Consumer-Financed Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Digital Coupons in China
Matthew Notowidigdo, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Abstract: We study a new form of economic stimulus undertaken by municipalities across China starting in 2020: government-issued digital coupons designed to encourage spending in certain categories such as restaurants, groceries, and entertainment. Using unique account-level and transaction-level data...
The Unexpected Compression: Employment and Wage Trends Before and After the Pandemic
Arindrajit Dube, Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
Abstract: We present evidence that labor market tightness following the pandemic led to an increase in labor market competition. Even though low-wage jobs were hit particularly hard during the...
Public Pensions and the Transformation of Local Government
Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science, UC Berkeley
Abstract: In the last decade, some experts have sounded the alarm about rising public-employee pension costs in the United States, claiming that dramatic...
Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Professor Leah Platt Boustan (Princeton University) will discuss her forthcoming book, Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success.
"The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experience: A new narrative of a two-century story of success. A decade of pioneering research that debunks the myths fostered by political opportunism and sentimentalized in family histories."
Joshua Goodman, Associate Professor of Education and Economics, Boston University
Abstract: Researchers are increasingly interested in the role of trauma and loss in children’s lives. Using the universe of Massachusetts public school students, we document the death rates of school-aged children and explore the impact of student deaths on their peers’ high school outcomes. Annual...
Clarissa Rile Hayward, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Abstract: This paper makes the case that attending to the mutual constitution of social structure and social action helps explain both why many power...
Systemic Discrimination Among Large U.S. Employers
Patrick Kline, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
Abstract: We study the results of a massive nationwide correspondence experiment sending more than 83,000 fictitious applications with randomized characteristics to geographically dispersed jobs posted by...
