The Mysteries of Cities and Economic Growth
It’s impossible to think about economic growth without also thinking about cities’ vital role in connecting the world
Research
Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration
When studying policy-relevant topics, researchers’ policy preferences may shape the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of results.
GDP as a Measure of Economic Well-Being
The sense that recent technological advances have yielded considerable benefits for everyday life, as well as disappointment over measured productivity and output growth in recent years, have spurred
Fiscal policy and the pandemic-era surge in US inflation: Lessons for the future
In the United States, massive fiscal expansion during the pandemic protected households and helped to return output and unemployment nearly to pre-pandemic expectations by the end of 2021—a sharp cont
Supporting Postsecondary Readiness in Rural Districts: Experimental Evidence from a Rural Research Network
We evaluate two interventions designed to improve students’ postsecondary readiness, as measured by their GPA, self-reported career readiness, and self-reported social emotional constructs, in rural d
Genomic heterogeneity and ploidy identify patients with intrinsic resistance to PD-1 blockade in metastatic melanoma
The introduction of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has markedly improved outcomes for advanced melanoma. However, many patients develop resistance through unknown mechanisms.
Why Doesn’t The United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role Of The American Medical Association
This study revisits a critical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI) in the United States in the post-World War II era.
Dynamic Assignment of Patients to Primary and Secondary Inpatient Units: Is Patience a Virtue?
Various hospitals in the US and around the world suffer from the well-known problem of emergency department (ED) overcrowding, which prevents them from serving patients effectively and efficiently.
Publication: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Cha
The principles of sovereignty, equality, and self-determination – which have long been the basis for nonintervention in the affairs of sovereign states – have more recently been widened to condemn out
Trump’s threat to American democracy
A perfect storm of contemporary events has triggered deep angst about American democracy.
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