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D Deregulation Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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G Governance Government Debt
H H-1B Visa Health Care Health Care Reform Housing
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N NAFTA National Security
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R Racial Discrimination Reforming Government Regional Development Rent-Seeking Retirement
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S School Choice Sentencing Reform SNAP Social Policy Social Safety Net Social Security State and Local Finance Stock Markets Student Debt Student Loans
T Tax Policy Technology Trade Deficit Trade in Services Treasury Bills
U Unauthorized Immigration Unemployment Rate
V Violence Volcker Rule Vouchers
W Wall Street Wealth World Trade Organization
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Border Adjustment Tax
Border Adjustment Tax

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

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

Who Will Pay for the Wall?

By Menzie Chinn·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 Joel P. Trachtman·January 20, 2017
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
China
China

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

By Michael W. Klein·August 7, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

What is the Problem of Forced Technology Transfer in China?

By Lee Branstetter·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 Jennifer Hunt·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

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

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

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By Marc Melitz and Michael Klein·May 25, 2017
Harvard University; and Fletcher School, Tufts University

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

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

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

By Joel Trachtman·April 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Is China a Currency Manipulator?

By Michael W. Klein·January 20, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Climate Change
Climate Change

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

By Francesc Ortega and Suleyman Taspinar·May 2, 2018
Queens College, City University of New York

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

By Stefan Koester and William Moomaw·August 15, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By Stefan Koester and Gilbert E. Metcalf·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax

By Gilbert E. Metcalf·February 10, 2017
Tufts University

Will the Trump Energy Policy help Appalachia?

By Steve Cicala·January 26, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Crime
Crime

Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault

By Jason Lindo, Peter Siminski, and Isaac Swensen·July 19, 2018
Texas A&M University, University of Technology Sydney, and Montana State University

Can Employment-Focused Programs Reduce Reincarceration Rates?

By Jennifer Doleac·June 29, 2018
Texas A&M University

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

By Samuel R. Bondurant, Jason M. Lindo and Isaac D. Swensen·March 16, 2018
Texas A&M University and Montana State University

Catch-22? Mass Shootings and Gun Control Legislation

By Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight·December 14, 2017
Wellesley College

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

By Jennifer Doleac·November 17, 2017
University of Virginia

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

By Amanda Agan and Jennifer Doleac·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

The Economic Case for Sentencing Reform

By Emily Weisburst and Sandra Black·May 19, 2017
University of Texas, Austin

Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?

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

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

By Dan Bergstresser and Marc Melitz·October 19, 2017
Brandeis University and Harvard University

Does Occupational Licensing Represent Excessive Regulation?

By Jennifer Hunt·April 20, 2017
Rutgers University

Will ‘Deconstructing the Administrative State’ Spur Economic Growth?

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

Rules, Regulations, and Social Benefits

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

Putting the Recent Swings in Stock Market Indexes into Context

By Daniel Bergstresser·February 8, 2018
Brandeis University

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

By Jeffrey Frankel·November 29, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Government Budget Deficits and Economic Growth

By Michael W. Klein·July 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

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

By Giovanni Peri·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

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

By Dan Sichel·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By Menzie D. Chinn and Michael W. Klein·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University
Economic Policy
Economic Policy

What Information Does the Yield Curve Yield?

By Michael W. Klein·April 26, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By Sandra Black and Wilson Powell·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

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

By Dan Sichel·June 12, 2017
Wellesley College

The Decline in the Dollar

By Michael W. Klein and Jay C. Shambaugh·June 2, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing? The President’s Trade Policies So Far

By Menzie Chinn·April 4, 2017
LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Are Economic Statistics Fake News?

