Why Are Stocks, Gold, and the Dollar Surging?
While gold prices rise due to heightened geopolitical uncertainty, the US stock market is breaking records, and global demand for the dollar remains robust.
Research
Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Utilization and Health: A Randomized Study
Importance: Poverty is associated with greater barriers to health care and worse health outcomes, but it remains unclear whether income support can improve health. Objective: To examine the effect of
A Drag on the Ticket? Estimating Top-of-the-Ticket Effects on Down-Ballot Races
Campaign staff, journalists, and political scientists commonly attribute the poor performances of a party’s down-ballot candidates to low-quality or extreme top-of-the-ticket candidates, but empirical
Showcasing advances and building community in modeling for sustainability
We organized this Special Feature on “Modeling Dynamic Systems for Sustainable Development” to showcase the field’s recent advances.
Intersectional Peer Effects at Work: The Effect of White Coworkers on Black Women's Careers
This paper investigates how having more White coworkers influences the subsequent retention and promotion of Black women.
Diagnosing Wyoming's Workforce Challenges
Wyoming is facing two distinct labor market challenges: in the short-term, low workforce availability is a constraint while in the long-term job and wage growth have stagnated.
Biden’s Frailty Doesn’t Endanger America
Why the president’s weakened physical condition doesn’t make the country more vulnerable.
A Simple, Statistically Robust Test of Discrimination
In observational studies of discrimination, the most common statistical approaches consider either the rate at which decisions are made (benchmark tests) or the success rate of those decisions (outcom
This Time, NATO Is in Trouble for Real
After years of false alarms, the Western military alliance is finally approaching a precipice.
Reading dies in complexity: Online news consumers prefer simple writing
Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words and more readable writing) over more complex ones.
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