 |
And now: Peak growth theory |
18315 |
Robert J. Gordon |
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds |
Financial Times
| May 16, 2013 |
How managers conceal the profits of price fixing |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
| October 3, 2012 |
Is the age of unlimited growth over? |
18315 |
Robert J. Gordon |
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds |
| August 24, 2012 |
Something for the weekend |
18141 |
Paul Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov, Yuhai Xuan |
The Cost of Friendship |
| December 28, 2011 |
What has the ECB done in the crisis? The role of TARGET balances |
17626 |
Hans-Werner Sinn, Timo Wollmershaeuser |
Target Loans, Current Account Balances and Capital Flows: The ECB's Rescue Facilityh |
| April 18, 2011 |
IMF is turning from ideology to evidence |
16805 |
Nicolas E. Magud, Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Capital Controls: Myth and Reality - A Portfolio Balance Approach |
| February 4, 2011 |
Something for the weekend |
16328 |
Ron Kaniel, Cade Massey, David T. Robinson |
The Importance of Being an Optimist: Evidence from Labor Markets |
The Fiscal Times
| December 19, 2011 |
Why America's College Students Don't Graduate |
15892 |
John Bound, Michael F. Lovenheim, Sarah Turner |
Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States |
Forbes
| Nvember 14, 2012 |
Women Aren't Held Back By an Ambition Gap. They're Just Held Back. |
18511 |
Andreas Leibbrandt, John A. List |
Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment |
| October 11, 2012 |
Senators Vote For Big Business - Stock Prices React |
18291 |
Lauren Cohen, Karl B. Diether, Christopher Malloy |
Legislating Stock Prices |
| October 3, 2012 |
Maybe US Economic Growth Won't Persist Forever |
18315 |
Robert J. Gordon |
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds |
| July 26, 2012 |
The Debt Overhang in the US Will Drive Interest Rates Lower |
18015 |
Carmen M. Reinhart, Vincent R. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Debt Overhangs: Past and Present |
| May 8, 2012 |
Financial Advisors Who Protest Too Much Are Probably Overcharging Clients |
17029 |
N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew C. Weinzierl |
An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy |
| March 30, 2012 |
Financial Advisors Encourage Bad Behavior |
17929 |
Sendhil Mullainathan, Markus Noeth, Antoinette Schoar |
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study |
| March 30, 2012 |
Why You Have The Pill To Thank For 30% Of Your Paycheck |
17922 |
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller |
The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wage |
| March 30, 2012 |
Why You Have The Pill To Thank For 30% Of Your Paycheck |
13045 |
Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine |
Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior |
| March 3, 2012 |
Forget Treasuries--Here's How To Earn A Higher Return From Uncle Sam |
17866 |
John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov |
The Decision to Delay Social Security Benefits: Theory and Evidence |
| June 11, 2011 |
Three Simple Questions Reveal Your Retirement Wellbeing |
17078 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Olivia S. Mitchell |
Financial Literacy and Planning: Implications for Retirement Wellbeing |
| February 18, 2011 |
Why It Pays To Be An Optimist |
16238 |
James J. Heckman, Seong Hyeok Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev, Adam Yavitz |
Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: A Reexamination of the Evidence From the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
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| February 3, 2011 |
Growth - Dealing with Market Shifts |
16300
|
John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, Javier Miranda |
Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young
|
Foreign Policy
| March/April 2001 |
The Lesser Evil? |
16542 |
C. Simon Fan, Chen Lin, Daniel Treisman |
Embezzlement Versus Bribery |
FoxNews.com
| April 27, 2011 |
'Peter' and 'Deborah' Are Top CEO Names |
9873 |
Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan |
Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination |
globalpost.com
| December 15, 2011 |
6,000 New York nurses threaten to protest |
15855 |
Jonathan Gruber, Samuel A. Kleiner |
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State |
The Globe and Mail
| April 9, 2013 |
Fries with that BA? The declining value of a degree |
18901 |
Paul Beaudry, David A. Green, Benjamin M. Sand |
The Great Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Cognitive Tasks |
| October 5, 2012 |
Who says you can't be a good mom and a CEO? |
17212 |
Pinka Chatterji, Sara Markowitz, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn |
Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing |
| December 21, 2011 |
It's the shortest day of the year. Time to celebrate |
17677 |
Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell |
Are Big-Time Sports a Threat to Student Achievement? |
| November 17, 2011 |
New U.S. retirees avoided big hit from recession |
17547 |
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai |
How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population in the Health and Retirement Study? |
| October 31, 2011 |
Want a better democracy? Build better primary schools |
16832 |
Jess Benhabib, Alejandro Corvalan, Mark M. Spiegel |
Reestablishing the Income-Democracy Nexus |
| October 31, 2011 |
Want a better democracy? Build better primary schools |
17432 |
Fabrice Murtin, Romain Wacziarg |
The Democratic Transition |
| June 10, 2011 |
Men: money smart, or just more confident? |
17078 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Olivia S. Mitchell |
Financial Literacy and Planning: Implications for Retirement Wellbeing |
| June 1, 2011 |
Why environmental red tape may be good for business |
17004 |
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Neidell |
The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity |
| January 26, 2011 |
Turning savers into buyers still a big challenge in China |
15093 |
Shang-Jin Wei, Xiaobo Zhang |
The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China |
The Huffington Post
| May 21, 2013 |
Illinois Corruption: Would Moving State's Capital To Chicago Reduce Our Rate Of Political Corruption? |
19027 |
Filipe R. Campante, Quoc-Anh Do |
Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from US States |
| April 18, 2012 |
