Great Recession
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Separate and Suffering: The Damaging Effects of Residential Segregation on Metropolitan Economies
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This piece, first published on January 29, 2014, is being republished as part of the Chicago Policy Review‘s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, which prohibited housing discrimination and put an end to one of the last…
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Economic downturns: Bad for your wallet, good for your health?
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A recent study confirms the finding that mortality rates decrease during recessions and that severe recessions produce even larger reductions in mortality rates.
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The US Manufacturing Industry’s Global Fight
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A new study confirms a resurgence of the US manufacturing industry in the last five years, primarily driven by a reduction in labor costs, depreciation of the US dollar, and reduction in domestic energy prices.
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The Downstream Effect of Fiscal Austerity
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Researchers explore how the relationship between federal, state, and local governments mutes the benefits of the federal government’s fiscal austerity measures. The burden is shifted to state and local governments that face higher demand for safety net programs with shrinking revenue sources.
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Countdown to Election: Quinn v Rauner, who’s telling the truth about Illinois’ economy?
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“Illinois has added 257,000 private sector jobs.” This is what voters see when they look at Governor Quinn’s evaluation of job growth under his administration, but if they scroll over to Bruce Rauner’s Bring Back Blueprint, they will see “Illinois lost 26,000 private sector jobs.” In politics it is generally…
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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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More Than Money: The psychological externalities of neighborhood foreclosures
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Research finds a large number of foreclosures in one’s neighborhood can be an important risk factor for the onset of depression among older adults.
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Separate and Suffering: The Damaging Effects of Residential Segregation on Metropolitan Economies
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Residential segregation is shown to drive down income growth across all economic levels.
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Growth of Extreme Poverty in the US: Is Welfare Reform Largely to Blame?
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New research estimates the growth of families living in extreme poverty from 1996 to 2011 is 159 percent, and the authors argue that welfare reform is largely to blame.
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The Job-Skills Mismatch
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Understanding why the US economy has done a poor job of matching workers to openings in the wake of the Great Recession.
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No Longer Locked In
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The ACA weakens the link between employers and access to health insurance. What will the labor market implications be?