What Happened to US Business Dynamism? A Conversation with UChicago’s Ufuk Akcigit
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) and the Chicago Economics Society (CES) hosted the...
Policy Uncertainty in Japan
Policy uncertainty is always a consideration for households and firms, even in relatively stable periods....
Topics:
Financial Markets, Monetary Policy
Empirical Trends That Inform Decreasing US Business Dynamism
Panel 1a is taken from Andrews et al. (2016), Panel 1b from Decker et al....
Topics:
Financial Markets, Technology & Innovation
Impact of Roads on Middle School Enrollment: Treatment Effect Time Series
This figure shows that increases in school enrollment correspond to the timing of new road...
Spillover Impacts on Education from Employment Guarantees and Educational Investment Responses to Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Indian Road Construction
However, for many young people in developing economies who live in poverty, that trade-off is...
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages, Healthcare, K-12 Education
What Happened to US Business Dynamism?
On the other hand, imagine those two running neck-and-neck to the finish line. In that...
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Technology & Innovation
Uber Mexico: Share of Cash by City
For numerous cities in Mexico, either a share of the fare (depicted in light yellow)...
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Technology & Innovation
Uber Mexico: More Education = Less Cash Usage
In the state of Mexico, the more education a person has, the less likely they...
Topics:
Technology & Innovation