The College Majors That Make You Richest: Report |
17985 |
Joseph G. Altonji, Erica Blom, Costas Meghir |
Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments: High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers |
| October 24, 2011 |
Divorce Rates Of 1960s And 1970s Responsible For Rise In Educated, Working Women, Study Shows |
17508 |
Raquel Fernandez, Joyce Cheng Wong |
The Disappearing Gender Gap: The Impact of Divorce, Wages, and Preferences on Education Choices and Women's Work |
| June 9, 2011 |
Americans Struggle With Financial Problems They Don't Understand: Study |
17103 |
Annamaria Lusardi |
Americans' Financial Capability |
The Hill
| October 24, 2011 |
EPA's proposed power-sector air rules will weaken American manufacturing |
8484 |
Michael Greenstone |
The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 & 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures |
ibtimes.com
| September 11, 2012 |
US Foreclosures Have Modest Impact On Nearby Home Prices: NBER |
18353 |
Kristopher Gerardi, Eric Rosenblatt, Paul S. Willen, Vincent Yao |
Foreclosure externalities: Some new evidence |
| March 31, 2012 |
Women On Contraception At An Early Age Do Better In Life And Career, Earns More Money: Study |
17922 |
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller |
The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages |
Inside Higher Ed(insidehighered.com)
| May 15, 2012 |
Brain Gain, Brain Drain |
18067 |
Chiara Franzoni, Giuseppe Scellato, Paula Stephan |
Foreign Born Scientists: Mobility Patterns for Sixteen Countries |
| May 15, 2012 |
Booms, Busts and College Ambitions |
18075 |
Michael F. Lovenheim, C. Lockwood Reynolds |
The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom |
Investors.com
| June 7, 2012 |
Corporations Hoard $1.7 Tril Cash As Job Gains Stall |
18120 |
Lee Pinkowitz, René M. Stulz, Rohan Williamson |
Multinationals and the High Cash Holdings Puzzle |
| April 4, 2011 |
Austerity Helps Economic Recovery, Recent Data Show |
15438 |
Alberto F. Alesina, Silvia Ardagna |
Large Changes in Fiscal Policy: Taxes Versus Spending |
International Business Times
| July 7, 2011 |
Study: Medicaid Coverage Has Major Positives |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
latimes.com
| April 26, 2013 |
High-cost borrowing is a new American norm, research finds |
18969 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Carlo de Bassa Scheresberg |
Financial Literacy and High-Cost Borrowing in the United States |
Mail Online (Daily Mail)
| March 30, 2012 |
How women who start taking the contraceptive pill earlier make more money over a lifetime |
17922 |
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller |
The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages |
marketplace.org
| May 15, 2012 |
A better college courtesy of the housing boom |
18075 |
Michael F. Lovenheim, C. Lockwood Reynolds |
The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom |
Money.usnews.com
| September 15, 2011 |
There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Investing |
17345 |
John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Katherine L. Milkman |
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions |
MPRNews -- minnesota.publicradio.org
| April 6, 2012 |
FDA's Stance On Online Pharmacies May Go Too Far, Study Says |
17955 |
Roger Bate, Ginger Zhe Jin, Aparna Mathur |
Unveiling the Mystery of Online Pharmacies: an Audit Study |
MSNBC
| October 22, 2012 |
Kids popular in high school earn more, study says |
18475 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
| May 24, 2011 |
Small rainy-day funds mean many could get drenched |
17072 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel J. Schneider, Peter Tufano |
Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications |
myfoxny.com
| August 2, 2011 |
Report: Elite High Schools Not Better For Standardized Testing |
17264 |
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak |
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools |
National Geographic
| March 10, 2011 |
Daylight Saving Time 2011: Why and When Does It Begin? |
14429 |
Matthew J. Kotchen, Laura E. Grant |
Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana |
National Journal
| July 20, 2012 |
Both Candidates Trying to Leverage the Big Divide in Bain Capital Debate |
17399 |
Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, Josh Lerner, Javier Miranda |
Private Equity and Employment |
| July 19, 2012 |
Did Bain Add Value to the Economy? |
14331 |
Phillip Leslie, Paul Oyer |
Managerial Incentives and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity |
National Review Online
| June 11, 2012 |
Is Federal Tuition Aid the Problem? |
17827 |
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Claudia Goldin |
Does Federal Student Aid Raise Tuition? New Evidence on For-Profit Colleges |
| August 30, 2011 |
Krueger's Faulty Minimum-Wage Study |
4509 |
David Card, Alan B. Krueger |
Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania |
NBCLatino.com
| March 20, 2013 |
Study: Low-income, high-achieving students think prominent universities are out of their league |
18586 |
Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery |
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low Income Students |
NYDailyNews.com
| January 8, 2012 |
A good teacher's lessons last a lifetime |
17699 |
Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Jonah E. Rockoff |
The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood |
| August 17, 2011 |
Women face difficulties staying, moving up in the workforce due to work-life balance and kids |
16582 |
Elizabeth Ty Wilde, Lily Batchelder, David T. Ellwood |
The Mommy Track Divides: The Impact of Childbearing on Wages of Women of Differing Skill Levels |
New York nymag.com
| August 1, 2011 |
Study That Suggests Competition for Spots in Elite Public Schools Is Overblown Is Unlikely to Deter Anyone From Said Competition |
17264 |
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak |
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools |
New York Post
| May 23, 2011 |
How high school fosters suicide |
9653 |
Brian A. Jacob, Lars Lefgren |
Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime |
The New York Times
| April 2, 2013 |
Investments in Education May Be Misdirected |
16201 |
Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman |
Investing in Our Young People |
| March 17, 2013 |
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor |
18586 |
Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery |
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low Income Students? |
| February 3, 2013 |
How Does Job Loss Affect Life Expectancy? |
18361 |
Courtney C. Coile, Phillip B. Levine, Robin McKnight |
Recessions, Older Workers, and Longevity: How Long Are Recessions Good For Your Health? |
| January 24, 2013 |
Housing Offers Hope of Strength in the Economy |
18667 |
Karl E. Case, John M. Quigley, Robert J. Shiller |
Wealth Effects Revisited: 1975-2012 |
| October 15, 2012 |
No More Industrial Revolutions? |
18315 |
Robert J. Gordon |
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds |
| September 12, 2012 |
Students Over Unions |
17699 |
Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Jonah E. Rockoff |
The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood |
| September 10, 2012 |
More Young Adults Have Insurance After Health Care Law, Study Says |
18200 |
Yaa Akosa Antwi, Asako S. Moriya, Kosali Simon |
Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate |
| August 30, 2012 |
Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds |
18334 |
Nir Jaimovich, Henry E. Siu |
The Trend is the Cycle: Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries |
| July 10, 2012 |
Education and Training Has Not Kept Pace |
16265 |
Steven J. Davis, R. Jason Faberman, John C. Haltiwanger |
The Establishment-Level Behavior of Vacancies and Hiring |
| June 5, 2012 |
Big Government, Small Families |
11146 |
Michele Boldrin, Mariacristina De Nardi, Larry E. Jones |
Fertility and Social Security |
| June 5, 2012 |
Big Government, Small Families |
12869 |
Isaac Ehrlich, Jinyoung Kim |
Has Social Security Influenced Family Formation and Fertility in OECD Countries? An Economic and Econometric Analysis |
| April 21, 2012 |
Finding Economic Lessons in Fading Era of Card Shows |
17959 |
Ginger Zhe Jin, Marc Rysman |
Platform Pricing at Sports Card Conventions |
| March 13, 2012 |
Would a Higher Top Tax Rate Raise Revenues? |
17616 |
Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Stefanie Stantcheva |
Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities |
| March 13, 2012 |
Would a Higher Top Tax Rate Raise Revenues? |
17860 |
Christina D. Romer, David H. Romer |
The Incentive Effects of Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from the Interwar Era |
| December 21, 2011 |
Study Links Winning Football and Declining Grades |
17677 |
Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell |
Are Big-Time Sports a Threat to Student Achievement? |
| December 15, 2011 |
Nurses Threaten Strike at 3 New York Hospitals |
15855 |
Jonathan Gruber, Samuel A. Kleiner |
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State |
| November 9, 2011 |
When Ozone Drops, Farm Workers Step Up the Pace |
17004 |
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Neidell |
The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity |
| November 6, 2011 |
The Next Fight Over Jobs |
17534 |
Jesse Rothstein |
Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession |
| October 23, 2011 |
No Holiday |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
| October 9, 2011 |
Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling |
17040 |
Henry S. Farber |
Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historical Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010 |
| October 2, 2011 |
Foreclosures Are Killing Us |
17310 |
Janet Currie, Erdal Tekin |
Is the Foreclosure Crisis Making Us Sick? |
| September 28, 2011 |
The Toll of Politics on Well-Being |
17128 |
Angus S. Deaton |
The Financial Crisis and the Well-Being of Americans |
| July 7, 2011 |
First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
| May 9, 2011 |
Poker as a Game of Skill |
17023 |
Steven D. Levitt, Thomas J. Miles |
The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker: Evidence from the World Series of Poker |
| April 27, 2011 |
When Bigger Bodies Mean Progress |
16938 |
Robert W. Fogel, Nathaniel Grotte |
An Overview of The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700 |
| March 17, 2011 |
Social Science Palooza II |
16540 |
Susan Helper, Morris M. Kleiner, Yingchun Wang |
Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing: Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing? |
| March 13, 2011 |
Radiation and Pregnancy |
13347 |
Douglas Almond, Lena Edlund, Marten Palme |
Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden |
| March 10, 2011 |
Danger at the Factory |
16803 |
Inas Rashad Kelly, Dhaval M. Dave, Jody L. Sindelar, William T. Gallo |
The Impact of Early Occupational Choice On Health Behaviors |
| February 14, 2011 |
The Plight of Generation Un
|
16659 |
Dhaval M. Dave, Nancy E. Reichman, Hope Corman, Dhiman Das |
Effects of Welfare Reform on Vocational Education and Training |
npr.org
| April 24, 2013 |
Home Sweet Home Costs More For Blacks And Latinos |
18069 |
Patrick Bayer, Marcus D. Casey, Fernando Ferreira, Robert McMillan |
Estimating Racial Price Differentials in the Housing Market |
| October 23, 2012 |
Study: Being Popular May Boost Your Income |
18475 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
| October 19, 2011 |
To Curb Abortions, Opponents Focus On The 'Supply-Side' |
15825 |
Silvie Colman, Theodore J. Joyce |
Regulating Abortion: Impact on Patients and Providers in Texas |
| September 4, 2011 |
Avoiding Last Place: Some Things We Don't Outgrow |
17234 |
Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich, Michael I. Norton |
"Last-place Aversion": Evidence and Redistributive Implications |
| July 7, 2011 |
Medicaid Makes 'Big Difference' In Lives, Study Finds |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
pbs.org
| July 8, 2011 |
As Cuts Loom, Study Finds Medicaid Works |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
reason.com
| January 13, 2012 |
The Pain of Bain Falls Mainly on Romney’s Campaign? Not Quite |
14207 |
Steven N. Kaplan, Per Stromberg |
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity |
Reuters.com
| July 9, 2012 |
COLUMN-Broker-sold funds still a hard sell |
16312 |
Diane Del Guercio, Jonathan Reuter, Paula A. Tkac |
Broker Incentives and Mutual Fund Market Segmentation |
| April 4, 2012 |
Undercover operation shows broker advice missteps |
17929 |
Sendhil Mullainathan, Markus Noeth, Antoinette Schoar |
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study |
| September 6, 2011 |
History points to fiscal solution to euro crisis |
17380 |
