Unemployment insurance extensions stimulate output and employment when monetary policy is constrained, as during the Great Recession.

The arrest-to-crime rate fell 40% after accountability to the public rose, then rebounded to its original level when accountability fell.

Information about current debt or deficit levels has little impact on inflation expectations, but news about future debt leads households to anticipate higher inflation, both in the short run and long run.

When students seek information from business professionals about careers, female students receive substantially more information on work/life balance relative to male students; in contrast, professionals mention workplace culture to male and female students at similar rates.

Private equity ownership (PE) increases the short-term mortality of Medicare patients by 10%, implying 20,150 lives lost due to PE ownership over a twelve-year sample period.

Based on extensive California data, the average electric vehicle increases overall household load by 2.9 kilowatt-hours per day, or less than half the amount assumed by state regulators, and likely travel under half of the US fleet average, raising questions about transportation electrification for climate policy.

Low-income tax-filers have substantial subjective uncertainty about tax refunds; this research suggests that refund uncertainty reduces the welfare benefits of the EITC by about 10 percent.

This work reveals the importance of public programs and neighborhoods on human capital formation at an early age, highlighting that human capital accumulation is fundamentally a social activity.