Changes in Racial Gaps in Retirement Security over Time
We explore changes over time in how financially prepared Americans are for retirement, with a focus on the relative positions of Black and White families.
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Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: CO2 Transport costs and network infrastructure considerations for a net-zero United States
Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) is a set of technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) at point source and either store the CO2 for permanent storage underground or utilize i
Mitigating the Impacts of Sexual Harassment: Evidence from a National Survey of Retail and Restaurant Workers
Workplace sexual harassment and violence inflict a variety of costs on survivors, raising important questions about prevention: changing the conditions that give rise to the problem in the first place
Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion
This paper studies individual and social motives in tax evasion. We build a simple dynamic model that incorporates these motives and their interaction.
Two-Stage Examinations: Can Examinations Be More Formative Experiences?
Two-stage examinations consist of a first stage in which students work individually as they typically do in examinations (stage 1), followed by a second stage in which they work in groups to complete
Productivism and new industrial policies: learning from the past, preparing for the future
Throughout history, economic ideology has swung from one end of the pendulum to the other, from the reification of markets to reliance on states and then back again.
A Framework for Reducing Place-Based Inequity
In the spring of 2023, the Data-Smart City Solutions team at the Harvard Kennedy School (vlog) hosted 30 large-city chiefs of staff at the school, and asked whether their cities’ chief equity officers
Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
Adverse selection is a classic market failure known to limit or “unravel” trade in insurance markets and many other settings.
A Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal Isn’t Worth It
Why the United States will regret putting effort into its latest Middle East policy.
Kyiv must seize this moment. Otherwise, stalemate might be inevitable.
The extraordinary coup attempt by a Russian mercenary leader provides Ukraine with an unexpected opportunity to press whatever advantages it has in its war with Moscow.
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