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  • September 13, 2023
    Policy Forum
    Expanding Access to Methadone Treatment
    Expanding Access to Methadone Treatment
    … methadone laws to destigmatize people with OUD, respect their humanity, and improve their access to methadone treatment. Lunch to follow Policy Analysis - 960 - Cover Featured Study Expand Access to Methadone Treatment Federal and state regulations discriminate against, stigmatize, and dehumanize …
  • September 11, 2023
    Policy Forum
    Short-Term Plans: The Battle for Health Insurance Choice
    Short-Term Plans: The Battle for Health Insurance Choice
    On July 7, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury released a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the definition of short‐​term, limited‐​duration insurance. During this policy …
  • September 8, 2023
    Live Online Policy Forum
    Is Global Inequality Growing or Shrinking?
    Is Global Inequality Growing or Shrinking?
    A prominent narrative claims that global inequality is increasing as improvements in the standard of living accrue mainly to a small elite, leaving much of the world’s population behind and even worse off than before. But is this true?
  • May 31, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 334
    Hobo Economicus
    Hobo Economicus
    Mental and substance disorders are highly prevalent among panhandlers, who therefore allegedly cannot all be comfortably categorized as rational decisionmakers.
    By Peter T. Leeson, R. August Hardy, and Paola A. Suarez
  • May 10, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 331
    Expansions in Paid Parental Leave and Mothers' Economic Progress
    Expansions in Paid Parental Leave and Mothers’ Economic Progress
    … giving birth just before and just after each of the eight reforms (i.e., mothers ineligible for the reformed leave policy versus those eligible). Our analysis reveals that extending parental leave duration neither helped nor hurt mothers’ career prospects. The …
    By Gozde Corekcioglu, Marco Francesconi, and Astrid Kunze
  • May 3, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 330
    Low Wages Aren't a Growing Problem
    Low Wages Aren’t a Growing Problem
    … This conclusion holds across several subpopulations and thresholds for determining low wages. We are not arguing for or against any policy, rather we are suggesting future proposals should not be justified on the grounds of worsening economic conditions for low …
    By David Abraham and Simcha Barkai
  • April 26, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 329
    The Growth of Finance Is Not Remarkable
    The Growth of Finance Is Not Remarkable
    Other research argues that health care is the only other fast-growing service industry in the second part of the 20th century.
    By James R. Brown, Gustav Martinsson, and Bruce C. Petersen
  • April 5, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 326
    The Political Polarization of Corporate America
    The Political Polarization of Corporate America
    There has been a large increase in polarization among political parties in the United States in recent years.
    By Vyacheslav Fos, Elisabeth Kempf, and Margarita Tsoutsoura
  • March 1, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 322
    The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures
    The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures
    Our research combines data on all parliamentary enclosure acts with data on agricultural yields and land inequality covering all of England to estimate enclosure’s economic effects.
    By Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson, and Sebastian Vollmer
  • February 15, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 320
    The Political Economy of Anti-bribery Enforcement
    The Political Economy of Anti-bribery Enforcement
    This research shows that enforcement can be effective within a country where government audits reduce corruption by enhancing political and judiciary accountability.
    By Lauren Cohen and Bo Li
  • January 25, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 317
    Employer Concentration and Outside Options
    Employer Concentration and Outside Options
    In our research, we seek to answer to what extent employer concentration matters for U.S. workers’ wages and how this depends on workers’ outside job options.
    By Gregor Schubert, Anna Stansbury, and Bledi Taska
  • January 18, 2023
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 316
    The Costs of Employment Segregation
    The Costs of Employment Segregation
    Historical evidence suggests that segregation hurt the labor market outcomes of black civil servants.
    By Abhay Aneja and Guo Xu
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