GDP
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GDP has Immense Consequences for Health Equity: Why Doctors Should Care
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Natalia Khosla ‘22 is a MS 4 at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected]. During one of my medical rotations, my team and I were taking care of a patient stuck in a vicious cycle: a 68-year-old with heart failure,…
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When Formality is too Costly: An Experiment from Benin
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Many economies in the developing world exhibit a dual structure: the formal sector and the informal sector. While large firms operate in the formal sphere, a majority of small- to medium-size firms operate informally. Estimates of the size of the informal economy vary, but in many countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa,…
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(Mis)measuring Economic Wealth
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In a new paper, Joseph Stiglitz offers potential ideas about what may have contributed to a mismeasurement of wealth.
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Using Real Time Data to Forecast Impacts of Financial Crises
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New research outlines the impact of economic crises in the Post-War Era using real time data.
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Bidding for Fool’s Gold? The Uncertain Benefits of Hosting the World Cup
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A recent paper underscores the difficulty of studying the World Cup and does not draw firm conclusions, but finds suggestive evidence that hosting the World Cup could have a negative impact on exports.
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Climate Change: It’s the Economy, Stupid
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New research suggests economic growth plays a larger role in climate change than population growth
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Banking Africa’s Underbanked
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Has growth in Africa’s financial sector been hindered by population density?
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Mid-sized Cities: Punching above their weight
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Medium sized cities are a major driver of economic growth in the American economy
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Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth
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Climate change is about more than just the weather. Three economists find that rising temperatures lead to falling economic growth.
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