By Dan Sichel·April 2, 2017
Wellesley College

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By Menzie D. Chinn·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 Kadee Russ·February 21, 2017
University of California, Davis

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

By Dan Sichel·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College
Education Policy
Education Policy

Demographic Changes Pose Challenges for Higher Education

By Nathan Grawe·July 29, 2018
Carleton College

Teacher Pension Paradox: Rising Costs and Stagnant or Declining Benefits

By Cory Koedel and Michael Podgursky·May 17, 2018
University of Missouri

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

By Abigail Wozniak·March 22, 2018
University of Notre Dame

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

By Phillip Levine·January 25, 2018
Wellesley College

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

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

The Case For Protecting Student Loan Borrowers

By Susan Dynarski·July 17, 2017
University of Michigan

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

By Phillip B. Levine·May 30, 2017
Wellesley College

The Diploma Gap: Growing Costs of an Unfinished College Education

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

Income Differences in Education: the Gap Within the Gap

By Katherine Michelmore and Susan Dynarski·April 20, 2017
Syracuse University and University of Michigan

School Vouchers: Promise and Pitfalls

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

Education Funding: Tax Credits Cost the Federal Government Money

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

Can Investing in Public Colleges Serve as an Infrastructure Project?

By David Deming·February 2, 2017
Harvard University

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

By Nora Gordon·January 31, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Energy Policy
Energy Policy

Why are Coal and Nuclear Power in Trouble?

By Stefan Koester·August 27, 2018
Tufts University

Oil Prices: Is it Déjà vu All Over Again?

By Gilbert E. Metcalf·June 3, 2018
Tufts University

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

By Dan Sichel·April 7, 2018
Wellesley College

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

By Stefan Koester and William Moomaw·August 15, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By Stefan Koester and Gilbert E. Metcalf·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax

By Gilbert E. Metcalf·February 10, 2017
Tufts University

Will the Trump Energy Policy help Appalachia?

By Steve Cicala·January 26, 2017
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Exchange Rates
Exchange Rates

The Financial and Economic Crisis in Turkey

By Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan·August 22, 2018
University of Maryland

The Decline in the Dollar

By Michael W. Klein and Jay C. Shambaugh·June 2, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

By Menzie D. Chinn·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 Michael Klein·February 1, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Federal Budget Deficit
Federal Budget Deficit

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

By Jeffrey Frankel·November 29, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Are Global Imbalances a Source of Concern?

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

Do Immigrants Cost Native-Born Taxpayers Money?

By Francine Blau and Gretchen Donehower·July 26, 2017
Cornell University and University of California at Berkeley

Welfare and the Federal Budget

By Melissa S. Kearney·July 25, 2017
University of Maryland

Government Budget Deficits and Economic Growth

By Michael W. Klein·July 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Financial Regulation
Financial Regulation

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

By Daniel Bergstresser·April 12, 2018
Brandeis University

The Dodd–Frank Financial Reform

By Jeffrey Frankel·September 8, 2017
Kennedy School, Harvard University

Is the Volcker Rule in the Cross Hairs?

By Dan Bergstresser·March 1, 2017
Brandeis University

Consumer Financial Protection: In Need of Protection

By John Y. Campbell·February 23, 2017
Harvard University

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

By Dan Bergstresser·February 8, 2017
Brandeis University
Governance
Governance

Unintended Consequences: Lessons From an Anti-Fraud Reform

By Raymond Fisman·June 1, 2017
Boston University

Leaning on The Fed

By Michael W. Klein·April 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Rules, Regulations, and Social Benefits

By Sandra Black·March 8, 2017
University of Texas, Austin

Business Success Versus Government Success

By Raymond Fisman·February 7, 2017
Boston University

The Corrosion from Corruption

By Raymond Fisman·February 2, 2017
Boston University
Immigration Policy
Immigration Policy

Proposed Immigration Rules and the Safety Net

By Tara Watson·April 3, 2018
Williams College

Weak Links in the Chain Migration Argument

By Susan J. Cohen and Michael W. Klein·February 14, 2018
Mintz Levin, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC and Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

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

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By Giovanni Peri·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

Do Immigrants Cost Native-Born Taxpayers Money?

By Francine Blau and Gretchen Donehower·July 26, 2017
Cornell University and University of California at Berkeley

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

By Jennifer Hunt·June 28, 2017
Rutgers University

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By Tara Watson·March 28, 2017
Williams College

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

By Giovanni Peri·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

Reforming the H-1B Visa Program

By Jennifer Hunt·February 17, 2017
Rutgers University

Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?

