We explore changes over time in how financially prepared Americans are for retirement, with a focus on the relative positions of Black and…
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Conflict, drought and locusts are leading concerns for African food security but the relative importance and spatiotemporal scale of crises…
Prepared Testimony on “Economic Disparities and the Economic Challenges Facing American Familiesâ€
The American economy had pervasive disparities before the pandemic. The pandemic exacerbated many of those disparities in market outcomes…
We examine how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among…
An uncomfortable truth for American economists is that they have limited influence on economic policy. Take trade, for example. Anyone who…
Income growth for typical American families has slowed dramatically since 1973. Slower productivity growth and an increase in income…
When American voters head to the polls for congressional midterm elections in November, their choices seem likely to be guided more by “…
America’s regional disparities are large and regional convergence has declined if not disappeared. This wildly uneven economic landscape…