Local Labor Market Impacts of the Energy Transition: Prospects and Policies
Society’s transition toward more sustainable energy sources is well underway.
Research
The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This book collects the main papers written by George Borjas on the economics of immigration during a decades-long career.
Biden Should let the Game of Debt Ceiling Chicken Play Out
As Washington gears up for yet another political showdown over raising the federal debt limit, congressional Republicans are clearly hellbent on letting the US government default on its obligations.
Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed: Will the Bend in the Curve Continue?
Over 2009-2019 the seemingly inexorable rise in health care’s share of GDP markedly slowed, both in the US and elsewhere.
Assessing and Interpreting Complex Development Interventions: Three Key Principles and Two (Intractable?) Conundrums
A framework to evaluate economic adjustment-cum-debt restructuring packages
In this paper we discuss how the diverse aspects of such adjustment-cum-debt restructuring packages can be evaluated in a coherent fashion.
Three Key Issues for Post-pandemic Monetary Policy
Inflation was quite predictably an outcome of the policies that were being pursued.
Predictions that global economy is heading for a recession are premature
Despite many forecasts, a worldwide downturn in 2023 is not inevitable – and it can be avoided
The Future of Multilateralism and Global Development: Opportunities for Constitutive and Functional Reform
In response to the numerous challenges facing contemporary multilateral organizations, and indeed the very idea of multilateralism itself, many have called for “wholesale change” yet few have provided
Technology, Globalisation and A Need for A New Model of Development (Mahboob ul Haq Lecture: Key Takeaways)
The transformations in the current global context—including the need to create opportunities for young people – force us to think of a new development model – There is a shift in patterns of structura
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