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March 12, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 424
Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation
Areas with stricter land-use regulations have smaller and less productive construction firms.
By Leonardo D’Amico, Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, William R. Kerr, & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto
March 11, 2025
Policy Analysis

No. 992
The Budgetary Cost of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Subsidies
The massive cash transfer from taxpayers to private firms under the guise of environmentalism creates an overwhelming and undue burden on taxpayers who continue to pay for fiscally irresponsible federal spending.
By Travis Fisher and Joshua Loucks
March 10, 2025
Policy Analysis

No. 991
Terrorism and Immigration
The federal government’s security resources should be allocated to the most efficient means of reducing the costs of terrorism.
By Alex Nowrasteh
March 5, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 423
How Much Does the US Fiscal System Redistribute?
Contrary to widespread belief, the consensus of existing research is that the tax and transfer system redistributes substantially more now than it did in the past.
By Thomas Coleman and David Weisbach
March 4, 2025
Policy Analysis

No. 990
Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget
This study tallies corporate welfare in the federal budget and finds that the government spends $181 billion a year on aid to businesses.
By Chris Edwards
February 26, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 422
Using Policy and Innovation to Improve Lifesaving Access to Naloxone
The innovation of Narcan made laws broadening access to naloxone more effective.
By Evan D. Peet, David Powell, and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
February 19, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 421
The Effects of a Permanent, Unconditional Cash Transfer Program
A permanent, unconditional cash transfer program increased recipients’ overall income but displaced some labor income.
By Sidhya Balakrishnan, Roberta Costa, Johannes Haushofer, & Fábio Waltenberg
February 18, 2025
Briefing Paper

No. 184
Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2022
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis in 2022.
By Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo
February 12, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 420
Does Democracy Enhance Economic Growth?
After accounting for sanctions on nondemocratic countries, the effect of democracy on economic growth generally becomes insignificant or negative.
By Ziho Park
February 12, 2025
Policy Analysis

No. 989
Congress Can’t Outgrow or Inflate Away the Social Security Financing Problem
Congress must act quickly to reform Social Security and avoid a fiscal crisis fueled by rising costs and demographic pressures.
By Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett
February 5, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 419
The Health and Employment Effects of Employer Vaccination Mandates
For every two nursing homes that imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the mandates saved approximately one life.
By Ashvin Gandhi, Ian Larkin, Brian McGarry, Katherine Wen, & Huizi Yu
January 30, 2025
Policy Analysis

No. 988
Subsidizing Transport
American taxpayers spend billions of dollars to support transit, intercity rail, car travel, and commercial air travel, with costs often far exceeding revenues.
By Marc Joffe and Krit Chanwong
January 29, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 418
Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes
Robot adoption was positively associated with employment and quality of care in Japanese nursing homes.
By Yong Suk Lee, Toshiaki Iizuka, and Karen Eggleston
January 22, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 417
The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act reduced the male labor supply of Chinese and white workers in the West.
By Joe Long, Nancy Qian, Carlo Medici, & Marco Tabellini
January 21, 2025
Briefing Paper

No. 183
Ending Federal Student Loans: There Is a Small Window of Opportunity to Get the Government out of Student Lending
Replacing the current student loan system, under which the government is the lender, with a system that uses only private lenders would be beneficial to students and taxpayers.
By Andrew Gillen