Are regions poor because they have bad institutions or are they poor because they are disconnected from the social channels through which…
Albanian migrants in Greece were particularly affected by the Greek crisis, which spurred a wave of return migration that increased Albania…
Over 11 million undocumented persons reside in the United States, and there has been a heated debate over the impact of legislative or…
The predominantly sunny end-of-history optimism about democratic progress, evident in the late-1980s and early-1990s following the fall of…
Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is…
In contrast to previous literature, which looks at the effect of democracy on long-run growth or short-run volatility of growth, we examine…
We use high frequency data on traffic congestion from Google Maps to measure the impact of Jakarta’s main traffic congestion reduction…
We analyze the evolution of health insurer costs in Massachusetts between 2010-2012, paying particular attention to changes in the…
Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives.
Yet we know little about whether this works…
Donald Trump’s surprise election shifted expectations: corporate taxes would be lower and trade policies more restrictive. Relative stock…