September 9, 2022, Opinion: "Addressing the world's biggest challenges will require a completely new policymaking paradigm, one that looks past all the old arguments about the…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make housing policy decisions and how their…
August 8, 2022, Opinion: "Establishing new economic-policy paradigms requires developing novel approaches, not just emulating the old. If productivism is to be successful, it will…
July 5, 2022, Opinion: "There are signs of a major reorientation toward an economic policy framework that is rooted in production, work, and localism instead of finance,…
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the…
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the…
This chapter summarizes existing evidence on the link between education and innovation and presents open questions for future research. After a brief review of theoretical…
Employment rates fell dramatically between March and April 2020 as the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic reverberated through the U.S. labor market. This paper uses data from…
June 2021, Paper: "Capitalism is not a rigid system. It has evolved and changed over time, shaped by local history, social pressures, and crises. Today, it is commonplace to…
This paper presents insights and action proposals to better harness technological innovation for sustainable development. We begin with three key insights from scholarship and…
