Research Briefs·Jan 8, 2025

A Theory of How Workers Keep Up With Inflation

Hassan Afrouzi, Andres Blanco, Andres Drenik, and Erik Hurst
The current inflationary period in the United States reduced worker welfare through real wage declines and the costly actions workers...
Research Briefs·Jan 8, 2025

How Much Does the U.S. Fiscal System Redistribute?

Thomas Coleman and David A. Weisbach
The U.S. tax and transfer system has become more redistributive in recent decades, not less; this finding holds across multiple...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Podcast Jan 7, 2025

Unlocking Higher Education: Undergraduate Re-Enrollment and Graduate Student Lending

Tess Vigeland and Lesley Turner
Why do so many students leave college before completing their degree, and how can we help them return? Lesley Turner,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Podcast Dec 24, 2024

What Economics Taught Us in 2024

Tess Vigeland
Americans attend church less often than they claim. Recessions can improve our health. Pesticides pose hidden dangers. And perceptions of...
Podcast Dec 19, 2024

Choosing with Uncertainty

Tess Vigeland and Lars Peter Hansen
How can policymakers make choices when confronted with uncertainty? What happens when the public loses confidence in scientific authority? Are...
Research Briefs·Dec 18, 2024

Nonpayment and Eviction in the Rental Housing Market

John Eric Humphries, Scott Nelson, Dam Linh Nguyen, Winnie van Dijk, and Daniel C. Waldinger
Understanding what drives high eviction rates—whether they stem from tenants’ persistent inability to pay or from landlords’ incentives to evict...
Research Briefs·Dec 12, 2024

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Toward an Understanding of Fade-Out in Early Childhood Education Programs

John List and Haruka Uchida
The fade-out effect often seen in early childhood education programs can be mitigated if students remain in the same classrooms...
Podcast Dec 10, 2024

Balancing Purse and Peace: Tax Collection, Public Goods, and Protests

Tess Vigeland and Benjamin Krause
Many low-income countries face a dilemma: keep taxes low and remain unable to build state capacity, or raise taxes and...
Research Briefs·Dec 9, 2024

Understanding the Heterogeneity of Intergenerational Mobility across Neighborhoods

Neil A. Cholli, Steven Durlauf, Rasmus Landersø, and Salvador Navarro
Most of the variation in intergenerational mobility across neighborhoods in Denmark is driven by the choices families make about where...