Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021
We examine changes in the spatial distribution of good jobs across US commuting zones over 1980-2000 and 2000-2021.
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How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?
Does shaming human rights violators shape attitudes at home?
Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective
This book provides practical insight into how to improve the effectiveness, resilience, and agility of supply chain operation in the public domain.
Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century
In Global Health 2050, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health concludes that dramatic improvements in human welfare are achievable by mid-century with focused health investments.
Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth?
Manufacturing jobs, once the backbone of the modern US economy, have declined as a share of GDP over recent decades, darkening opportunities for middle-class advancement.
Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses
We study sovereign external debt crises over the past 200 years, with a focus on creditor losses, or “haircuts”.
Servicing Development: Productive Upgrading of Labor-Absorbing Services in Developing Countries
The future of developing countries lies in services. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services in particular must be an essential priority, for reasons of both growth and equity.
How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance
The U.S.-China conflict is threatening continued global economic prosperity and this has inspired a variety of predictions and prescriptions on the future global order.
Beyond a niche approach: Could social business become the norm?
[T]here is an imperative to examine how alternative forms of organizing--ones that diverge from the dominant corporate model focused solely on profit maximization--can help confront this multidimensio
On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia
We build on Baqaee and Farhi (2019, 2021) and derive a theoretically-grounded criterion that allows targeting bans on exports to a sanctioned country at the level of ~5000 6-digit HS products.
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