Research Analysis
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Something for a Rainy Day
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Low-income countries that can afford to be thrifty fare better during financial crises.
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Postdisaster Housing Policy: Lessons from Katrina
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How can we best support low-income survivors after natural disasters?
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Once In A Centillion Years
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How much should we spend to avoid a very, very bad event that almost certainly won’t happen?
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A Case for Evaluating Teachers
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A study links teacher evaluations to improvements in students’ lifetime earnings.
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The Car, the Refrigerator, and the World’s Booming Demand for Energy
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The world is flat. Almost. But not quite.
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Resource Rich, Capital Investment Poor
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Lessons in financial management for resource-rich countries.
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Spacing Out: Geographic Boundary Setting by Drug Treatment Courts
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Should drug treatment courts subscribe to that age-old adage “out of sight, out of mind”?
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Anything But Conventional: Wage Inequality and International Trade
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Two economists find that trade theory gets wage inequality wrong.
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Turn Around: You Might Like What You See
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Turnaround schools in Chicago start to show some positive results.
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When Costs Outweigh Benefits: Accounting for Environmental Externalities
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Beware of net negative value industries.