My research with collaborators digs deeper into the workings of specific War on Poverty programs, seeking evidence about ...

In addition to working papers, the NBER disseminates affiliates’ latest findings through a range of free periodicals — the ...

2025, Kristin Forbes, 40th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics "Tradeoffs and Sacrifice over Rate Cycles: Activity, Inflation ...

2025, Christian Wolf, 40th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics "Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists" ...

2025, Dean Corbae, 40th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics "Credit Scores and Inequality Across the Life Cycle" ...

2025, Panel Discussion, 40th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics "The Steep Decline in Global Fertility: Causes and Consequences" ...

We study the positive (not normative) effect of a permanent import tariff on trade deficits. We consider a two-period trade model with general preferences and technology. We first develop an ...

We examine how the political ideology of corporate leaders shapes cross-border firm networks. Exploiting changes in ideological alignment between U.S. firm CEOs and foreign governments around close ...

This paper examines how power lawyers shape judicial and economic outcomes by studying the “revolving door” between judges and lawyers in China’s judicial system—namely, former judges who quit the ...

Phone usage in the classroom has been linked to worsened academic outcomes. We present findings from a field experiment conducted at a large public university in partnership with an app marketed as a ...

Nutritional disparities across socioeconomic groups contribute to health inequality in the U.S. This paper studies the role of heterogeneous consumer preferences in food choices and explores pricing ...

Firm location decisions are a key managerial choice, usually optimized over factors like proximity to customers or suppliers. These decisions may also impose externalities on the environment, and on ...