Michael D. Bordo, Agnieszka Markiewicz, Lars Jonung |
A Fiscal Union for the Euro: Some Lessons from History |
| July 15, 2011 |
Medicare Part D sees falling drug costs: study |
16431 |
Ernst R. Berndt, Murray L. Aitken |
Brand Loyalty, Generic Entry and Price Competition in Pharmaceuticals in the Quarter Century After the 1984 Waxman-Hatch Legislation |
| May 26, 2011 |
Top lobbying banks got biggest bailouts: study |
17076 |
Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, Thierry Tressel |
A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis |
SFGate the San Francisco Chronicle
| July 9, 2012 |
For-profit colleges must meet standards |
18201 |
Kevin Lang, Russell Weinstein |
Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges |
| December 26, 2011 |
CanadaDrugs.com is an Affordable Prescription Drug Alternative to the Over 9 Million US Adults Who Lost Health Coverage During the Recession |
17600 |
John Cawley, Asako S. Moriya, Kosali I. Simon |
The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession |
| November 17, 2011 |
A GOP debt plan would hit some popular tax breaks |
16921 |
Martin Feldstein, Daniel Feenberg, Maya MacGuineas |
Capping Individual Tax Expenditure Benefits |
| November 4, 2011 |
Dividend Swaps Signal No Slowdown as European Crisis Boils |
17416 |
Jules H. van Binsbergen, Wouter Hueskes, Ralph Koijen, Evert B. Vrugt |
Equity Yields |
| September 26, 2011 |
Patient's death heightens tensions after strike |
15855 |
Jonathan Gruber, Samuel A. Kleiner |
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State |
Slate
| May 8, 2013 |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Reduce Youth Violence |
19014 |
Sara Heller, Harold A. Pollack, Roseanna Ander, Jens Ludwig |
Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment |
| November 26, 2012 |
Kill the 401(k)? The accounts cost the government billions -- and they might not be helping us save. |
18565 |
Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Soren Leth-Petersen, Torben Nielsen, Tore Olsen |
Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowdout in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark |
| February 1, 2012 |
Food for Naught |
17794 |
Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian |
Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War |
smartmoney.com
| April 2, 2012 |
Financial Advisers Flunk Undercover Sting |
17929 |
Sendhil Mullainathan, Markus Noeth, Antoinette Schoar |
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study |
| October 17, 2011 |
Short-Term Solutions to Long-Term Care |
17451 |
Jeffrey Brown, Amy Finkelstein |
Insuring Long Term Care In the US |
startribune.com
| October 26, 2012 |
Popular in high school, rich later on |
18475 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
TheStreet.com
| March 13, 2012 |
Don't Invest if the CEO Is Single? |
17904 |
Nikolai Roussanov, Pavel G. Savor |
Status, Marriage, and Managers' Attitudes To Risk |
| April 18, 2011 |
Government Keeps Losing With TIPS |
16358 |
Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis A. Longstaff, Hanno Lustig |
Why Does the Treasury Issue Tips? The Tips-Treasury Bond Puzzle |
Time
| May 9, 2013 |
We're Doing a Lousy Job of Getting Poor Kids to College |
18586 |
Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery |
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low Income Students |
| November 27, 2012 |
Why the Fiscal Cliff is the Wrong Thing to Worry About |
15639 |
Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Growth in a Time of Debt |
| October 18, 2012 |
Can an Online Degree Really Help You Get a Job? |
17710 |
David J. Deming, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz |
The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators? |
| June 4, 2012 |
The Unexpected Effects of Walmart Coming to Town |
18111 |
Devin G. Pope, Jaren C. Pope |
When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always? |
| May 23, 2012 |
Retirees Taking Early Social Security Benefits Hits 35-Year Low |
17866 |
John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov |
The Decision to Delay Social Security Benefits: Theory and Evidence |
| March 29, 2012 |
Your Financial Adviser Might Be a Lemon |
17929 |
Sendhil Mullainathan, Markus Noeth, Antoinette Schoar |
The Market for Financial Advice: An Audit Study |
| March 5, 2012 |
How Much Do Income Taxes Affect Our Behavior? |
17860 |
Christina D. Romer, David H. Romer |
The Incentive Effects of Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from the Interwar Era |
| February 23, 2012 |
Retirement Buster: It's Your House, not Your Portfolio |
17547 |
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai |
How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population in the Health and Retirement Study? |
| January 9, 2012 |
For-Profit Schools: "Agile Predators" or Just Business Savvy? |
17710 |
David J. Deming, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz |
The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators? |
| October 27, 2011 |
Get Schooled: Class Size, College Tuition and More Education News |
17533 |
Susan Dynarski, Joshua M. Hyman, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach |
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion |
| October 11, 2011 |
Latest Housing Bust Casualty: Babies |
17485 |
Lisa J. Dettling, Melissa Schettini Kearney |
House Prices and Birth Rates: The Impact of the Real Estate Market on the Decision to Have a Baby |
| September 5, 2011 |
Are Foreclosures Making Us Sick? |
17310 |
Janet Currie, Erdal Tekin |
Is the Foreclosure Crisis Making Us Sick? |
| July 27, 2011 |
Does the Debt Ceiling Make Deficits Worse? |
17239 |
Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and Its Implications |
| July 21, 2011 |
Does Costco Cause Inflation? |
17220 |
Charles J. Courtemanche, Art Carden |
Competing with Costco and Sam's Club: Warehouse Club Entry and Grocery Prices |
| June 22, 2011 |
Study: ACT Test May Not Accurately Predict College Success |
17119 |
Eric P. Bettinger, Brent J. Evans, Devin G. Pope |
Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam |
| June 6, 2011 |
Is the Economy Hurting Your Kid's Report Card? |
17104 |
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, Dania V. Francis, Christina M. Gibson-Davis |
Children Left Behind: The Effects of Statewide Job Loss on Student Achievement |
| June 1, 2011 |
Half of Americans Can't Raise $2K in 30 Days |
17072 |
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel J. Schneider, Peter Tufano |
Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications |
| May 26, 2011 |
id Lobbying Cause the Financial Crisis? |
17076 |
Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, Thierry Tressel |
A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis |
| February 1, 2011 |
59 Billion Reasons Not to Invest in the Airline Industry |
16744 |
Severin Borenstein |
On the Persistent Financial Losses of U.S. Airlines: A Preliminary Exploration |
| January 20, 2011 |
Will Rising Food Prices Kill the Recovery? |
16563
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Luis Catao, Roberto Chang |
World Food Prices and Monetary Policy |
| January 3, 2011 |
Wall Street Journal vs. Sarah Palin |
16467 |
John Cawley, Chad Meyerhoefer |
The Medical Care Costs of Obesity: An Instrumental Variables Approach |
UPI.com
| October 2, 2012 |
Costs of cleaner air subject of study |
18392 |
Michael Greenstone, John A. List, Chad Syverson |
The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing
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| July 3, 2012 |
Severe weather: Stress may affect newborns |
18070 |
Janet Currie, Maya Rossin-Slater |
Weathering the Storm: Hurricanes and Birth Outcomes
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| March 26, 2012 |
The pill allowed women to earn more money |
17922 |
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller |
The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages
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| June 3, 2011 |
Lobbying spurred risk before credit crash, study says |
17076 |
Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, Thierry Tressel |
A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis
|
| April 6, 2011 |
Economist faults tying merit pay to tests |
16710 |
Derek Neal |
The Design of Performance Pay in Education
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USA Today
| April 2011 |
Larger debt debate looms on the Hill |
16827 |
Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff |
A Decade of Debt
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usnews.com
| October 11, 2012 |
Study: Job Market Growing More Polarized |
18334 |
Nir Jaimovich, Henry E. Siu |
The Trend is the Cycle: Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries
|
| March 15, 2012 |
High Teen Unemployment Could Hurt Future Job Growth |
5030 |
Christopher J. Ruhm |
Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?
|
U.S. News & World Report
| December 13, 2011 |
Loss of Health Insurance Much Likelier for Adults This Recession |
17600 |
John Cawley, Asako S. Moriya, Kosali I. Simon |
The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession
|
| February 2, 2011 |
Why We're Not Wired for Successful Retirements |
16740 |
Justine S. Hastings, Olivia S. Mitchell |
How Financial Literacy and Impatience Shape Retirement Wealth and Investment Behaviors
|
| January 19, 2011 |
5 Ways to Make Your 401(k) Balance Last Longer |
16675 |
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise |
The Drawdown of Personal Retirement Assets
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vancouversun.com
| March 27, 2012 |
Birth control and the gender wage gap |
17922 |
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller |
The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages
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The Wall Street Journal
| May 20, 2013 |
What's Holding Back Hiring? |
18668 |
Laurence M. Ball, Daniel Leigh, Prakash Loungani |
Okun's Law: Fit at Fifty? |
| May 20, 2013 |
What's Holding Back Hiring? |
19047 |
Menzie D. Chinn, Laurent Ferrara, Valérie Mignon |
Post-recession US Employment through the Lens of a Non-linear Okun's law |
| May 20, 2013 |
What's Holding Back Hiring? |
19048 |
Henry S. Farber, Robert G. Valletta |
Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market |
| May 16, 2013 |
More Talk, Less Violence: Helping Chicago's At-Risk Youth |
19014 |
Sara Heller, Harold A. Pollack, Roseanna Ander, Jens Ludwig |
Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment |
| April 30, 2013 |
In China, a Persistent Edge for Big Insiders: Study |
18680 |
James J. Choi, Li Jin, Hongjun Yan |
Informed Trading and Expected Returns |
| April 23, 2013 |
Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday |
18069 |
Patrick Bayer, Marcus D. Casey, Fernando Ferreira, Robert McMillan |
Estimating Racial Price Differentials in the Housing Market |
| April 5, 2013 |
Race. The Happiness Gap Shrinks |
18916 |
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers |
Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress |
| April 3, 2013 |
New Research Wins Plaudits for Pinpointing Antitrust Red Flags |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
| March 26, 2013 |
College Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs |
18901 |
Paul Beaudry, David A. Green, Benjamin M. Sand |
The Great Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Cognitive Tasks |
| March 26, 2013 |
Performance Has Long-Term Repercussions For Hedge Funds Managers: NBER |
18903 |
Jongha Lim, Berk A. Sensoy, Michael S. Weisbach |
Indirect Incentives of Hedge Fund Managers |
| March 23, 2013 |
Losing out to the Joneses |
18883 |
Marianne Bertrand, Adair Morse |
Trickle-Down Consumption |
| March 23, 2013 |
Clues to Price-Fixing |
18886 |
Tanja Artiga González, Markus Schmid, David Yermack |
Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide |
| February 25, 2013 |
China Has Its Own Debt Bomb |
18290 |
Alan M. Taylor |
The Great Leveraging |
| February 16, 2013 |
Helmet Headwind |
18773 |
Pinka Chatterji, Sara Markowitz |
Effects of Bicycle Helmet Laws on Children's Injuries |
| January 28, 2013 |
Study: China Underestimated House Price Growth in Beijing, Shanghai |
18403 |
Yongheng Deng, Joseph Gyourko, Jing Wu |
Land and House Price Measurement in China |
| January 23, 2013 |
Rising House Prices, Not Stocks, Make People Feel Wealthy |
18667 |
Karl E. Case, John M. Quigley, Robert J. Shiller |
Wealth Effects Revisited: 1975-2012 |
| January 15, 2013 |
High School Graduation Rate Moves Up |
18701 |
Richard J. Murnane |
U.S High School Graduation Rates: Patterns and Explanations |
| January 14, 2013 |
Air Conditioning Is a Double Edged Sword |
18692 |
Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone, Joseph S. Shapiro |
Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century |
| February 3, 2013 |
Teachers vs. Bleachers |
18745 |
Brian Jacob, Brian McCall, Kevin M. Stange |
