This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital…
Background and Objectives
A substantial portion of the service sector workforce is middle-aged or older, but little is known about the…
The downsides of density, including traffic congestion, contagious disease and crime, were common in Victorian London and classical Rome,…
Who are the girls who decide to sign up for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and coding clubs? In this…
We study the relationship between teachers' stereotypes and students' high school choice in a setting where students can enroll in more or…
Importance: Recent subsidy enhancements in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces made many low-income enrolles (below 150% of the federal…
The accuracy with which claims-based diagnostic codes capture Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) may vary across health care…
High-cost financial services allow economically insecure families to make ends meet but often contribute to additional financial strain in…
State and local policies increasingly restrict employers’ access to criminal records, but without addressing the underlying reasons that…
Will the Opportunity Zones (OZ) program, America’s largest new place-based policy in decades, generate neighborhood change? We compare…