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Abortion
Abortion

Do State-Level Policies Impact Maternal Mortality?

By and ·February 24, 2020
Boston College

Could Expanding Access to Contraception Improve Economic Outcomes?

By , and ·August 20, 2019
Texas A&M University and Vanderbilt University

The Impact of Roe v. Wade on American Fertility

By ·July 11, 2018
Wellesley College

Unintended Consequences of an International Abortion Policy

By ·February 15, 2017
Swarthmore College
Agriculture
Agriculture

COVID-19 Impacts on Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition

By ·April 20, 2020
Tufts University

What is the Toll of Trade Wars on U.S. Agriculture?

By and ·January 15, 2020
Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Threats to U.S. Agriculture from U.S. Trade Policies (UPDATED)

By ·August 5, 2018
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By ·March 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anti-Trust
Anti-Trust

Is Big Bad? Evolving Anti-trust Concerns in the U.S. (VIDEO)

By and ·November 8, 2019
Tufts University

Big-Tech and the Resurgence of Antitrust

By and ·January 28, 2019
Tufts University

AT&T-Time Warner and New Thinking on Vertical Mergers

By and ·July 17, 2018
Tufts University

Could Increasing Market Power Among Firms be Hurting Workers’ Wages?

By ·April 22, 2018
University of Pennsylvania

Antitrust in the Information Age

By and ·November 21, 2017
Tufts University
Border Adjustment Tax
Border Adjustment Tax

Will Paul Ryan’s Tax Reform Set Off a Trade War?

By ·April 6, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Who Will Pay for the Wall?

By ·February 13, 2017
Robert M. LaFollette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

House GOP Tax Plan Aims to Boost Competitiveness, Might Also Violate Trade Law

By ·January 20, 2017
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Business Cycles
Business Cycles

How do Economic Crises End?

By ·March 23, 2020
Wellesley College

Coronavirus and the Health of the U.S. Economy

By and ·March 12, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and EconoFact

Responsiveness of the Safety Net During Downturns: Lessons from the Great Recession

By ·October 28, 2019
University of California, Davis

Why Is Inflation so Low?

By ·October 8, 2019
Wellesley College

How Low Can We Go? Prospects for Negative Interest Rates

By ·September 17, 2019
Williams College

What Can the Employment Report Tell Us?

By and ·September 2, 2019
Harvard University and EconoFact

Fed Policy: Is it Time to Take Away the Punch Bowl? (UPDATE)

By ·July 30, 2019
Williams College

What Information Does the Yield Curve Yield? (UPDATED)

By ·December 6, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Carbon Tax
Carbon Tax

Would a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor and the Middle Class? (VIDEO)

By and ·February 13, 2020
Tufts University

Carbon Taxes: What Can We Learn From International Experience?

By ·May 3, 2019
Tufts University

Higher Gasoline Taxes and Infrastructure: An Idea Whose Time has Come?

By ·April 7, 2018
Wellesley College

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By and ·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax

By ·February 10, 2017
Tufts University
China
China

What Aspects of the WTO is the Trump Administration Targeting for Reform?

By ·January 28, 2020
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Is China Weakening the Yuan to Fight U.S. Tariffs? (UPDATE)

By ·July 11, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Costs of Tariffs in the U.S.-China Trade War

By ·May 14, 2019
University of California, Davis

China’s Exchange Rate Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·May 6, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The Brookings Institution

What is the Problem of Forced Technology Transfer in China?

By ·August 3, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Can Both the United States and China Be Winners in a Global Technology Race?

By ·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

U.S. Trade Policy: Going it Alone vs. Abiding by the World Trade Organization

By and ·June 15, 2018
Harvard University and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By and ·May 25, 2017
Harvard University and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Import Limits on Steel and Aluminum: Protecting National Security or Protectionism?

By ·May 9, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Is China a Non-Market Economy, and Why Does It Matter?

By ·April 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Is China a Currency Manipulator?

By ·January 20, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Climate Change
Climate Change

Would a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor and the Middle Class? (VIDEO)

By and ·February 13, 2020
Tufts University

What Are the Financial Risks From Climate Change?

By ·January 21, 2020
University of California, Santa Cruz

Development and Climate Change: International Dimensions of a Global Problem (VIDEO)

By and ·December 9, 2019
Tufts University

Clearing the Air on the Costs of Pollution

By ·October 18, 2019
Cornell University

The Carbon Tax (VIDEO)

By and ·September 19, 2019
Tufts University

Carbon Taxes: What Can We Learn From International Experience?

By ·May 3, 2019
Tufts University

Global Temperature and Human Activity

By ·April 20, 2019
Harvard University

Flood Insurance in a World with Rising Seas

By , and ·October 15, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Learning from Hurricane Sandy? Rising Seas and Housing Values in New York

By and ·May 2, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Can U.S. and U.K. Forest Bioenergy Subsidies Have Adverse Climate Consequences?

By and ·August 15, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By and ·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax

By ·February 10, 2017
Tufts University

Will the Trump Energy Policy help Appalachia?

By ·January 26, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Coronavirus
Coronavirus

Using Mobile Money to Help the Poor in Developing Countries

By ·July 6, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Paradox of Medical Costs During the Pandemic

By and ·June 30, 2020
Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Willis Towers Watson

States Face Daunting Budget Gaps. What Can Be Done?

By , and ·June 25, 2020
Northeastern University, UMass Dartmouth, and Northeastern University

Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Economic Impacts on Immigrants

By , and ·June 17, 2020
University of Colorado Denver, University of California, Berkeley and Williams College

Recovering from the COVID-19 Economic Crisis

By and ·June 11, 2020
Wellesley College and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

(How) Will We Pay Back the Federal Debt?

By and ·June 9, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The University of California, Berkeley

Housing Markets and the COVID-19 Crisis

By ·June 5, 2020
Tufts University

Unequal Employment Impacts of COVID-19

By , , , , , and ·June 1, 2020
Indiana University, Ohio State University and University of Georgia

Disparities in Access to Health Care During a Pandemic

By and ·May 27, 2020
University of Colorado Denver and Vanderbilt University

Work-based Risks to Latino Workers and their Families From COVID-19

By and ·May 26, 2020
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Incarceration and the COVID-19 Crisis

By , and ·May 20, 2020
Texas A&M University, New York University and University of Pennsylvania

COVID-19 Impact on Indigenous Peoples in the U.S.

By ·May 12, 2020
University of California, Los Angeles

Risks of Growing Debt vs. Fiscal Stringency in the COVID-19 Crisis

By and ·May 11, 2020
The Brookings Institution and EconoFact

Income Assistance for Low-Income Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis

By and ·May 7, 2020
Wellesley College and Northwestern University

Are Rich People Really Less Generous?

By ·May 5, 2020
Texas A&M University

Essential and Frontline Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis

By , and ·April 30, 2020
Cornell University and DIW Berlin / Universität Hamburg

Prioritizing Testing and Workplace Re-opening Under COVID-19

By , and ·April 29, 2020
Wayne State University and Wayne State School of Medicine

Labor Demand in the Time of COVID-19

By , and ·April 24, 2020
University of Rochester, McGill University and Stony Brook University

COVID-19 Impacts on Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition

By ·April 20, 2020
Tufts University

Tracking COVID-19 Symptoms and Impact in Real Time: A Survey-Based System

By ·April 17, 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Economic Fallout from the COVID-19 Crisis on Developing Economies

By and ·April 14, 2020
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

How is the Coronavirus Crisis Affecting the Municipal Bond Market?