College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption? |
| November 23, 2012 |
Higher Interest Rates as a Job-Creation Strategy |
18544 |
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martin Uríbe |
The Making Of A Great Contraction With A Liquidity Trap and A Jobless Recovery |
| November 19, 2012 |
Higher Rates Would Boost Growth, Paper Argues |
18544 |
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martin Uríbe |
The Making Of A Great Contraction With A Liquidity Trap and A Jobless Recovery |
| November 9, 2012 |
Workplace. Which Sex Bargains More? |
18511 |
Andreas Leibbrandt, John A. List |
Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment |
| October 22, 2012 |
Popular Kids in High School Earn More Later in Life |
18475 |
Gabriella Conti, Andrea Galeotti, Gerrit Mueller, Stephen Pudney |
Popularity |
| October 22, 2012 |
The Best In... Staying Fit |
18166 |
Florian Heiss, Adam Leive, Daniel McFadden, Joachim Winter |
Plan Selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data |
| October 19, 2012 |
Week in Ideas: Daniel Akst |
18317 |
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw, Christopher T. Stanton |
The Value of Bosses |
| August 29, 2012 |
Half of Americans die with almost no money |
17824 |
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise |
Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts |
| August 25, 2012 |
Number of the Week: How Much Would State Bans Reduce Abortions? |
18338 |
Theodore J. Joyce, Ruoding Tan, Yuxiu Zhang |
Back to the Future? Abortion Before & After Roe |
| August 20, 2012 |
Paper: Foreign Banks Were Biggest TAF Borrowers |
18304 |
Efraim Benmelech |
An Empirical Analysis of the Fed's Term Auction Facility |
| August 6, 2012 |
Using Postal Service to Gauge Government Efficiency |
18268 |
Alberto Chong, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer |
Letter Grading Government Efficiency |
| July 27, 2012 |
"Loss Aversion," Teacher Bonuses and Student Performance |
18237 |
Roland G. Fryer, Jr, Steven D. Levitt, John List, Sally Sadoff |
Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Loss Aversion: A Field Experiment |
| May 29, 2012 |
Democracy Improves Lives of People in China |
18101 |
Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, Yang Yao |
The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China |
| May 10, 2012 |
2009 Federal Tobacco Tax Increase Cut Number of Youth Smokers by At Least 220,000 in First Two Months Alone, New Study Shows |
18026 |
Jidong Huang, Frank J. Chaloupka, IV |
The Impact of the 2009 Federal Tobacco Excise Tax Increase on Youth Tobacco Use |
| April 28, 2012 |
Number of the Week: Using Big Macs to Compare Wages |
18006 |
Orley C. Ashenfelter |
Comparing Real Wages |
| January 23, 2012 |
State Bank Regulators More Lenient Than Federal Counterparts |
17736 |
Sumit Agarwal, David Lucca, Amit Seru, Francesco Trebbi |
Inconsistent Regulators: Evidence From Banking |
| January 21, 2012 |
New Study Tallies Private Equity's Jobs Role |
17399 |
Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, Josh Lerner, Javier Miranda |
Private Equity and Employment |
| December 19, 2011 |
Not So Golden Oldies |
17663 |
Dirk Jenter, Katharina Lewellen |
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions |
| November 7, 2011 |
How much must you save for a "secure" retirement? |
17536 |
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise |
The Composition and Draw-down of Wealth in Retirement |
| October 24, 2011 |
The Tax Reform Evidence From 1986 |
17531 |
Martin S. Feldstein |
The Tax Reform Act of 1986: Comment on the 25th Anniversary |
| October 3, 2011 |
Heritage: Repatriation Tax Holiday Wouldn't Create Jobs |
15248 |
Michael Faulkender, Mitchell Petersen |
Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act |
| September 6, 2011 |
On jobs, better late than never |
16246 |
Claudia R. Sahm, Matthew D. Shapiro, Joel Slemrod |
Check in the Mail or More in the Paycheck: Does the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus Depend on How It Is Delivered? |
| August 31, 2011 |
Tying Health Problems to Rise in Home Foreclosures |
17310 |
Janet Currie, Erdal Tekin |
Is the Foreclosure Crisis Making Us Sick? |
| August 3, 2011 |
Five investments for a falling dollar |
17260 |
Martin S. Feldstein |
What's Next for the Dollar? |
| July 28, 2011 |
The retirement-savings crisis is overblown |
17203 |
Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder |
Economic Preparation for Retirement |
| June 23, 2011 |
Tax-Repatriation Holiday Gathers Some Steam |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
| June 6, 2011 |
Most Americans Haven't Planned for Retirement and Other Areas of Concern |
17103 |
Annamaria Lusardi |
Americans' Financial Capability |
| May 26, 2011 |
Lobbying by Banks Before Financial Crisis Paid Off Big, Study Says |
17076 |
Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, Thierry Tressel |
A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis |
| April 27, 2011 |
Medicare As We've Known It Isn't an Option |
14296 |
Claudio Lucarelli, Jeffrey Prince, Kosali Simon |
Measuring Welfare and the Effects of Regulation in a Government-Created Market: The Case of Medicare Part D Plans
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| April 25, 2011 |
10 Things Your Coworkers Won't Say |
16396 |
David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moretti, Emmanuel Saez |
Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer Salaries on Job Satisfaction
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| April 25, 2011 |
How Health Reform Punishes Work |
16729 |
Raj Chetty, Adam Guren, Dayanand S. Manoli, Andrea Weber |
Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference Between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities
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| April 16, 2011 |
Corporate Tax Hurdles: A World of Difference |
16839 |
Yuyu Chen, Ginger Zhe Jin, Naresh Kumar, Guang Shi |
The Promise of Beijing: Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality
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| March 29, 2011 |
Most of Beijing's Olympic Pollution Cleanup Evaporated a Year Later |
16907 |
Yuyu Chen, Ginger Zhe Jin, Naresh Kumar, Guang Shi |
The Promise of Beijing: Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality
|
| March 14, 2011 |
Saving Daylight, Wasting Electricity |
14429 |
Matthew J. Kotchen, Laura E. Grant |
Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana?
