From the Field
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Medical Monopoly: Could Too Much Collaboration in Health Care Yield Higher Prices?
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Accountable Care Organizations aim to make healthcare more efficient through closer relationships between physicians and hospitals, but a new study suggests that too much coziness might result in increased costs.
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Opt-In, Opt-Out Options Vie for Top Billing in Efforts to Reduce Electricity Use
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A 2011 pilot program found that when customers opted-in to electricity rates that vary by time of day, they reduced their peak-hour electricity use.
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A Deep Dive into Immigrant Children’s Health
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Recent research highlights the diverse ways an immigrant parent’s demographics correlate with the likelihood his or her child receives healthcare services.
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Solving a Labor Crisis or Exploiting Foreign Tech Workers? The H-1B Visa in Review
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While the tech industry claims that H-1B visas help address labor shortages and bring in the best and brightest engineers, data shows that they can drive down wages and indenture migrant workers.
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Silent Observers: How Children Internalize Witnessing Domestic Violence in Their Homes
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Play and artwork may reveal that children are deeply impacted by witnessing domestic violence at home and are confused by their emotional reactions.
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The Cost of Gender Inequality
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Beyond issues of gender equity and human development, research points to damaging economic consequences for regions with large gender gaps in education and employment.
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Winners and Losers: Income Inequality and Its Effects on Outcomes in Major League Baseball
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Those superstar salaries? A new study of professional baseball shows they may be dragging down your team’s performance.
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Dividing the Carrot: How Americans Think About Foreign Aid
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One study looks at how Americans fare when navigating the complexities of U.S. foreign policy to make informed decisions on foreign aid.
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Downtown Democracy: Municipal Government’s Responsiveness to Mass Policy Preferences
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New research finds that there is an ideological-bent to municipal public policies, and that this trend is reflective of the mass public’s policy preferences.
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The “Brand Premium”: Measuring the Welfare Consequences of Advertising on Consumers
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New research finds that misinformation plays a significant role in the brand choices of consumers for most healthcare items and pantry staples, concluding that marketing and advertising campaigns have a negative impact on consumer welfare.
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Beer Pong and…Study Habits? You May Learn More from Your College Roommate Than You Realize
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New research suggests college peers may have significant effects on each other’s academic achievement, but the effects differ in size for students from different backgrounds.