Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
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…
Workplace sexual harassment and violence inflict a variety of costs on survivors, raising important questions about prevention: changing…
Adverse selection is a classic market failure known to limit or “unravel” trade in insurance markets and many other settings. We show that…
The Jury Selection Working Group of the Roundtable on Racial Disparities in Massachusetts Criminal Courts has released a new research brief…
Who deserves to participate in local democracy? A wide body of research shows that property owners are deeply overrepresented in local…
Nearly one-in-five jobs in the United State are in the service sector, including in retail, grocery, pharmacy, fast food, and fulfillment,…
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…