Author: Greg Ellingson
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Technical Education at a Community College Improves Graduates’ Future Earnings
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A new NBER working paper shows how many Career Technical Education programs in California’s community college system increase earnings by larger amounts.
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Occupational Licenses: Reason for Caution or Celebration?
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A new study finds occupational licenses increase wages, employment, and benefits of those with licenses. While good for entrenched workers, these licenses could be problematic for consumers and non-licensed workers.
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Who Feels the Effects of Corporate Tax Change?
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A new study uses a spatial model of local economies to calculate the incidence of corporate income tax on firms, workers, and landowners.
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Grandma Retires: How a New Grandchild Changes a Woman’s Career Choices
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A new study analyzes the effects of a new grandchild on a grandmother’s labor force participation and attempts to connect caring for grandchildren with retirement choices.
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Late Retirement Bonus: How the Government can Incentivize Working Longer
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A new study finds that individuals increase the age in which they intend to claim Social Security benefits when they are offered lump sums instead of and equal to their future benefit increases.
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Going for Broke: The Benefits of Bankruptcy Protection
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A new study finds that Chapter 13 Bankruptcy increases annual income, decreases five-year foreclosure rates points, and decreases five-year mortality.
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Paradox of Subsidy: Could Biofuel subsidies be increasing CO2 emissions?
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A new study finds that biofuel subsidies from 1981-2011 paradoxically may have led to the increase in oil production and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Developing Efficiency: Why energy efficiency gains in China may not be fully realized
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The rebound effect, which measures the increased demand for energy from increasing energy efficiency, is found to be strong in Chinese urban residential electricity use.
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Discounting Energy Savings: Lessons from Incandescent Light Bulbs
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A new study finds that consumers value compact fluorescent light bulbs less than their energy savings would imply.
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Focus on Finance: A Metropolis in the Desert
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Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt.
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Ethanol’s Mixed Benefits and Crippling Costs
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New research suggests corn ethanol mandates are having minimal success in achieving their goals while contributing to massive increases in food prices in the United States and across the world.