By ·April 8, 2020
Brandeis University

The Unemployed and Essential Low-Wage Workers After the CARES Act

By and ·April 6, 2020
Dartmouth College and Wellesley College

Lives vs. Livelihoods? Lessons from the Ebola Epidemic

By ·April 5, 2020
Swarthmore College

Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families

By and ·March 30, 2020
Barnard College, Columbia University and Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Tracking the Pandemic’s Trajectory: COVID-19 Cases vs. Deaths in the U.S.

By ·March 26, 2020
University of Michigan

COVID-19 Social Insurance Payments to U.S. Households

By and ·March 26, 2020
University of Maryland

How do Economic Crises End?

By ·March 23, 2020
Wellesley College

Unemployment Insurance Fixes to Address the Coronavirus Fallout

By and ·March 22, 2020
Dartmouth College and Wellesley College

Challenges of Equitable Rapid Response Cash Payments

By ·March 20, 2020
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Policy Responses to the Economic Consequences of Coronavirus

By and ·March 17, 2020
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Lessons From the 1918 Flu Pandemic

By and ·March 17, 2020
Wellesley College

What is the Fed Doing to Stabilize Financial Markets?

By ·March 15, 2020
Williams College

Coronavirus and the Health of the U.S. Economy

By and ·March 12, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and EconoFact
Crime
Crime

Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault

By , and ·July 19, 2018
Texas A&M University, University of Technology Sydney, and Montana State University

Can Employment-Focused Programs Reduce Reincarceration Rates?

By ·June 29, 2018
Texas A&M University

Access to Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug Overdose Deaths, and Crime

By , and ·March 16, 2018
Texas A&M University and Montana State University

Catch-22? Mass Shootings and Gun Control Legislation

By and ·December 14, 2017
Wellesley College

Do Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce the Use of Force?

By ·November 17, 2017
University of Virginia

The Effects of ‘Ban the Box’ on the Employment of Black Men

By and ·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

The Economic Case for Sentencing Reform

By and ·May 19, 2017
University of Texas, Austin

Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?

By ·February 14, 2017
Batten School, University of Virginia
Crime and Criminal Justice
Crime and Criminal Justice

Policing in Minority Communities

By and ·June 29, 2020
Texas A&M University and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Wider Effects of Police Killings in Minority Neighborhoods

By ·June 24, 2020
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Economics Research on Racial Disparities in Policing

By and ·June 16, 2020
University of California, Los Angeles

Incarceration and the COVID-19 Crisis

By , and ·May 20, 2020
Texas A&M University, New York University and University of Pennsylvania

Does Deporting Immigrants Lower Crime? Evidence from Secure Communities

By and ·December 11, 2019
University of California, Davis

Sentencing Reform Update: The Economic Case for the “First Step Act”

By ·December 18, 2018
University of California, Los Angeles

Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault

By , and ·July 19, 2018
Texas A&M University, University of Technology Sydney, and Montana State University

Can Employment-Focused Programs Reduce Reincarceration Rates?

By ·June 29, 2018
Texas A&M University

Access to Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug Overdose Deaths, and Crime

By , and ·March 16, 2018
Texas A&M University and Montana State University

Do Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce the Use of Force?

By ·November 17, 2017
University of Virginia

The Effects of ‘Ban the Box’ on the Employment of Black Men

By and ·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

The Economic Case for Sentencing Reform

By and ·May 19, 2017
University of Texas, Austin

Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?

By ·February 14, 2017
Batten School, University of Virginia
Deregulation
Deregulation

How Do Occupational Licensing Rules Affect the Health Care Sector?

By , and ·October 9, 2018
Emory University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

The Jones Act and the Cost of Shipping Between U.S. Ports

By and ·October 19, 2017
Brandeis University and Harvard University

Does Occupational Licensing Represent Excessive Regulation?

By ·April 20, 2017
Rutgers University

Will ‘Deconstructing the Administrative State’ Spur Economic Growth?

By ·March 14, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Rules, Regulations, and Social Benefits

By ·March 8, 2017
University of Texas, Austin
Economic Growth
Economic Growth

Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth

By ·February 2, 2020
Oxford University

Government Budget Deficits and Economic Growth (UPDATE)

By ·February 1, 2020
Fletcher School, Tufts University

How Fast Did the Economy Grow Last Year?

By and ·March 5, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Explains Slow Productivity Growth in the United States? (VIDEO)

By and ·November 25, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Putting the Recent Swings in Stock Market Indexes into Context

By ·February 8, 2018
Brandeis University

Do Current GOP Tax Reform Proposals Resemble Reagan’s Tax Reforms?

By ·November 29, 2017
Kennedy School, Harvard University

Immigration and Economic Growth in the U.S., 2000-2015

By ·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

Can the U.S. Economy Sustain 3½ to 4 Percent Economic Growth?

By ·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By and ·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University
Economic Policy
Economic Policy

Policy Responses to the Economic Consequences of Coronavirus

By and ·March 17, 2020
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

No Free Lunches: Budget Constraints in Public Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·November 18, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Wellesley College

Big-Tech and the Resurgence of Antitrust

By and ·January 28, 2019
Tufts University

What Tools Does the U.S. Have to Combat the Next Recession? (VIDEO)

By and ·December 12, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Information Does the Yield Curve Yield? (UPDATED)

By ·December 6, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

No Free Lunches: The Hard Arithmetic of Economics

By ·September 28, 2018
Wellesley College

AT&T-Time Warner and New Thinking on Vertical Mergers

By and ·July 17, 2018
Tufts University

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By and ·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

Has the day of the Congressional Budget Office come and gone?

By ·June 12, 2017
Wellesley College

The Decline in the Dollar

By and ·June 2, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University

Are Economic Statistics Fake News?

By ·April 2, 2017
Wellesley College

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By ·March 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Council of Economic Advisers and the Role of Expert Economic Advice

By ·February 21, 2017
University of California, Davis

Can the U.S. Economy Sustain 3½ to 4 Percent Economic Growth?

By ·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College
Economic Statistics
Economic Statistics

Tracking COVID-19 Symptoms and Impact in Real Time: A Survey-Based System

By ·April 17, 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Measuring How Well the Economy is Doing (VIDEO)

By and ·September 30, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Wellesley College

What Can the Employment Report Tell Us?

By and ·September 2, 2019
Harvard University and EconoFact

Why Does the Census Matter for State and Local Governments?

By and ·March 22, 2019
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

How Fast Did the Economy Grow Last Year?

By and ·March 5, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Explains Slow Productivity Growth in the United States? (VIDEO)

By and ·November 25, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Does the Stock Market Tell us About Politics?

By and ·May 14, 2018
Boston University and Dartmouth College

Are Economic Statistics Fake News?

By ·April 2, 2017
Wellesley College
Education Policy
Education Policy

International Students and U.S. Higher Education

By ·July 17, 2019
Carleton College

Does Career Technical Education Pay?

