Which Americans experience the worst infrastructure? What are the costs of living with that infrastructure? We measure road roughness…
We document a sharp rise in gunshots coupled with declining 911 call volume across thirteen major US cities in the aftermath of the murder…
Are application hassles, or “ordeals,” an effective way to limit public program enrollment? We provide new evidence by studying (removal of…
There are widespread differences in total factor productivity across producers in the U.S. and around the world. To help explain these…
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation. We use administrative…
Adverse selection is a classic market failure known to limit or “unravel” trade in insurance markets and many other settings. We show that…
Who deserves to participate in local democracy? A wide body of research shows that property owners are deeply overrepresented in local…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
Chetty et al. (2022) say county density of cross-class friendships (referred to here as “adult-bridging capital”) has causal impacts on…
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population…