The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured.
Incomplete health insurance enrollment is a persistent U.S. challenge despite large subsidies. We ask whether hassles built into enrollment systems matter for insurance take-up and targeting.
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?
Americans travel 7 to 9 miles on average for shopping and recreational activities, which is far longer than the 15-minute (walking) city advocated by ecologically-oriented urban planners.
Health plans for the poor increasingly limit access to specialty hospitals. We investigate the role of adverse selection in generating this equilibrium among private plans in Medicaid.
The article explores the ways in which pretrial incarceration affects job retention, job-seeking, and relative confidence or lack of confidence in the ability to succeed in getting a job.
Pigouvian taxes and user fees can address environmental externalities and efficiently fund transportation infrastructure, but these policies may place burdens on poorer households.
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth.
Policy with concentrated costs often faces intense localized opposition. Both private and governmental actors frequently use financial compensation to attempt to overcome this opposition.
Credible fact-making for policy demands the same legitimating moves as are required for credible politics.
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