Working in the Service Sector in New Jersey
Service sector jobs in the United States are characterized by low pay, few fringe benefits, and limited employee control over scheduled work days and times.
Research
Situational Brief: Transit Migration in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statement to include migrants and refugees in countries’ response to COVID-19, this update focuses on Mexico’s challenges and opportunities to build an inclusive
Incentives for Organizational Participation: A Recruitment Experiment in Mexico
While the presence of a strong civil society is recognized as desirable for democracies, an important question is what motivates citizens to join organizations.
A Public Health Approach to Negative News Media: The 3-to-1 Solution
There is clear evidence that the prevalence of negative media reporting has increased substantially over the past years.
Could China's Digital Currency Unseat the Dollar?
Improvements in medical treatment have contributed to rising health spending.
Estimating Impacts and Trade-offs in Solar Geoengineering Scenarios With a Moist Energy Balance Model
There are large uncertainties in the potential impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) and in how these impacts depend on the way SRM is deployed.
National Fiscal Policies to Fight Recessions in US States
Countercyclical fiscal policy generally focuses on national economic downturns.
Public Procurement in Law and Practice
We examine a new data set of laws and practices governing public procurement, as well as procurement outcomes, in 187 countries.
Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions
We develop new quasi-experimental tools to measure racial discrimination, due to either racial bias or statistical discrimination, in the context of bail decisions.
Overcoming the Small-N Problem
Small samples negatively affect the quality of the information we use when making group-based estimates.
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