The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of…
We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other U.S. trade partners…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…
Nearly one-in-five jobs in the United State are in the service sector, including in retail, grocery, pharmacy, fast food, and fulfillment,…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
Background
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 awarded $500 million toward scaling “strike teams” to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus…
Absent effective disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), measures to prevent incident disease,…
Using administrative data on the universe of eighth graders, we study learning losses in Italy between 2021 and 2019 to estimate the effect…
COVID-19 vaccines are widely available in wealthy countries, yet many remain unvaccinated. We report on two studies (United States and…