|
| February 15, 2011 |
Chinese Savings Binge to End? |
16771 |
Dennis Tao Yang, Junsen Zhang, Shaojie Zhou |
Why Are Saving Rates so High in China?
|
| February 7, 2011 |
Which Parts of Stimulus Worked Best? |
16759 |
James Feyrer, Bruce Sacerdote |
Did the Stimulus Stimulate? Real Time Estimates of the Effects of the American Readjustment and Recovery Act
|
| February 7, 2011 |
Savers' impatience hinders retirement goals |
16740 |
Justine S. Hastings, Olivia S. Mitchell |
How Financial Literacy and Impatience Shape Retirement Wealth and Investment Behaviors
|
| February 7, 2011 |
A License to Shampoo: Jobs Needing State Approval Rise |
14979 |
Morris M. Kleiner, Alan B. Krueger |
Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
|
| January 19, 2011 |
Revisiting Bush 2008 Stimulus: Maybe It Did Spur Spending After All |
16684 |
Jonathan A. Parker, Nicholas S. Souleles, David S. Johnson, Robert McClelland |
Consumer Spending and the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008
|
| January 19, 2011 |
Revisiting Bush 2008 Stimulus: Maybe It Did Spur Spending After All |
15421 |
Claudia R. Sahm, Matthew D. Shapiro, Joel B. Slemrod |
Household Response to the 2008 Tax Rebate: Survey Evidence and Aggregate Implications
|
| January 8, 2011 |
Week in Ideas |
16606 |
Eric A. Hanushek |
The Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality
|
Washington Monthly
| May 13, 2013 |
Social Class: The Next Affirmative Action? |
17633 |
Martha J. Bailey, Susan M. Dynarski |
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion
|
| November 16, 2012 |
How Are Those Merit Scholarships Working Out? |
18530 |
Maria D. Fitzpatrick, Damon Jones |
Higher Education, Merit-Based Scholarships and Post-Baccalaureate Migration
|
The Washington Post
| April 25, 2013 |
High-cost loans seeing tremendous growth |
18869 |
Bruce D. Meyer, Wallace K.C. Mok |
Disability, Earnings, Income and Consumption |
| February 25, 2013 |
When driving a mile can cost you $448 |
18820 |
Meghan R. Busse, Nicola Lacetera, Devin G. Pope, Jorge Silva-Risso, Justin R. Sydnor |
Estimating the Effect of Salience in Wholesale and Retail Car Markets |
| February 22, 2013 |
Study: Gas taxes are six times as effective as stricter fuel-economy standards |
18685 |
Christopher R. Knittel |
The Energy-Policy Efficiency Gap: Was There Ever Support for Gasoline Taxes? |
| February 18, 2013 |
Study: Teen depression linked to higher property crime, but not violent crime |
18656 |
D. Mark Anderson, Resul Cesur, Erdal Tekin |
Youth Depression and Future Criminal Behavior |
| November 16, 2012 |
Origins of job market troubles hard to pinpoint |
18520 |
Robert A. Moffitt |
The U.S. Employment-Population Reversal in the 2000s: Facts and Explanations |
| October 14, 2012 |
Why we're facing a McJob recovery |
18334 |
Nir Jaimovich, Henry E. Siu |
The Trend is the Cycle: Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries |
| September 28, 2012 |
What if the U.S. economy stopped growing — forever? |
18315 |
Robert J. Gordon |
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds |
| September 25, 2012 |
Increased obesity is wiping out most health benefits of less smoking |
18407 |
Samuel H. Preston, Andrew Stokes, Neil K. Mehta, Bochen Cao |
Projecting the Effect of Changes in Smoking and Obesity on Future Life Expectancy in the United States |
| August 7, 2012 |
Are the unemployed looking for work in all the wrong places? |
18265 |
Ayşegül Şahin, Joseph Song, Giorgio Topa, Giovanni L. Violante |
Mismatch Unemployment |
| July 13, 2012 |
Study: Blacks and Hispanics pay 3 percent more for homes |
18069 |
Patrick Bayer, Marcus D. Casey, Fernando Ferreira, Robert McMillan |
Price Discrimination in the Housing Market |
| July 9, 2012 |
Study: Waiting to join Social Security can boost income for some retirees |
18210 |
John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov |
When Does It Pay to Delay Social Security? The Impact of Mortality, Interest Rates, and Program Rules |
| July 2, 2012 |
Study: For-profit college degrees don't help grads earn more |
18201 |
Kevin Lang, Russell Weinstein |
Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges |
| June 29, 2012 |
Study: Immigration increases high-school graduation rates for kids born here |
18047 |
Jennifer Hunt |
The Impact of Immigration on the Educational Attainment of Natives |
| June 25, 2012 |
A case against the sin tax |
18180 |
Henry Saffer, Dhaval Dave, Michael Grossman |
Behavioral Economics and the Demand for Alcohol: Results from the NLSY97 |
| June 10, 2012 |
Study: Companies run by ostentatiously wealthy CEOs more likely to perpetrate fraud |
18001 |
Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, Abbie J. Smith |
Executives' "Off-The-Job" Behavior, Corporate Culture, and Financial Reporting Risk |
| April 10, 2012 |
America's teen birth rate is at a new low -- and still 10 times higher than Switzerland's |
17965 |
Melissa Schettini Kearney, Phillip B. Levine |
Why is the Teen Birth Rate in the United States so High and Why Does it Matter? |
| March 8, 2012 |