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

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

By Tara Watson·January 27, 2017
Williams College

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

By Jennifer Hunt·January 24, 2017
Rutgers University
Inequality
Inequality

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

By Kimberly Clausing·May 29, 2018
Reed College

Race and Ethnicity Within Widening Income Inequality in the United States

By Randall Akee·May 10, 2018
UCLA

Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth

By Karen Dynan·October 7, 2017
Harvard University

Income Differences in Education: the Gap Within the Gap

By Katherine Michelmore and Susan Dynarski·April 20, 2017
Syracuse University and University of Michigan
International Trade
International Trade

The Financial and Economic Crisis in Turkey

By Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan·August 22, 2018
University of Maryland

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

By Michael W. Klein·August 7, 2018
Fletcher School, Tufts University

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

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

What is the Problem of Forced Technology Transfer in China?

By Lee Branstetter·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 Jennifer Hunt·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

How Much of your Car is Made in Mexico?

By Alonso de Gortari·June 20, 2018
Harvard University

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

By Jeffry Frieden and Joel Trachtman·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 Menzie Chinn·June 6, 2018
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

By Lydia Cox and Kadee Russ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

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

By Lee Branstetter·November 20, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University

Can President Trump Terminate NAFTA or KORUS Without Congressional Approval?

By Joel P. Trachtman·November 7, 2017
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

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

By Kadee Russ, Deborah Swenson, and Kelly Stangl·November 6, 2017
University of California, Davis

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

By Dan Bergstresser and Marc Melitz·October 19, 2017
Brandeis University and Harvard University

Are Global Imbalances a Source of Concern?

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

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By Marc Melitz and Michael Klein·May 25, 2017
Harvard University; and Fletcher School, Tufts University

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

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

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

By Joel Trachtman·April 12, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Carbon Taxes and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Concerns

By Stefan Koester and Gilbert E. Metcalf·April 11, 2017
Tufts University

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing? The President’s Trade Policies So Far

By Menzie Chinn·April 4, 2017
LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Looking for Export Growth in All the Wrong Places

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

Agricultural Implications of President Trump’s Policies

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

Who Owns Us? Foreign Investment and Trade Deficits

By Michael Klein·March 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Driving Home the Importance of NAFTA

By Marc Melitz·January 29, 2017
Harvard University

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By Menzie D. Chinn and Michael W. Klein·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

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

The Chilling Effect of Non-Compete Agreements

By Matt Marx and Ryan Nunn·May 20, 2018
Boston University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

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

By Lydia Cox and Kadee Russ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

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

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

Employment and Poverty

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

Would Cutting Corporate Taxes Raise Workers’ Incomes?

By Kimberly Clausing·October 26, 2017
Reed College

Why do Women Continue to Make Less than Men?

By Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn·September 22, 2017
Cornell University

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By Giovanni Peri·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

The Geography of Need and the Proposed Foxconn Deal in Wisconsin

By John C. Brown·August 28, 2017
Clark University

What Does the Seattle Experience Teach Us About Minimum Wages?

By Jesse Rothstein and Diane Schanzenbach·August 7, 2017
University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By Sandra Black and Wilson Powell·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

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

By Amanda Agan and Jennifer Doleac·June 9, 2017
Rutgers University and University of Virginia

Do Minimum Wages Really Kill Jobs?

By Michael Reich and Jesse Rothstein·April 27, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Does Occupational Licensing Represent Excessive Regulation?

By Jennifer Hunt·April 20, 2017
Rutgers University

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

By Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn·March 2, 2017
Cornell University

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

By Tara Watson·January 27, 2017
Williams College

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

By Dan Sichel·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College

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

By Jennifer Hunt·January 24, 2017
Rutgers University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

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

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

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

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

By Sandra E. Black, Audrey Breitwieser and Diane W. Schanzenbach·December 6, 2017
University of Texas at Austin, The Brookings Institution and Northwestern University

Opioids and Early Death in America

By Ellen Meara, Nancy Morden and Jonathan Skinner·September 23, 2017
Dartmouth College

Where Have All the (Male) Workers Gone?

