Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals
There are widespread differences in total factor productivity across producers in the U.S. and around the world.
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Driving turnout: the effect of car ownership on electoral participation
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation.
Mitigating the Impacts of Sexual Harassment: Evidence from a National Survey of Retail and Restaurant Workers
Workplace sexual harassment and violence inflict a variety of costs on survivors, raising important questions about prevention: changing the conditions that give rise to the problem in the first place
Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
Adverse selection is a classic market failure known to limit or “unravel” trade in insurance markets and many other settings.
Who Should Make Decisions? Public Perceptions of Democratic Inclusion in Housing Policy
Who deserves to participate in local democracy?
The Birth of a Nation: Media and Racial Hate
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 founding rife with racist
Dreams Deferred: Downward Mobility and Making Ends Meet in the Service Sector
Nearly one-in-five jobs in the United State are in the service sector, including in retail, grocery, pharmacy, fast food, and fulfillment, but there are countervailing views on who works these jobs an
Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead? Social Capital, Student Achievement, Friendships, and Social Mobility
Chetty et al. (2022) say county density of cross-class friendships (referred to here as “adult-bridging capital”) has causal impacts on social mobility within the United States.
Introduction to The Socioeconomic Impacts of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a historic toll on Americans’ health and longevity.
Translating Behavioral Economics Evidence into Policy and Practice
I argue (like others before me) that the translation of evidence into policy is in itself a behavioral question with three major barriers or pain points: first, political actors need to know and value
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