By , and ·May 31, 2019
University of California, Davis and Abt Associates

Breaking Barriers to College for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students

By ·March 17, 2019
University of Michigan

Demographic Changes Pose Challenges for Higher Education

By ·July 29, 2018
Carleton College

Teacher Pension Paradox: Rising Costs and Stagnant or Declining Benefits

By and ·May 17, 2018
University of Missouri

Going Away to College? School Distance as a Barrier to Higher Education

By ·March 22, 2018
University of Notre Dame

The University Endowment Income Tax: Who Will Pay it and Why Was it Implemented?

By ·January 25, 2018
Wellesley College

How Proposed Changes in State and Local Tax Deductions Matter for Public Schools

By ·November 9, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

The Case For Protecting Student Loan Borrowers

By ·July 17, 2017
University of Michigan

College Financial Aid: What You Don’t Know Can Cost You

By ·May 30, 2017
Wellesley College

The Diploma Gap: Growing Costs of an Unfinished College Education

By ·May 24, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education

Income Differences in Education: the Gap Within the Gap

By and ·April 20, 2017
Syracuse University and University of Michigan

School Vouchers: Promise and Pitfalls

By ·March 25, 2017
UCLA, Luskin School of Public Affairs

Education Funding: Tax Credits Cost the Federal Government Money

By ·March 21, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Can Investing in Public Colleges Serve as an Infrastructure Project?

By ·February 2, 2017
Harvard University

Charter Schools: The Michigan Experience and the Limits on the Federal Role

By ·January 31, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Employment Skills Training
Employment Skills Training

Do Summer Youth Employment Programs Work?

By ·June 28, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Does Career Technical Education Pay?

By , and ·May 31, 2019
University of California, Davis and Abt Associates

Is the Skills Gap Real? Changes in Employer Skill Requirements During the Great Recession

By ·March 8, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Can Employment-Focused Programs Reduce Reincarceration Rates?

By ·June 29, 2018
Texas A&M University
Energy and Environmental Policy
Energy and Environmental Policy

Carbon Taxes: What Can We Learn From International Experience?

By ·May 3, 2019
Tufts University

Global Temperature and Human Activity

By ·April 20, 2019
Harvard University

Flood Insurance in a World with Rising Seas

By , and ·October 15, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Oil Prices: Is it Déjà vu All Over Again?

By ·June 3, 2018
Tufts University

Learning from Hurricane Sandy? Rising Seas and Housing Values in New York

By and ·May 2, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York
Energy Policy
Energy Policy

Why are Coal and Nuclear Power in Trouble?

By ·August 27, 2018
Tufts University

Oil Prices: Is it Déjà vu All Over Again?

By ·June 3, 2018
Tufts University

Higher Gasoline Taxes and Infrastructure: An Idea Whose Time has Come?

By ·April 7, 2018
Wellesley College

Can U.S. and U.K. Forest Bioenergy Subsidies Have Adverse Climate Consequences?

By and ·August 15, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By and ·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax

By ·February 10, 2017
Tufts University

Will the Trump Energy Policy help Appalachia?

By ·January 26, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Environmental Policy
Environmental Policy

Would a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor and the Middle Class? (VIDEO)

By and ·February 13, 2020
Tufts University

Clearing the Air on the Costs of Pollution

By ·October 18, 2019
Cornell University

The Carbon Tax (VIDEO)

By and ·September 19, 2019
Tufts University

Carbon Taxes: What Can We Learn From International Experience?

By ·May 3, 2019
Tufts University

Oil Prices: Is it Déjà vu All Over Again?

By ·June 3, 2018
Tufts University

Will ‘Deconstructing the Administrative State’ Spur Economic Growth?

By ·March 14, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Exchange Rates
Exchange Rates

China’s Exchange Rate Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·May 6, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The Brookings Institution

The Financial and Economic Crisis in Turkey

By ·August 22, 2018
University of Maryland

The Decline in the Dollar

By and ·June 2, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By ·March 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Who is Responsible for the Strong Dollar? And What can be Done?

By ·February 1, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Federal Budget Deficit
Federal Budget Deficit

Government Budget Deficits and Economic Growth (UPDATE)

By ·February 1, 2020
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Staring Down the Debt Limit

By and ·July 22, 2019
Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center

What is Modern Monetary Theory?

By and ·June 7, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and Williams College

How Big is the Problem of Tax Evasion?

By and ·April 3, 2019
Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center

Are Growing Federal Budget Deficits and Debt Cause for Concern?

By ·February 13, 2019
Brookings Institution

No Free Lunches: The Hard Arithmetic of Economics

By ·September 28, 2018
Wellesley College

Do Current GOP Tax Reform Proposals Resemble Reagan’s Tax Reforms?

By ·November 29, 2017
Kennedy School, Harvard University

Are Global Imbalances a Source of Concern?

By ·September 29, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Do Immigrants Cost Native-Born Taxpayers Money?

By and ·July 26, 2017
Cornell University and University of California at Berkeley

Welfare and the Federal Budget

By ·July 25, 2017
University of Maryland
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank

What is the Fed Doing to Stabilize Financial Markets?

By ·March 15, 2020
Williams College

What Are the Financial Risks From Climate Change?

By ·January 21, 2020
University of California, Santa Cruz

How Low Can We Go? Prospects for Negative Interest Rates

By ·September 17, 2019
Williams College

Fed Policy: Is it Time to Take Away the Punch Bowl? (UPDATE)

By ·July 30, 2019
Williams College

What’s the Problem with Low Inflation?

By ·August 6, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Leaning on The Fed

By ·April 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Financial Markets
Financial Markets

How is the Coronavirus Crisis Affecting the Municipal Bond Market?

By ·April 8, 2020
Brandeis University

What is the Fed Doing to Stabilize Financial Markets?

By ·March 15, 2020
Williams College

Coronavirus and the Health of the U.S. Economy

By and ·March 12, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and EconoFact

What Are the Financial Risks From Climate Change?

By ·January 21, 2020
University of California, Santa Cruz

Is the Rise in U.S. Corporate Debt Cause for Concern?

By ·September 8, 2019
Brandeis University

What Problems (If Any) Arise From Stock Buybacks?

By ·April 29, 2019
Brandeis University

What Information Does the Yield Curve Yield? (UPDATED)

By ·December 6, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

What Does the Stock Market Tell us About Politics?

By and ·May 14, 2018
Boston University and Dartmouth College

Putting the Recent Swings in Stock Market Indexes into Context

By ·February 8, 2018
Brandeis University
Financial Regulation
Financial Regulation

Is Financial Regulation Doing the Right Amount to Prevent Cascading Crises?

By ·April 12, 2018
Brandeis University

The Dodd–Frank Financial Reform

By ·September 8, 2017
Kennedy School, Harvard University

Is the Volcker Rule in the Cross Hairs?

By ·March 1, 2017
Brandeis University

Consumer Financial Protection: In Need of Protection

By ·February 23, 2017
Harvard University

What is at Stake in the Battle over the Fiduciary Duty Rule?

