Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
Most social scientists would like to think that their work helps solve important problems. For scholars of international relations, there…
The annual receipt of large tax refunds, primarily due to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), provides households with unusual…
Book abstract: Summarizes the literature, and considers the issue of paying for research and development. It reviews research and…
All the recent debate about the future of Medicare is missing a fundamental truth: the odds of any major changes to Medicare are next to…
President Barack Obama last month signed an executive order promising to "improve outcomes and advance educational opportunities for…
As thousands of Chinese demonstrators air their anger about Japanese control of the barren Diaoyu Islands, the potential for a bloody…
Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation brings fresh insight and analytic rigor to what has become one of the…
Book abstract: In the months following Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast in 2005, ATD Fourth World* Volunteer Corps members…
See RWP13-005 for an updated version of this paper: We use a Massachusetts merit aid program to provide the first clear causal evidence on…