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The latest commentary and analysis from BFI’s leading scholars in shorter, digestible forms.
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Insights / Research Brief•Jun 29, 2021

The Heterogeneous Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from U.S. Army Reenlistment Decisions

Kyle Greenberg, Michael Greenstone, Stephen P. Ryan, Michael Yankovich
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Insights / Research Brief•Jun 28, 2021

Central Banking Challenges Posed by Uncertain Climate Change and Natural Disasters

Lars Peter Hansen
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Insights / Research Brief•Jun 28, 2021

Task-Based Discrimination

Erik Hurst, Yona Rubinstein, Kazuatsu Shimizu
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Insights / Research Brief•May 25, 2021

Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades

Fatih Guvenen, Greg Kaplan, Jae Song, Justin Weidner
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Insights / Research Brief•May 21, 2021

A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany

Luis Martínez, Jonas Jessen, Guo Xu
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Insights / Research Brief•May 04, 2021

Tax Planning Knowledge Diffusion via the Labor Market

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Insights / Research Brief•Apr 22, 2021

Productivity Growth and Workers’ Job Transitions: Evidence from Censal Microdata

Elias Albagli, Mario Canales, Chad Syverson, Matias Tapia, Juan Wlasiuk
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Insights / Research Brief•Apr 12, 2021

What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books

Anjali Adukia, Alex Eble, Emileigh Harrison, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha, Teodora Szasz
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