By Sandra Black and Wilson Powell·July 10, 2017
University of Texas, Austin and Harvard Kennedy School

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By Hilary Hoynes·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

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

By Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn·March 2, 2017
Cornell University
Labor Markets
Labor Markets

The Chilling Effect of Non-Compete Agreements

By Matt Marx and Ryan Nunn·May 20, 2018
Boston University and The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution

Race and Ethnicity Within Widening Income Inequality in the United States

By Randall Akee·May 10, 2018
UCLA

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

By Ioana Marinescu·April 22, 2018
University of Pennsylvania

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

By Sandra E. Black, Audrey Breitwieser and Diane W. Schanzenbach·December 6, 2017
University of Texas at Austin, The Brookings Institution and Northwestern University

Why do Women Continue to Make Less than Men?

By Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn·September 22, 2017
Cornell University

What Does the Seattle Experience Teach Us About Minimum Wages?

By Jesse Rothstein and Diane Schanzenbach·August 7, 2017
University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University

Does Increased Access to Medicaid Stimulate Job Mobility?

By Adriana Kugler·July 31, 2017
Georgetown University

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

By Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn·March 2, 2017
Cornell University

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

By Tara Watson·January 27, 2017
Williams College
Manufacturing
Manufacturing

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

By Lydia Cox and Kadee Russ·February 26, 2018
Harvard University and University of California, Davis

Do Place-Based Policies Work?

By David Neumark·November 28, 2017
University of California, Irvine

The Geography of Need and the Proposed Foxconn Deal in Wisconsin

By John C. Brown·August 28, 2017
Clark University

Is China a Currency Manipulator?

By Michael W. Klein·January 20, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Will Manufacturing Jobs Come Back?

By David Deming·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 Joshua D. Gottlieb and Mark Shepard·September 6, 2018
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

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

By Lara Shore-Sheppard·January 22, 2018
Williams College

Does Increased Access to Medicaid Stimulate Job Mobility?

By Adriana Kugler·July 31, 2017
Georgetown University

Evidence on the Value of Medicaid

By Joshua D. Gottlieb and Mark Shepard·July 2, 2017
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

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

By Marianne Bitler and Ann Stevens·February 24, 2017
UC Davis Department of Economics and Center for Poverty Research
Population Health
Population Health

Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault

By Jason Lindo, Peter Siminski, and Isaac Swensen·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 Phillip B. Levine·July 11, 2018
Wellesley College

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

By Samuel R. Bondurant, Jason M. Lindo and Isaac D. Swensen·March 16, 2018
Texas A&M University and Montana State University

Could Drug Ads Have Positive Side Effects?

By Michael Sinkinson and Amanda Starc·February 20, 2018
Yale University and Northwestern University

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By Hilary Hoynes·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Opioids and Early Death in America

By Ellen Meara, Nancy Morden and Jonathan Skinner·September 23, 2017
Dartmouth College

Unintended Consequences of an International Abortion Policy

By Stephen A. O’Connell·February 15, 2017
Swarthmore College
Productivity
Productivity

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

By Jennifer Hunt·July 25, 2018
Rutgers University

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

By Jennifer Hunt·June 28, 2017
Rutgers University

The Productivity Slowdown is Even More Puzzling than You Think …

By Dan Sichel·May 17, 2017
Wellesley College

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

By Giovanni Peri·March 16, 2017
University of California, Davis

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

By Dan Sichel·January 25, 2017
Wellesley College
Retirement
Retirement

Will Social Security be There for You?

By Karen Dynan·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

Teacher Pension Paradox: Rising Costs and Stagnant or Declining Benefits

By Cory Koedel and Michael Podgursky·May 17, 2018
University of Missouri

Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth

By Karen Dynan·October 7, 2017
Harvard University

A Public Pension Time-Bomb?

