We examine changes in the spatial distribution of good jobs across US commuting zones over 1980-2000 and 2000-2021. We define good jobs as…
We study sovereign external debt crises over the past 200 years, with a focus on creditor losses, or “haircuts”. Our sample covers 327…
The future of developing countries lies in services. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services in particular must be an essential…
Taiwan has inherent military value, and thus its fate will in large part determine the U.S. military’s ability to operate in the region. As…
This paper shows that China has launched a new global system for cross-border rescue lending to countries in debt distress. It builds the…
How has globalization affected the relative taxation of labor and capital, and why? To address this question we build and analyze a new…
Using Fontana et al.’s (2019) database, we analyze levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in economics journals,…
• The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on public finances across developing countries. Large fiscal responses and weak…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, states issued and then rescinded stay-at-home orders that restricted mobility. We develop a model of learning…
The 2019 Human Development Report (HDR) will focus on inequality in order to highlight and address the fact that today’s world is deeply…