The Price of Nails Since 1695: A Window into Economic Change

The Effects of Major Retailers Raising Their Minimum Wages

10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes

The Gold Standard and the Great Depression

Private Information and the Missing Markets for Financing Human Capital

Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency

Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence

Why Working from Home Will Stick

College as a Marriage Market

Real Estate Agent Owned Homes Are on the Market Longer and Sell for More (2005)

Does LEED Certification Save Energy? Evidence from Federal Buildings

Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

New study finds eldercare homes acquired by private equity companies cut staff, raise prices, and are 50% more likely to sedate patients instead of applying behavioral therapy

Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes

The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring

How to Talk When a Machine Is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI

Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis

Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade?

Study: 43% white Harvard students are legacy, athletes, staff/donor relatives

No evidence that urban protests reignited COVID-19 case growth

Can Negative Supply Shocks Cause Demand Shortages?

Longer unemployment insurance duration positively affects health for female workers and their children

Police caused 900 excess homicides and almost 34,000 excess felonies: A study found that in 5 cities that had both viral incidents of police-involved deaths of Black people and subsequent state and federal investigations, police dramatically withdrew even as 911 calls stayed constant.

How venture capital follows the economy down and curtails innovation

Can investors time their exposure to private equity?

Stagnation and Scientific Incentives

Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobility than US-born

The Effects of Prize Structures on Innovative Performance

White police officers use force 60% more than Black officers; white officers are 5x as likely to use gun force in predominantly Black neighborhoods; Black/Hispanic residents more likely to be shot by police

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