December 13, 2015
Monetary incentives can influence a decision and distort the information we access for our cost and benefit research.
December 9, 2015
With higher college tuition and less wage growth for college grads, still, the college wage premium and its opportunity cost make college worth it.
December 7, 2015
If Finland replaces benefits with a monthly check, the tradeoffs for its safety net programs will be domestic and international.
November 30, 2015
With son preference, limited fertility and social norms, China's and India's sex ratios at birth have created a male glut and new marriage markets.
November 19, 2015
With landfills, recycling and composting the alternatives, garbage incineration that generates electricity has become increasingly popular.
November 18, 2015
Through his Reproducibility Project, Brian Nosek shows that scientific accuracy can be assessed through replication of results and prediction markets.
November 13, 2015
Reducing environmental externalities from greenhouse gas emissions involves the methane that cows and other ruminants burp.
November 5, 2015
Whether calculating the poverty rate in Rwanda or in the U.S., the income and/or consumption variables you select determine your results.
November 2, 2015
Although China has said it will replace its one-child policy with a two child limit, small families remain a social norm that will be tough to change.
October 29, 2015
Showing the connection between inflation and unemployment, the Phillips Curve has been re-interpreted, re-affirmed and condemned as a monetary policy tool.
October 27, 2015
One reason we have a labor force participation rate of 62.4 percent is because retirees, students, the disabled and people who care for family do not work.
October 25, 2015