Research Analysis
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Reinventing the Internal Combustion Engine
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Engineers can squeeze more efficiency gains from the old standby, if only policy would inspire them to.
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A Less Adversarial Model for Charter Schools
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Can’t we all just get along? Charter schools offer strategies for closing the achievement gap that public schools can use.
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Still Unequal, Less Separate
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A recent paper found that Americans are highly segregated by income. A new paper finds the opposite is true for race.
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It’s Projection, Stupid: The Nexus of Agricultural Protectionism, Job Insecurity, and Politics
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Lots of people support agricultural subsidies. Too many for a collective action story to explain the support away.
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Regulation vs. Reality: Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers
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Improving regulations governing migrants to Jordan could improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of laborers.
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What’s That Burger Emitting?
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The business of food is bad for the planet. But the problem isn’t just a first-world one.
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To Divert or Not To Divert: The Impact of TIFs on Chicago Public Schools
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TIFs don’t exactly steal money from Chicago schools. But schools would probably have more money without them.
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Working Out: The Benefits of a Transitional Jobs Program for Ex-Offenders
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A prisoner reentry program just might be the holy grail of job creation. If only politicians cared.
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Where Will We Be Without the Individual Mandate?
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With the Supreme Court considering the constitutionality of the individual mandate, how worried should policymakers be if the mandate must be abandoned?
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Tenure or Turnover?
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New research finds that teacher turnover is disruptive. And offers some reasons why.