By ·February 8, 2017
Brandeis University
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy

States Face Daunting Budget Gaps. What Can Be Done?

By , and ·June 25, 2020
Northeastern University, UMass Dartmouth, and Northeastern University

Risks of Growing Debt vs. Fiscal Stringency in the COVID-19 Crisis

By and ·May 11, 2020
The Brookings Institution and EconoFact

Government Budget Deficits and Economic Growth (UPDATE)

By ·February 1, 2020
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Staring Down the Debt Limit

By and ·July 22, 2019
Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center

The Political Considerations in Fiscal Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·June 20, 2019
The Brookings Institution and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·April 28, 2019
The Brookings Institution and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Are Growing Federal Budget Deficits and Debt Cause for Concern?

By ·February 13, 2019
Brookings Institution

What Tools Does the U.S. Have to Combat the Next Recession? (VIDEO)

By and ·December 12, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution
Governance
Governance

Election Infrastructure and the Market for Voting Technology

By and ·February 11, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and EconoFact

Voting and Income

By ·February 7, 2019
University of California, Los Angeles

Unintended Consequences: Lessons From an Anti-Fraud Reform

By ·June 1, 2017
Boston University

Leaning on The Fed

By ·April 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Rules, Regulations, and Social Benefits

By ·March 8, 2017
University of Texas, Austin

Business Success Versus Government Success

By ·February 7, 2017
Boston University

The Corrosion from Corruption

By ·February 2, 2017
Boston University
Government Debt
Government Debt

(How) Will We Pay Back the Federal Debt?

By and ·June 9, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The University of California, Berkeley

Staring Down the Debt Limit

By and ·July 22, 2019
Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center

What is Modern Monetary Theory?

By and ·June 7, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and Williams College

The Burden of Public Pension Promises on State and Local Budgets

By and ·December 19, 2018
Brandeis University and Stanford University

No Free Lunches: The Hard Arithmetic of Economics

By ·September 28, 2018
Wellesley College

A Public Pension Time-Bomb?

By ·August 2, 2017
Brandeis University

Puerto Rico’s Debt Trap

By ·May 16, 2017
Brandeis University
Health Care
Health Care

The Paradox of Medical Costs During the Pandemic

By and ·June 30, 2020
Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and Willis Towers Watson

Disparities in Access to Health Care During a Pandemic

By and ·May 27, 2020
University of Colorado Denver and Vanderbilt University

How Do Occupational Licensing Rules Affect the Health Care Sector?

By , and ·October 9, 2018
Emory University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

How Large a Burden are Administrative Costs in Health Care?

By and ·September 6, 2018
University of British Columbia and Harvard University
Health Policy
Health Policy

Clearing the Air on the Costs of Pollution

By ·October 18, 2019
Cornell University

Health Insurance Without the Individual Mandate: Can a Three-legged Stool Stand on Two Legs?

By and ·November 7, 2018
Indiana University

How Do Occupational Licensing Rules Affect the Health Care Sector?

By , and ·October 9, 2018
Emory University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

How Large a Burden are Administrative Costs in Health Care?

By and ·September 6, 2018
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

Opioids and Early Death in America

By , and ·September 23, 2017
Dartmouth College
Housing
Housing

Housing Markets and the COVID-19 Crisis

By ·June 5, 2020
Tufts University

What Can Policy Do to Make Housing More Affordable? (VIDEO)

By and ·October 16, 2019
Tufts University

Is Homeownership a Good Way to Build Wealth? (VIDEO)

By and ·September 12, 2019
Tufts University

Do Low-Income Families Build Wealth Through Homeownership?

By and ·April 9, 2019
Tufts University

Flood Insurance in a World with Rising Seas

By , and ·October 15, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Are We Seeing a New Housing Bubble?

By ·June 27, 2018
Tufts University

Learning from Hurricane Sandy? Rising Seas and Housing Values in New York

By and ·May 2, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York
Immigration Policy
Immigration Policy

Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Economic Impacts on Immigrants

By , and ·June 17, 2020
University of Colorado Denver, University of California, Berkeley and Williams College

Will the Public Charge Rule Reduce Safety Net Expenditures? (UPDATE)

By ·January 27, 2020
Williams College

Secure Communities: Broad Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement

By ·January 13, 2020
University of Colorado Denver

Does Deporting Immigrants Lower Crime? Evidence from Secure Communities

By and ·December 11, 2019
University of California, Davis

What Explains the Wages of Undocumented Workers?

By and ·July 24, 2019
Queens College, City University of New York

Immigrants and Public Benefits (VIDEO)

By ·June 11, 2019

Immigrant Earnings and Out-Migration from the United States

By ·May 8, 2019
University of California, Los Angeles

Do Economists Agree on the Impact of Immigration? (VIDEO)

By ·November 2, 2018
Rutgers University

A Snapshot of the Undocumented Population in the United States (VIDEO)

By ·October 18, 2018
Williams College

Proposed Immigration Rules and the Safety Net

By ·April 3, 2018
Williams College

Weak Links in the Chain Migration Argument

By and ·February 14, 2018
Mintz Levin, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC and Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

By ·January 23, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By ·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

Do Immigrants Cost Native-Born Taxpayers Money?

By and ·July 26, 2017
Cornell University and University of California at Berkeley

Should Immigrants be Admitted to the United States Based on Merit?

By ·June 28, 2017
Rutgers University

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By ·March 28, 2017
Williams College

Immigration and Economic Growth in the U.S., 2000-2015

By ·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

Reforming the H-1B Visa Program

By ·February 17, 2017
Rutgers University

Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?

By ·February 14, 2017
Batten School, University of Virginia

Who Gains and Who Loses if We Turn Off the Immigrant Jobs Magnet?

By ·January 27, 2017
Williams College

Should the United States Build a Wall on the Mexican Border to Reduce Unauthorized Immigration?

By ·January 24, 2017
Rutgers University
Inequality
Inequality

Are Taxes (And Also Spending) Progressive?

By and ·November 11, 2019
The Brookings Institution and EconoFact

Taxing the Rich

By ·July 9, 2019
Reed College

Breaking Barriers to College for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students

By ·March 17, 2019
University of Michigan

Voting and Income

By ·February 7, 2019
University of California, Los Angeles

Policy Implications from Rising Economic Inequality

By and ·November 13, 2018
Reed College and University of California, Berkeley

How will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact American Workers?

By ·May 29, 2018
Reed College

Race and Ethnicity Within Widening Income Inequality in the United States

By ·May 10, 2018
University of California, Los Angeles

Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth

By ·October 7, 2017
Harvard University

Income Differences in Education: the Gap Within the Gap

By and ·April 20, 2017
Syracuse University and University of Michigan
International Development
International Development

Using Mobile Money to Help the Poor in Developing Countries

By ·July 6, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Economic Fallout from the COVID-19 Crisis on Developing Economies

By and ·April 14, 2020
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth

By ·February 2, 2020
Oxford University

Can Conditional Cash Transfers Break the Cycle of Poverty?

