NBER Working Papers Cited in the Press


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This archive includes only citations posted in 1998. See the Working Paper citations page for other postings.

This is a partial list of NBER Working Papers cited in the press. If you are aware of any omissions, please email us. Whenever possible, include the name of the publication, title of the article, name of the NBER authors and NBER Working Paper number.

WP Number Press Title Authors NBER Working Paper Title

American Demographic
WP6240 Boomers May Go Bust Olivia S. Mitchell, James F. Moore Projected Retirement Wealth and Savings Adequacy in the Health and Retirement Study
WP6227 Boomers May Go Bust Bernheim, Skinner, Weinberg What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth Among U.S. Households?

Business Week

6840 Wanted: Black Entrepreneurs Blanchflower, Levine and Zimmerman Discrimination in the Small Business Credit Market
6755 It's Not Just Social Security Victor R. Fuchs Health Care for the Elderly: How Much? Who Will Pay for It?
6583 Steve Forbes, Muni Slayer Timothy Greimel, Joel Slemrod Did Steve Forbes Scare the Municipal Bond Market?
6549 A Penny Earned is a Penny Saved Christopher D. Carroll Why Do the Rich Save So Much?
6523 Are HMO Users Shortchanged? Sarah Feldman, David Scharfstein Managed Care Provider Volume
6484 A Good Spell in the Clink Daniel Kessler, Steven D. Levitt Using Sentence Enhancements to Distinguish between Deterrence and Incapacitation
6478 What Makes The Door So Golden: Social Security Favors Immigrants Alan Gustman, Thomas Steinmeier Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born
6299 Do Pollution Regs Cost Jobs? Eli Berman and Linda T. Bui Environmental Regulation and Labor Demand: Evidence from the South Coast Air Basin
6268 What Sparked Asia's Miracle? David E. Bloom, Jeffery G. Williamson Demographic Transitions and Economic Miracles in Emerging Asia

Christian Science Monitor

6681 Concerned About Retirement? It's Not as Bad as It Looks Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier Effects of Pensions on Saving: Analysis with Data from the Health and Retirement Study
6629 Behind the Beer Ads Sara Markowitz, Michael Grossman The Effects of Alcohol Regulation on Physical Child Abuse

The Economist

6478 Save Social Security? Here's a Thought Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born
6427 A hitchhiker's guide to hedge funds Brown, Goetzmann, Park Hedge Funds and the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997
6163 Small but perfectly formed Alesina, Spolaore, Wacziarg Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
6134 Growing old extravagantly Jonathan Gruber, David Wise Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World

Fortune Magazine

6536 Minimum Wage + $1 = More Poverty Neumark, Schweitzer, Wascher The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes: A Non-Parametric Analysis

Investor's Business Daily

6680 The IMF's Missteps Radelet and Sachs The Onset of the East Asian Financial Crisis
6612 Who Gets Aid? Alesina and Dollar Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?
6592 Levitt and Venkatesh An Economic Analysis of a Drug-Selling Gang's Finances
6577 Why Lease? Hendel and Lizzeri The Role of Leasing Under Adverse Selection
6488 Is Advertising Good Jeffrey Milyo, Joel Waldfogel The Effect of Price Advertising and Prices: Evidence in the Wake of 44 Liquormart
6478 Immigrants and Benefits Alan Gustman, Thomas Steinmeier Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born
6245 Caveat Emptor Hubbard Consumer Beliefs and Buyer and Seller Behavior in the Vehicle Inspection Market
6163 The Economics of Size Alesina,Wacziarg and Spolaore Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
6024 The Economics of Size Alesina and Wacziarg Openness, Country Size, and the Government
5928 A Car-Theft Solution? Ayres and Levitt Measuring Positive Externalities from Unobservable Victim Precaution: An Empirical Analysis of Lojack

Scientific American

6120 Sandra E. Black, Lisas M. Lynch How to Compete: The Impact of Workplace Practices and Information Technology on Productivity

Washington Post

6727 Unconventional Wisdom: Putting the Good in Good Government Lopez-de-Silanes, La Porta, Shleifer and Vishny The Quality of Government
6629 Unconventional Wisdom: Saved By Sin Taxes Sara Markowitz, Michael Grossman The Effects of Alcohol Regulation on Physical Child Abuse
6541 Unconventional Wisdom: Saved By Sin Taxes Frank Chaloupka, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula An Examination of Gender and Race Differences in Youth Smoking Responsiveness to Price and Tobacco Control Policies
6432 Unconventional Wisdom: Saved By Sin Taxes Henry Saffer, Frank Chaloupka Demographic Differentials in the Demand for Alcohol and Illicit Drugs
6359 Unconventional Wisdom: Saved By Sin Taxes Sara Markowitz, Michael Grossman Alcohol Regulation and Violence Towards Children

Worth Magazine

6295 Poterba, Venti, Wise Implications of Rising Personal Retirement Saving


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