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Variation in punishment

June 16, 2021

How much does racial heterogeneity affect the severity of criminal sentencing?

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Welfare generosity and work

June 1, 2021

How much does extending unemployment insurance affect employment?

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American capitalism and incarceration

May 12, 2021

Anita Mukherjee discusses the consequences of private prisons for inmates in the United States.

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School spending matters

May 10, 2021

State funding cuts during the Great Recession had lasting effects on student outcomes.

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Captive shoppers

May 7, 2021

To what extent are travel barriers driving price dispersion in cities?

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The unemployment insurance tax hangover

February 26, 2021

A tax spike on companies after layoffs is discouraging them from rehiring when business turns around.

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Can policing be reformed?

February 10, 2021

A series of experiments in India changed officer behavior with relatively modest interventions.

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The promise of conditional cash transfers

December 23, 2020

Rema Hanna discusses how giving families money affects child development in the long run.

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Assessing the quality of start-ups

November 4, 2020

Economists are going beyond standard ways of judging the health of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Deadly incentives

October 26, 2020

In Colombia, stronger incentives for the military to kill rebels backfired.