By ·September 24, 2018
Georgetown University

The Financial and Economic Crisis in Turkey

By ·August 22, 2018
University of Maryland

Unintended Consequences of an International Abortion Policy

By ·February 15, 2017
Swarthmore College

What the U.S. Gains From its Development Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

By ·January 31, 2017
Swarthmore College
International Trade
International Trade

Steel Tariffs and U.S. Jobs Revisited

By and ·February 6, 2020
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

What Aspects of the WTO is the Trump Administration Targeting for Reform?

By ·January 28, 2020
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

What is the Toll of Trade Wars on U.S. Agriculture?

By and ·January 15, 2020
Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Costs of Tariffs (VIDEO)

By and ·November 24, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

Should the Government Subsidize Exporters? (VIDEO)

By and ·October 29, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

The Costs of U.S. Tariffs Imposed Since 2018

By ·October 10, 2019
University of California, Davis

Do Bilateral Trade Deficits Matter? (VIDEO)

By and ·September 4, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

Should the United States Try to Weaken the Dollar?

By and ·August 5, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and University of California, Berkeley

The Politics of Manufacturing Decline

By , and ·July 30, 2019
University of California, San Diego, Harvard University, and Georgetown University

Is China Weakening the Yuan to Fight U.S. Tariffs? (UPDATE)

By ·July 11, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Link Between the Shift in Politics and Globalization (VIDEO)

By and ·May 30, 2019
Harvard University and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Costs of Tariffs in the U.S.-China Trade War

By ·May 14, 2019
University of California, Davis

The Mexican Border and U.S. Trade: What Would Be the Impact of a Border Closure?

By and ·April 13, 2019
University of California, Davis and University of Minnesota

Import Tariffs can also Reduce Exports (VIDEO)

By ·October 8, 2018
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University

The Financial and Economic Crisis in Turkey

By ·August 22, 2018
University of Maryland

Threats to U.S. Agriculture from U.S. Trade Policies (UPDATED)

By ·August 5, 2018
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

What is the Problem of Forced Technology Transfer in China?

By ·August 3, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Can Both the United States and China Be Winners in a Global Technology Race?

By ·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

How Much of your Car is Made in Mexico?

By ·June 20, 2018
Harvard University

U.S. Trade Policy: Going it Alone vs. Abiding by the World Trade Organization

By and ·June 15, 2018
Harvard University and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

What is the National Security Rationale for Steel, Aluminum and Automobile Protection?

By ·June 6, 2018
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Will Steel Tariffs put U.S. Jobs at Risk?

By and ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

Do Trade Restrictions Work? Lessons From Trade With Japan in the 1980s

By ·November 20, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University

Can President Trump Terminate NAFTA or KORUS Without Congressional Approval?

By ·November 7, 2017
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

The Economics of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

By , and ·November 6, 2017
University of California, Davis

The Jones Act and the Cost of Shipping Between U.S. Ports

By and ·October 19, 2017
Brandeis University and Harvard University

Are Global Imbalances a Source of Concern?

By ·September 29, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By and ·May 25, 2017
Harvard University and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Import Limits on Steel and Aluminum: Protecting National Security or Protectionism?

By ·May 9, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Is China a Non-Market Economy, and Why Does It Matter?

By ·April 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By and ·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

Looking for Export Growth in All the Wrong Places

By ·March 29, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By ·March 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Who Owns Us? Foreign Investment and Trade Deficits

By ·March 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Driving Home the Importance of NAFTA

By ·January 29, 2017
Harvard University

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By and ·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

By ·January 20, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jobs and Employment
Jobs and Employment

Essential and Frontline Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis

By , and ·April 30, 2020
Cornell University and DIW Berlin / Universität Hamburg

Labor Demand in the Time of COVID-19

By , and ·April 24, 2020
University of Rochester, McGill University and Stony Brook University

Does Career Technical Education Pay?

By , and ·May 31, 2019
University of California, Davis and Abt Associates

Immigrant Earnings and Out-Migration from the United States

By ·May 8, 2019
University of California, Los Angeles

Is the Skills Gap Real? Changes in Employer Skill Requirements During the Great Recession

By ·March 8, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Concentrated Poverty and the Disconnect Between Jobs and Workers

By ·January 22, 2019
University of California, Irvine

Who Benefits from a Higher Minimum Wage?

By ·November 27, 2018
Texas A&M University

How Can We Know if There is Discrimination in Hiring?

By ·October 27, 2018
University of California, Irvine

How Do Occupational Licensing Rules Affect the Health Care Sector?

By , and ·October 9, 2018
Emory University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

The Chilling Effect of Non-Compete Agreements

By and ·May 20, 2018
Boston University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Will Steel Tariffs put U.S. Jobs at Risk?

By and ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

Automation and the Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market

By ·January 16, 2018
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education

Employment and Poverty

By ·January 7, 2018
UC Davis and Center for Poverty Research

Would Cutting Corporate Taxes Raise Workers’ Incomes?

By ·October 26, 2017
Reed College

Why do Women Continue to Make Less than Men?

By and ·September 22, 2017
Cornell University

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By ·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

The Geography of Need and the Proposed Foxconn Deal in Wisconsin

By ·August 28, 2017
Clark University

What Does the Seattle Experience Teach Us About Minimum Wages?

By and ·August 7, 2017
University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By and ·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

The Effects of ‘Ban the Box’ on the Employment of Black Men

By and ·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

Do Minimum Wages Really Kill Jobs?

By and ·April 27, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Does Occupational Licensing Represent Excessive Regulation?

By ·April 20, 2017
Rutgers University

Women and Paid Work: Is the U.S. Falling Behind?

By and ·March 2, 2017
Cornell University

Who Gains and Who Loses if We Turn Off the Immigrant Jobs Magnet?

By ·January 27, 2017
Williams College

Can the U.S. Economy Sustain 3½ to 4 Percent Economic Growth?

By ·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College

Should the United States Build a Wall on the Mexican Border to Reduce Unauthorized Immigration?

By ·January 24, 2017
Rutgers University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

By ·January 20, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Labor Force Participation
Labor Force Participation

Do Summer Youth Employment Programs Work?

By ·June 28, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Understanding Trends in U.S. Labor Force Participation (VIDEO)

By and ·December 3, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

By ·January 23, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

What Happened To Women’s Rising Participation in the Workforce?

By , and ·December 6, 2017
University of Texas at Austin, The Brookings Institution and Northwestern University

Opioids and Early Death in America

By , and ·September 23, 2017
Dartmouth College

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By and ·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By ·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Women and Paid Work: Is the U.S. Falling Behind?

By and ·March 2, 2017
Cornell University
Labor Markets
Labor Markets

Unequal Employment Impacts of COVID-19

By , , , , , and ·June 1, 2020
Indiana University, Ohio State University and University of Georgia

Work-based Risks to Latino Workers and their Families From COVID-19

By and ·May 26, 2020
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families

By and ·March 30, 2020
Barnard College, Columbia University and Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Secure Communities: Broad Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement

By ·January 13, 2020
University of Colorado Denver

The Role of Unions

By and ·November 3, 2019
University of Minnesota and Brigham Young University

What Can the Employment Report Tell Us?

By and ·September 2, 2019
Harvard University and EconoFact

What Explains the Wages of Undocumented Workers?

By and ·July 24, 2019
Queens College, City University of New York

Do Summer Youth Employment Programs Work?