By Daniel Bergstresser·August 2, 2017
Brandeis University

Social Security Benefits: When Do You Plan to Retire?

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

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By Hilary Hoynes·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

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

By William A. Masters·June 28, 2017
Tufts University

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

By Tara Watson·May 26, 2017
Williams College

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

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

Employment and Poverty

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

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

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

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

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

Social Security Benefits: When Do You Plan to Retire?

By Jesse Rothstein·February 9, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

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

By Stephen A. O’Connell·January 31, 2017
Swarthmore College
Social Safety Net
Social Safety Net

Will Social Security be There for You?

By Karen Dynan·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

Proposed Immigration Rules and the Safety Net

By Tara Watson·April 3, 2018
Williams College

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

By Lara Shore-Sheppard·January 22, 2018
Williams College

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits

By Hilary Hoynes·November 12, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Welfare and the Federal Budget

By Melissa S. Kearney·July 25, 2017
University of Maryland

Evidence on the Value of Medicaid

By Joshua D. Gottlieb and Mark Shepard·July 2, 2017
University of British Columbia and Harvard University

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

By William A. Masters·June 28, 2017
Tufts University

Unintended Consequences: Lessons From an Anti-Fraud Reform

By Raymond Fisman·June 1, 2017
Boston University

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

By Tara Watson·May 26, 2017
Williams College

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By Hilary Hoynes·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

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

By William A. Masters·April 17, 2017
Friedman School of Nutrition & Department of Economics, Tufts University

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By Tara Watson·March 28, 2017
Williams College

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

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

A Public Pension Time-Bomb?

By Daniel Bergstresser·August 2, 2017
Brandeis University
Tax Policy
Tax Policy

The Capital Gains Tax and Inflation

By Daniel Bergstresser·August 13, 2018
Brandeis University

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

By Kimberly Clausing·May 29, 2018
Reed College

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

By Dan Sichel·April 7, 2018
Wellesley College

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

By Phillip Levine·January 25, 2018
Wellesley College

Tax Reform Threatens Infrastructure Investment

By Daniel Bergstresser·December 26, 2017
Brandeis University

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

By Jeffrey Frankel·November 29, 2017
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

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

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

Would Cutting Corporate Taxes Raise Workers’ Incomes?

By Kimberly Clausing·October 26, 2017
Reed College

Will Tax Reform Have an Impact on Charitable Giving?

By Jonathan Meer·October 5, 2017
Texas A & M University

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

By Kimberly Clausing·July 19, 2017
Reed College

The Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit

By Hilary Hoynes·May 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Education Funding: Tax Credits Cost the Federal Government Money

By Nora Gordon·March 21, 2017
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Trade Deficit
Trade Deficit

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

By Lee Branstetter·November 20, 2017
Carnegie Mellon University

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

By Kadee Russ, Deborah Swenson, and Kelly Stangl·November 6, 2017
University of California, Davis

What Do We Learn from Bilateral Trade Deficits?

By Marc Melitz and Michael Klein·May 25, 2017
Harvard University; and Fletcher School, Tufts University

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing? The President’s Trade Policies So Far

By Menzie Chinn·April 4, 2017
LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Who Owns Us? Foreign Investment and Trade Deficits

By Michael Klein·March 13, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University

Is the Trade Deficit a Drag on Growth?

By Menzie D. Chinn and Michael W. Klein·January 20, 2017
Robert M. La Follette School, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fletcher School, Tufts University
Treasury Bills
Treasury Bills

The Decline in the Dollar

By Michael W. Klein and Jay C. Shambaugh·June 2, 2017
Fletcher School, Tufts University and George Washington University
Unauthorized Immigration
Unauthorized Immigration

The Economic Gains from Legalizing DREAMers

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

The Economic Cost of Repealing DACA

By Giovanni Peri·September 11, 2017
University of California, Davis

Do Undocumented Immigrants Overuse Government Benefits?

By Tara Watson·March 28, 2017
Williams College

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

By Tara Watson·January 27, 2017
Williams College