The Mismeasurement of Work Time: Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality
Comparing measures of work time in the recall CPS-ASEC data with contemporaneous measures reveals many logical inconsistencies and probable errors.
Research
Small Marketplace Premiums Pose Financial And Administrative Burdens: Evidence From Massachusetts, 2016–17
Health insurance premiums are primarily understood to pose financial barriers to coverage.
Infrastructure Inequality: Who Pays the Cost of Road Roughness?
Which Americans experience the worst infrastructure? What are the costs of living with that infrastructure?
Institutional Change and Adaptive Efficiency: A Study of China's Hukou System Evolution
Since the 1990s, neo-institutionalists have posited that "institutions matter". However, they overlook one important issue: the ways institutions change also matters.
Immigration and occupational comparative advantage
Job selection by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We use a Fréchet-Roy model of occupational choice to evaluate the causes of immigrant sorting.
Most Hourly Workers at Large Service Sector Firms Still Lack Paid Sick Leave
Paid sick leave is essential for worker well-being and the public health, yet the United States does not have a federal law guaranteeing workers access to paid sick leave.
Community Engagement with Law Enforcement after High-Profile Acts of Police Violence
We document a sharp rise in gunshots coupled with declining 911 call volume across thirteen major US cities in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma
Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs associated with take-up of government assistance.
Allocative Skill
Jobs increasingly require good decision-making. Workers are valued not only for how much they can do, but also for their ability to decide what to do.
Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion
Human decision-makers frequently override the recommendations generated by predictive algorithms, but it is unclear whether these discretionary overrides add valuable private information or reintroduc
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