In the context of climate change, the application of cost-benefit analysis to inform mitigation policies can help to achieve the best…
Across US counties, vaccination rates have a statistically significant downward effect on the Covid-19 death rate, as of August 12, 2021.…
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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…
In the twenty-first century the balance of world economic growth has shifted from the G7 industrialized economies, led by Europe, Japan,…
US media often report that a particular policy is generally considered bad or unpopular, when in reality it seeks to achieve a reasonable…
The Paris Agreement of 2015 uses Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to achieve its goal to limit climate change to well below 2°C.…
In a typical year, more than 2 million recent U.S. high-school graduates begin college in the fall. Students and families, in taking the…
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…
While national governments pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement, delivering on these aims will…