July 2025, Paper: "Fundamental knowledge in the life sciences has consequential implications for medicine and subsequent medical innovations. Using publications in leading life…
June 24, 2025, Video: "Presented by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Transformational Medicines: Lessons from Social Science Rhoda Au, Julie Bynum, and Kathleen M.…
We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels and trends of the global distribution of…
April 1, 2025, Interview: "In 2022, there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the United States, and firearms were the leading cause of death for Americans under the…
January 21, 2025, Video: "As a revival of economic nationalism and industrial policy reshapes the world, governments are racing to shore up their readiness to attract investment…
This paper explores past episodes of technological disruption in the US labor market, with the goal of learning lessons about the likely future impact of artificial intelligence (…
The Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau recently published administrative data covering the universe of legal firearm transactions in the state. We use these data to validate…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires Medicare to negotiate lower prices for some medicines with high Medicare spending. Using historical data from public and proprietary…
May 22, 2023, Paper: "We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other U.S. trade partners at the detailed…
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured. We argue that incremental…