International Women's Day: The real reason women get fewer patents than men do |
17888 |
Jennifer Hunt, Jean-Philippe Garant, Hannah Herman, David J. Munroe |
Why Don't Women Patent? |
| February 21, 2012 |
Exposing corruption can decrease voter turnout, researchers say |
17679 |
Alberto Chong, Ana L. De La O, Dean Karlan, Leonard Wantchekon |
Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes |
| February 11, 2012 |
Study: Female mayors don't govern differently, but they're better at being reelected |
17671 |
Fernando Ferreira, Joseph Gyourko |
Does Gender Matter for Political Leadership? The Case of U.S. Mayors |
| January 24, 2012 |
On banks, state regulators are more lax than federal ones |
17736 |
Sumit Agarwal, David Lucca, Amit Seru, Francesco Trebbi |
Inconsistent Regulators: Evidence From Banking |
| January 10, 2012 |
Bigger credit booms = bigger busts? |
17621 |
Oscar Jorda, Moritz HP. Schularick, Alan M. Taylor |
When Credit Bites Back: Leverage, Business Cycles, and Crises |
| December 30, 2011 |
Presenting the first-annual Wonky awards |
17312 |
Michael D. Bordo, Angela Redish, Hugh Rockoff |
Why didn't Canada have a banking crisis in 2008 (or in 1930, or 1907, or ...)? |
| December 17, 2011 |
The downside of unemployment benefits |
17570 |
Jesse Rothstein |
Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession |
| December 14, 2011 |
Study: High-skilled immigrants decrease poverty |
17570 |
Giovanni Peri |
The Impact of Immigration on Native Poverty through Labor Market Competition |
| December 5, 2011 |
Are vocational degrees a better path to employment? In the short run |
17504 |
Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann, Lei Zhang |
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle |
| November 16, 2011 |
Housing boom = baby boom |
17485 |
Lisa J. Dettling, Melissa Schettini Kearney |
House Prices and Birth Rates: The Impact of the Real Estate Market on the Decision to Have a Baby |
| November 11, 2011 |
Corporate lobbying is a very exclusive club |
17577 |
William R. Kerr, William F. Lincoln, Prachi Mishra |
The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying |
| October 30, 2011 |
How Social Security redistributes money from men to women |
17439 |
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai |
The Effects of Changes in Women's Labor Market Attachment on Redistribution Under the Social Security Benefit Formula |
| October 10, 2011 |
Minority students do better under minority teachers |
17381 |
Robert Fairlie, Florian Hoffmann, Philip Oreopoulos |
A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom |
| September 29, 2011 |
Highly-skilled immigrants drive U.S. business growth overseas |
17363 |
C. Fritz Foley, William R. Kerr |
Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity |
| September 16, 2011 |
Why Americans stopped relocating, in one graph |
17307 |
Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, Abigail K. Wozniak |
Internal Migration in the United States |
| September 9, 2011 |
Has executive pay ever gone down? Yes - in the 1940s |
17303 |
Carola Frydman, Raven Molloy |
Pay Cuts for the Boss: Executive Compensation in the 1940s |
| September 2, 2011 |
How we spend our time differently in a recession |
17270 |
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Melvin Stephens Jr. |
Employment, Wages and Voter Turnout |
| September 2, 2011 |
How we spend our time differently in a recession |
17259 |
Mark A. Aguiar, Erik Hurst, Loukas Karabarbounis |
Time Use During Recessions |
| August 28, 2011 |
Medicaid's cost conundrum |
17236 |
Mark Duggan, Tamara Hayford |
Has the Shift to Managed Care Reduced Medicaid Expenditures? Evidence from State and Local-Level Mandates |
| August 16, 2011 |
Health reform's $50 billion question: What's "affordable"? |
17279 |
Richard V. Burkhauser, Sean Lyons, Kosali I. Simon |
The Importance of the Meaning and Measurement of "Affordable" in the Affordable Care Act |
| August 14, 2011 |
Exam schools: Who needs them? |
17264 |
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak |
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools |
| July 19, 2011 |
Report finds 2 of 4 tests in ACT poor predictors of college success |
17119 |
Eric P. Bettinger, Brent J. Evans, Devin G. Pope |
Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam |
| July 7, 2011 |
Study: Medicaid coverage improves personal health and financial security for the uninsured |
17190 |
Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, The Oregon Health Study Group |
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year |
| June 20, 2011 |
Wonkbook: Is Obama secretly the greatest Republican ever? |
15023 |
Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes |
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act |
The Washington Times
| November 18, 2011 |
BACON: Link between poverty and obesity |
17483 |
Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, Patrick McAlvanah |
Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity
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