By ·June 28, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Immigrant Earnings and Out-Migration from the United States

By ·May 8, 2019
University of California, Los Angeles

The Mexican Border and U.S. Trade: What Would Be the Impact of a Border Closure?

By and ·April 13, 2019
University of California, Davis and University of Minnesota

Is the Skills Gap Real? Changes in Employer Skill Requirements During the Great Recession

By ·March 8, 2019
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University

Concentrated Poverty and the Disconnect Between Jobs and Workers

By ·January 22, 2019
University of California, Irvine

Understanding Trends in U.S. Labor Force Participation (VIDEO)

By and ·December 3, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Who Benefits from a Higher Minimum Wage?

By ·November 27, 2018
Texas A&M University

How Can We Know if There is Discrimination in Hiring?

By ·October 27, 2018
University of California, Irvine

The Chilling Effect of Non-Compete Agreements

By and ·May 20, 2018
Boston University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Race and Ethnicity Within Widening Income Inequality in the United States

By ·May 10, 2018
University of California, Los Angeles

Could Increasing Market Power Among Firms be Hurting Workers’ Wages?

By ·April 22, 2018
University of Pennsylvania

What Happened To Women’s Rising Participation in the Workforce?

By , and ·December 6, 2017
University of Texas at Austin, The Brookings Institution and Northwestern University

Why do Women Continue to Make Less than Men?

By and ·September 22, 2017
Cornell University

What Does the Seattle Experience Teach Us About Minimum Wages?

By and ·August 7, 2017
University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University

Does Increased Access to Medicaid Stimulate Job Mobility?

By ·July 31, 2017
Georgetown University

The Effects of ‘Ban the Box’ on the Employment of Black Men

By and ·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

Women and Paid Work: Is the U.S. Falling Behind?

By and ·March 2, 2017
Cornell University

Who Gains and Who Loses if We Turn Off the Immigrant Jobs Magnet?

By ·January 27, 2017
Williams College
Manufacturing
Manufacturing

Prioritizing Testing and Workplace Re-opening Under COVID-19

By , and ·April 29, 2020
Wayne State University and Wayne State School of Medicine

Steel Tariffs and U.S. Jobs Revisited

By and ·February 6, 2020
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

The Role of Unions

By and ·November 3, 2019
University of Minnesota and Brigham Young University

Should the United States Try to Weaken the Dollar?

By and ·August 5, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and University of California, Berkeley

Will Steel Tariffs put U.S. Jobs at Risk?

By and ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

Do Place-Based Policies Work?

By ·November 28, 2017
University of California, Irvine

The Geography of Need and the Proposed Foxconn Deal in Wisconsin

By ·August 28, 2017
Clark University

Is China a Currency Manipulator?

By ·January 20, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

By ·January 20, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Medicaid
Medicaid

How Large a Burden are Administrative Costs in Health Care?

By and ·September 6, 2018
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

Medicaid and CHIP: Filling in the Gap of Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

By ·January 22, 2018
Williams College

Does Increased Access to Medicaid Stimulate Job Mobility?

By ·July 31, 2017
Georgetown University

Evidence on the Value of Medicaid

By and ·July 2, 2017
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

Medicaid and Block Grants: Lessons from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

By and ·February 24, 2017
UC Davis Department of Economics and Center for Poverty Research
Minimum wage
Minimum wage

What Are The Broader Impacts of the Minimum Wage?

By ·January 7, 2019
Texas A&M University

Who Benefits from a Higher Minimum Wage?

By ·November 27, 2018
Texas A&M University

What Does the Seattle Experience Teach Us About Minimum Wages?

By and ·August 7, 2017
University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University

Do Minimum Wages Really Kill Jobs?

By and ·April 27, 2017
University of California, Berkeley
Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy

What is the Fed Doing to Stabilize Financial Markets?

By ·March 15, 2020
Williams College

The Problems with Low Inflation (VIDEO)

By and ·December 18, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Wellesley College

Understanding the Low Inflation and Low Unemployment in Today’s Economy (VIDEO)

By and ·October 21, 2019
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Why Is Inflation so Low?

By ·October 8, 2019
Wellesley College

How Low Can We Go? Prospects for Negative Interest Rates

By ·September 17, 2019
Williams College

Fed Policy: Is it Time to Take Away the Punch Bowl? (UPDATE)

By ·July 30, 2019
Williams College

What Tools Does the U.S. Have to Combat the Next Recession? (VIDEO)

By and ·December 12, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Information Does the Yield Curve Yield? (UPDATED)

By ·December 6, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

What’s the Problem with Low Inflation?

By ·August 6, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Leaning on The Fed

By ·April 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Population Health
Population Health

Lives vs. Livelihoods? Lessons from the Ebola Epidemic

By ·April 5, 2020
Swarthmore College

Lessons From the 1918 Flu Pandemic

By and ·March 17, 2020
Wellesley College

Do State-Level Policies Impact Maternal Mortality?

By and ·February 24, 2020
Boston College

Could Expanding Access to Contraception Improve Economic Outcomes?

By , and ·August 20, 2019
Texas A&M University and Vanderbilt University

Widening Socioeconomic Differences in Children’s Family Structure

By ·June 17, 2019
University of Maryland

Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault

By , and ·July 19, 2018
Texas A&M University, University of Technology Sydney, and Montana State University

The Impact of Roe v. Wade on American Fertility

By ·July 11, 2018
Wellesley College

Access to Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug Overdose Deaths, and Crime

By , and ·March 16, 2018
Texas A&M University and Montana State University

Could Drug Ads Have Positive Side Effects?

By and ·February 20, 2018
Yale University and Northwestern University

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By ·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Opioids and Early Death in America

By , and ·September 23, 2017
Dartmouth College

Unintended Consequences of an International Abortion Policy

By ·February 15, 2017
Swarthmore College
Poverty
Poverty

Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth

By ·February 2, 2020
Oxford University

A Nobel Way to Fight Poverty in the United States

By ·December 3, 2019
J-PAL North America

Can the U.S. Cut Child Poverty in Half in a Decade?

By , , and ·April 2, 2019
University of California, Irvine; Columbia University; University of California, Berkeley; and University of Wisconsin-Madison

Concentrated Poverty and the Disconnect Between Jobs and Workers

By ·January 22, 2019
University of California, Irvine

Can Conditional Cash Transfers Break the Cycle of Poverty?

By ·September 24, 2018
Georgetown University

Employment and Poverty

By ·January 7, 2018
UC Davis and Center for Poverty Research

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By ·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Income Differences in Education: the Gap Within the Gap

By and ·April 20, 2017
Syracuse University and University of Michigan
Productivity
Productivity

What Explains Slow Productivity Growth in the United States? (VIDEO)

By and ·November 25, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Can Both the United States and China Be Winners in a Global Technology Race?

By ·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

Should Immigrants be Admitted to the United States Based on Merit?

By ·June 28, 2017
Rutgers University

The Productivity Slowdown is Even More Puzzling than You Think …

By ·May 17, 2017
Wellesley College

Immigration and Economic Growth in the U.S., 2000-2015

By ·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

Can the U.S. Economy Sustain 3½ to 4 Percent Economic Growth?

