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Land Use Regulations and Fertility Rates

Previous literature has shown that land use regulations influence where people choose to live within the United States by impacting housing prices.

Measuring Individual Economic Well-Being and Social Welfare within the Framework of the System of National Accounts

While the agenda of “beyond GDP” encompasses measurements that lie outside boundaries of the System of National Accounts, key aspects of individual well-being and social welfare can be incorporated in

Why Sociologists Matter in the Welfare Reform Debate

In the 1960s, public support for Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), a federal program that provided cash benefits to eligible poor families with children, began to erode (Teles 1996).

Do Expiring Budgets Lead to Wasteful Year-End Spending? Evidence from Federal Procurement

Many organizations have budgets that expire at the end of the fiscal year and may face incentives to rush to spend resources on low-quality projects at year's end.

Having it at Hand: How Small Search Frictions Impact Bureaucratic Efficiency

Can small search costs that constrain information acquisition and monitoring across the administrative hierarchy provide a substantive explanation for poor bureaucratic performance in the developing w

The Politics of Welfare Policy: Towards Social Citizenship?

Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(K) Introductions

Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement?

Functional Dysfunction: Mumbai’s Political Economy of Rent Sharing

This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban space.

Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Realizing Roma Rights

Realizing Roma Rights investigates anti-Roma racism and documents a growing Roma-led political movement engaged in building a more inclusive and just Europe.