BFI Working Paper·Mar 17, 2026

Household Preferences for Women’s Employment: A Field Experiment in Bangladesh

Yueh-ya Hsu, Reshmaan N. Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory Lane
Topics: Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages, Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Mar 16, 2026

Attention (And Money) Is All You Need: Why Universities Are Struggling to Keep AI Talent

Ufuk Akcigit, Craig A. Chikis, Emin Dinlersoz, and Nathan Goldschlag
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training, Technology & Innovation
BFI Working Paper·Jan 27, 2026

College Major Choice, Payoffs, and Gender Gaps

Christopher Campos, Pablo Muñoz, Alonso Bucarey, and Dante Contreras
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Jan 26, 2026

A Few Bad Apples? Academic Dishonesty, Political Selection, and Institutional Performance in China

Zhuang Liu, Wenwei Peng, and Shaoda Wang
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Sep 8, 2025

Laboratories of Autocracy: Landscape of Central–Local Dynamics in China’s Policy Universe

Kaicheng Luo, Shaoda Wang, and David Y. Yang
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Aug 18, 2025

Navigating the College Affordability Crisis: Insights from College Savings Accounts

Guglielmo Briscese, John List, and Sabrina Liu
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Aug 4, 2025

Reskilling and Resilience

Anders Humlum and Pernille Plato
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Jul 21, 2025

The Benefits of Scholastic Athletics

James Heckman, Colleen P. Loughlin, and Haihan Tian
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Apr 22, 2025

Option Value Neglect: Evidence from Centralized College Admission

Ao Wang, Shaoda Wang, and Xiaoyang Ye
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2025

Student Loan Forgiveness

Michael Dinerstein, Samuel Earnest, Dmitri Koustas, and Constantine Yannelis
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training