By ·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College
Racial Discrimination
Racial Discrimination

Wider Effects of Police Killings in Minority Neighborhoods

By ·June 24, 2020
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Racial Hostility in Modern America

By and ·June 22, 2020
The New York Times and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Economics Research on Racial Disparities in Policing

By and ·June 16, 2020
University of California, Los Angeles

How Can We Know if There is Discrimination in Hiring?

By ·October 27, 2018
University of California, Irvine

The Effects of ‘Ban the Box’ on the Employment of Black Men

By and ·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia
Regional Development
Regional Development

Flood Insurance in a World with Rising Seas

By , and ·October 15, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Learning from Hurricane Sandy? Rising Seas and Housing Values in New York

By and ·May 2, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

Do Place-Based Policies Work?

By ·November 28, 2017
University of California, Irvine

The Geography of Need and the Proposed Foxconn Deal in Wisconsin

By ·August 28, 2017
Clark University
Retirement
Retirement

The Burden of Public Pension Promises on State and Local Budgets

By and ·December 19, 2018
Brandeis University and Stanford University

Will Social Security be There for You?

By ·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

Teacher Pension Paradox: Rising Costs and Stagnant or Declining Benefits

By and ·May 17, 2018
University of Missouri

Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth

By ·October 7, 2017
Harvard University

A Public Pension Time-Bomb?

By ·August 2, 2017
Brandeis University

Social Security Benefits: When Do You Plan to Retire?

By ·February 9, 2017
University of California, Berkeley
SNAP
SNAP

Who Would Be Affected by Proposed Changes to SNAP?

By ·August 1, 2019
School of Education & Social Policy and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By ·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

SNAP: A Temporary, Fraud-Resistant, Family Friendly Policy

By ·June 28, 2017
Tufts University

Do Safety Net Programs Impact Food Security in the United States?

By ·May 26, 2017
Williams College

Anti-Poverty Program at Stake in Battle Over 2018 Farm Bill

By ·April 17, 2017
Friedman School of Nutrition & Department of Economics, Tufts University
Social Policy
Social Policy

Work-based Risks to Latino Workers and their Families From COVID-19

By and ·May 26, 2020
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Challenges of Equitable Rapid Response Cash Payments

By ·March 20, 2020
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Could Expanding Access to Contraception Improve Economic Outcomes?

By , and ·August 20, 2019
Texas A&M University and Vanderbilt University

Widening Socioeconomic Differences in Children’s Family Structure

By ·June 17, 2019
University of Maryland

The Potential of State Earned Income Tax Credits

By and ·March 14, 2019
Emory University

Concentrated Poverty and the Disconnect Between Jobs and Workers

By ·January 22, 2019
University of California, Irvine

What Are The Broader Impacts of the Minimum Wage?

By ·January 7, 2019
Texas A&M University

Sentencing Reform Update: The Economic Case for the “First Step Act”

By ·December 18, 2018
University of California, Los Angeles

Should Governments Tax Sugary Drinks?

By ·December 5, 2018
University of Michigan

The Impact of Roe v. Wade on American Fertility

By ·July 11, 2018
Wellesley College

Will Social Security be There for You?

By ·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

Employment and Poverty

By ·January 7, 2018
UC Davis and Center for Poverty Research

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By ·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Welfare and the Federal Budget

By ·July 25, 2017
University of Maryland

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By ·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Health Care: The Role of the Individual Mandate and Insurance Subsidies

By ·March 9, 2017
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Medicaid and Block Grants: Lessons from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

By and ·February 24, 2017
UC Davis Department of Economics and Center for Poverty Research

Social Security Benefits: When Do You Plan to Retire?

By ·February 9, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

What the U.S. Gains From its Development Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

By ·January 31, 2017
Swarthmore College
Social Safety Net
Social Safety Net

Income Assistance for Low-Income Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis

By and ·May 7, 2020
Wellesley College and Northwestern University

COVID-19 Impacts on Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition

By ·April 20, 2020
Tufts University

COVID-19 Social Insurance Payments to U.S. Households

By and ·March 26, 2020
University of Maryland

Will the Public Charge Rule Reduce Safety Net Expenditures? (UPDATE)

By ·January 27, 2020
Williams College

Responsiveness of the Safety Net During Downturns: Lessons from the Great Recession

By ·October 28, 2019
University of California, Davis

Who Would Be Affected by Proposed Changes to SNAP?

By ·August 1, 2019
School of Education & Social Policy and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

Can the U.S. Cut Child Poverty in Half in a Decade?

By , , and ·April 2, 2019
University of California, Irvine; Columbia University; University of California, Berkeley; and University of Wisconsin-Madison

SNAP Benefits and the Government Shutdown

By ·January 23, 2019
Williams College

Policy Implications from Rising Economic Inequality

By and ·November 13, 2018
Reed College and University of California, Berkeley

Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Universal Basic Income (VIDEO)

By and ·November 9, 2018
Reed College and University of California, Berkeley

Can Conditional Cash Transfers Break the Cycle of Poverty?

By ·September 24, 2018
Georgetown University

Will Social Security be There for You?

By ·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

Proposed Immigration Rules and the Safety Net

By ·April 3, 2018
Williams College

Medicaid and CHIP: Filling in the Gap of Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

By ·January 22, 2018
Williams College

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By ·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Welfare and the Federal Budget

By ·July 25, 2017
University of Maryland

Evidence on the Value of Medicaid

By and ·July 2, 2017
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

SNAP: A Temporary, Fraud-Resistant, Family Friendly Policy

By ·June 28, 2017
Tufts University

Unintended Consequences: Lessons From an Anti-Fraud Reform

By ·June 1, 2017
Boston University

Do Safety Net Programs Impact Food Security in the United States?

By ·May 26, 2017
Williams College

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By ·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Anti-Poverty Program at Stake in Battle Over 2018 Farm Bill

By ·April 17, 2017
Friedman School of Nutrition & Department of Economics, Tufts University

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By ·March 28, 2017
Williams College

Medicaid and Block Grants: Lessons from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

By and ·February 24, 2017
UC Davis Department of Economics and Center for Poverty Research
State and Local Finance
State and Local Finance

States Face Daunting Budget Gaps. What Can Be Done?

By , and ·June 25, 2020
Northeastern University, UMass Dartmouth, and Northeastern University

How is the Coronavirus Crisis Affecting the Municipal Bond Market?

By ·April 8, 2020
Brandeis University

Why Does the Census Matter for State and Local Governments?

By and ·March 22, 2019
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

The Burden of Public Pension Promises on State and Local Budgets

By and ·December 19, 2018
Brandeis University and Stanford University

A Public Pension Time-Bomb?

By ·August 2, 2017
Brandeis University
Stock Markets
Stock Markets

What to Make of Stock Market Volatility? (VIDEO)

By and ·August 28, 2019
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

What Problems (If Any) Arise From Stock Buybacks?

By ·April 29, 2019
Brandeis University

What Does the Stock Market Tell us About Politics?

