Using new direct measures of numeracy and literacy skills among 85,875 adults in 17 Western countries, we find that foreign-born adults…
Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is…
We use high frequency data on traffic congestion from Google Maps to measure the impact of Jakarta’s main traffic congestion reduction…
We analyze the evolution of health insurer costs in Massachusetts between 2010-2012, paying particular attention to changes in the…
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas…
We investigate the role of physician agency in determining health care supply and patient outcomes. We show that an increase in health care…