August 8, 2022, Opinion: "Establishing new economic-policy paradigms requires developing novel approaches, not just emulating the old. If productivism is to be successful, it will…
Against the backdrop of dramatic changes in work and family life, this article draws on survey data from 2,971 mothers working in the service sector to examine how unpredictable…
Demographers and other social scientists often study effect heterogeneity (defined here as differences in outcome–predictor associations across groups defined by the values of a…
Objectives: The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) increased the availability and magnitude of premium tax credits (PTCs) for consumers purchasing individual marketplace plans…
In January 2022, the California State Assembly voted in support of a first-of its-kind labor bill, known as the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915’s The Birth of a Nation, a fictional portrayal of the KKK’s…
Question: Did Medicaid expansion in Massachusetts change coverage continuity for child Medicaid enrollees entering young adulthood?
Findings: In this cohort study of 41 247 young…
July 5, 2022, Opinion: "There are signs of a major reorientation toward an economic policy framework that is rooted in production, work, and localism instead of finance,…
As a growing number of jurisdictions across the country have attempted to implement bail reforms, debates have intensified about the relationship between such reforms and crime,…
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the…
