Research Analysis
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Addressing Constrained Housing Supply: Evidence on New Market-Rate Housing
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It’s no secret that the United States has a housing affordability problem. The high cost of living in major cities stems from a shortage of available units. High rents burden low- to moderate-income families. The larger percentage of a household’s income goes to rent, the less a household can afford…
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Human Behavior in the Presence of Wildfire Smoke: New Methods Reveal Differences in Group Responses
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There is a growing awareness about the harmful effects of wildfire smoke and how those effects vary across socioeconomic groups. A new study by Berke et al. in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that differences in groups’ behavior, influenced by socioeconomic realities, may help explain why disadvantaged groups are disproportionately impacted…
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Study Shows Coral Deaths Continue to Rise
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A newly published international report confirms global warming has damaged coral reefs throughout the world’s oceans. The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 published by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), stated, the world has lost about 14% of its coral reefs since 2009. This report, the…
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New Evidence on Insurance and Health Behavior
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Public health officials have long sought to improve health outcomes by influencing bad behaviors, like smoking or lack of exercise. Such behaviors are very clearly detrimental to health, so much so that it seems like no one would perform them—but people inevitably still do. Health policymakers are interested in improving…
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The Race to the Starting Line: The Rise of CBDCs
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Data analysis and visualizations by Vishal Joseph. In the past decade, the value of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has grown exponentially, rising from $14 billion in 2015 to $2 trillion this March (Fig. 1). Figure 1: The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies over the last 7 years. Source: Coininfo.io Within cryptocurrencies,…
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China Launches its Long-Awaited National Emissions Trading Scheme
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China just launched a long-awaited national emissions trading scheme (ETS). As the largest current emitter accounting for more than a quarter of world’s total carbon emissions, this move can potentially have major repercussions. The official commitment to the scheme was initiated in 2015 as part of China’s plan to peak…
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The Twin Crises of Public Health and Immigration: Assessing the Title 42 Order
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The United States has long weaponized infectious diseases to direct racialized, derogatory epithets and to justify unfair treatments toward immigrants. In San Francisco, from 1900 through 1904, Chinese immigrants were subject to stricter and more prolonged quarantines, although there was no evidence that proved Chinatown to be a hotbed for…
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High Impact Practices in Higher Ed Need an Equity Framework
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Author’s Note: On Nov. 8, 2021, Harris students received from Dean Baicker the shocking news that our classmate Samantha (Sam) Burton, MPP ’22, had passed away several days prior due to a sudden illness. In her honor, below is a Research-in-Review of a paper she co-authored with undergraduate mentors Dr.…
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What Japanese Imports in the 1980s Can Tell Us About Employment Today
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The joint processes of industrialization and globalization have undoubtedly reshaped the United States labor market in the post-war period. The dislocation of previously prosperous manufacturing industries in the United States, particularly in what is now called the Rust Belt, has shifted the workforce towards both service sector jobs and jobs…
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Do Carbon Offsets Work in Reducing Overall Emissions? Numbers Say No.
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The Clean Development Mechanism is central to the global movement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the United Nations, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows countries with emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to implement an emission-reduction project in developing countries. Through these projects, high-income countries earn…
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Solving Public Problems: An Interview with Dr. Beth Simone Noveck
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This article was co-authored by Molly Smith and Ellie Vorhaben. Dr. Beth Simone Noveck is a professor at Northeastern University where she is core faculty at the Institute of Experiential AI, and director of the Burnes Family Center for Global Impact. She is the Director of The Governance Lab, a…