By and ·May 14, 2018
Boston University and Dartmouth College

Putting the Recent Swings in Stock Market Indexes into Context

By ·February 8, 2018
Brandeis University
tariffs
tariffs

Steel Tariffs and U.S. Jobs Revisited

By and ·February 6, 2020
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

The Costs of Tariffs (VIDEO)

By and ·November 24, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

The Costs of U.S. Tariffs Imposed Since 2018

By ·October 10, 2019
University of California, Davis

The Costs of Tariffs in the U.S.-China Trade War

By ·May 14, 2019
University of California, Davis

Import Tariffs can also Reduce Exports (VIDEO)

By ·October 8, 2018
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
Tax Policy
Tax Policy

Are Taxes (And Also Spending) Progressive?

By and ·November 11, 2019
The Brookings Institution and EconoFact

Taxing the Rich

By ·July 9, 2019
Reed College

The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·April 28, 2019
The Brookings Institution and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

How Big is the Problem of Tax Evasion?

By and ·April 3, 2019
Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center

Should Governments Tax Sugary Drinks?

By ·December 5, 2018
University of Michigan

Policy Implications from Rising Economic Inequality

By and ·November 13, 2018
Reed College and University of California, Berkeley

Assessing the Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (VIDEO)

By ·October 29, 2018
Reed College

The Capital Gains Tax and Inflation

By ·August 13, 2018
Brandeis University

How will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact American Workers?

By ·May 29, 2018
Reed College

Higher Gasoline Taxes and Infrastructure: An Idea Whose Time has Come?

By ·April 7, 2018
Wellesley College

The University Endowment Income Tax: Who Will Pay it and Why Was it Implemented?

By ·January 25, 2018
Wellesley College

Tax Reform Threatens Infrastructure Investment

By ·December 26, 2017
Brandeis University

Do Current GOP Tax Reform Proposals Resemble Reagan’s Tax Reforms?

By ·November 29, 2017
Kennedy School, Harvard University

How Proposed Changes in State and Local Tax Deductions Matter for Public Schools

By ·November 9, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Would Cutting Corporate Taxes Raise Workers’ Incomes?

By ·October 26, 2017
Reed College

Will Tax Reform Have an Impact on Charitable Giving?

By ·October 5, 2017
Texas A & M University

Does Taxing U.S. Corporations Make Sense in a Global Economy?

By ·July 19, 2017
Reed College

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By ·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Will Paul Ryan’s Tax Reform Set Off a Trade War?

By ·April 6, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Education Funding: Tax Credits Cost the Federal Government Money

By ·March 21, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Technology
Technology

Election Infrastructure and the Market for Voting Technology

By and ·February 11, 2020
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and EconoFact

How Much Do Cybersecurity Breaches Really Cost and Why Does It Matter?

By ·December 1, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Big-Tech and the Resurgence of Antitrust

By and ·January 28, 2019
Tufts University

Automation and the Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market

By ·January 16, 2018
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Productivity Slowdown is Even More Puzzling than You Think …

By ·May 17, 2017
Wellesley College

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

By ·January 20, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Trade Deficit
Trade Deficit

Do Trade Restrictions Work? Lessons From Trade With Japan in the 1980s

By ·November 20, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University

The Economics of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

By , and ·November 6, 2017
University of California, Davis

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By and ·May 25, 2017
Harvard University and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Who Owns Us? Foreign Investment and Trade Deficits

By ·March 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By and ·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University
Unauthorized Immigration
Unauthorized Immigration

Coronavirus’ Disproportionate Economic Impacts on Immigrants

By , and ·June 17, 2020
University of Colorado Denver, University of California, Berkeley and Williams College

Secure Communities: Broad Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement

By ·January 13, 2020
University of Colorado Denver

Does Deporting Immigrants Lower Crime? Evidence from Secure Communities

By and ·December 11, 2019
University of California, Davis

What Explains the Wages of Undocumented Workers?

By and ·July 24, 2019
Queens College, City University of New York

A Snapshot of the Undocumented Population in the United States (VIDEO)

By ·October 18, 2018
Williams College

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

By ·January 23, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By ·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By ·March 28, 2017
Williams College

Who Gains and Who Loses if We Turn Off the Immigrant Jobs Magnet?

By ·January 27, 2017
Williams College
Video
Video

Would a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor and the Middle Class? (VIDEO)

By and ·February 13, 2020
Tufts University

The Problems with Low Inflation (VIDEO)

By and ·December 18, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Wellesley College

Development and Climate Change: International Dimensions of a Global Problem (VIDEO)

By and ·December 9, 2019
Tufts University

The Costs of Tariffs (VIDEO)

By and ·November 24, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

No Free Lunches: Budget Constraints in Public Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·November 18, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Wellesley College

Is Big Bad? Evolving Anti-trust Concerns in the U.S. (VIDEO)

By and ·November 8, 2019
Tufts University

Should the Government Subsidize Exporters? (VIDEO)

By and ·October 29, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

Understanding the Low Inflation and Low Unemployment in Today’s Economy (VIDEO)

By and ·October 21, 2019
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

What Can Policy Do to Make Housing More Affordable? (VIDEO)

By and ·October 16, 2019
Tufts University

Measuring How Well the Economy is Doing (VIDEO)

By and ·September 30, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Wellesley College

Antitrust Policy in the Era of Technological Giants (VIDEO)

By and ·September 26, 2019
Tufts University

The Carbon Tax (VIDEO)

By and ·September 19, 2019
Tufts University

Is Homeownership a Good Way to Build Wealth? (VIDEO)

By and ·September 12, 2019
Tufts University

Do Bilateral Trade Deficits Matter? (VIDEO)

By and ·September 4, 2019
Fletcher School, Tufts University and Harvard University

What to Make of Stock Market Volatility? (VIDEO)

By and ·August 28, 2019
Harvard Kennedy School, and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Globalization and its Consequences (VIDEO)

By and ·July 16, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The University of California, Berkeley

The Political Considerations in Fiscal Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·June 20, 2019
The Brookings Institution and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Immigrants and Public Benefits (VIDEO)

By ·June 11, 2019

The Link Between the Shift in Politics and Globalization (VIDEO)

By and ·May 30, 2019
Harvard University and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Relevance of the Global Economy to the U.S. (VIDEO)

By and ·May 19, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The University of California, Berkeley

China’s Exchange Rate Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·May 6, 2019
The Fletcher School, Tufts University and The Brookings Institution

The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Policy (VIDEO)

By and ·April 28, 2019
The Brookings Institution and The Fletcher School, Tufts University

What Tools Does the U.S. Have to Combat the Next Recession? (VIDEO)

By and ·December 12, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Understanding Trends in U.S. Labor Force Participation (VIDEO)

By and ·December 3, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

What Explains Slow Productivity Growth in the United States? (VIDEO)

By and ·November 25, 2018
Harvard University and George Washington University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Universal Basic Income (VIDEO)

By and ·November 9, 2018
Reed College and University of California, Berkeley

Do Economists Agree on the Impact of Immigration? (VIDEO)

By ·November 2, 2018
Rutgers University

Assessing the Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (VIDEO)

By ·October 29, 2018
Reed College

A Snapshot of the Undocumented Population in the United States (VIDEO)

By ·October 18, 2018
Williams College

Import Tariffs can also Reduce Exports (VIDEO)

By ·October 8, 2018
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University