This past week the NAACP, the National Urban League and other civil-rights groups collectively condemned charter schools. Claiming to speak…
Research on earnings and health frequently relies on
self-reported earnings (SRE) for a single year, despite repeated
criticism of this…
We investigated whether a price increase on regular (sugary) soft drinks and an educational intervention would reduce their sales. Methods…
The widespread geographic variation in Medicare spending has garnered a great deal of attention in the health care reform debate, both as a…
In the months before the January earthquake, Haiti and its criminal justice institutions were the subject of an unprecedented effort by two…
Between 1996 and 2006, real housing prices rose by 53 percent according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency price index. One explanation…
Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it has been difficult…
Objective: To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older…
The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, enacted in 2003,
substantially reduced payment rates for…