Wealth
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How to Tax the Rich
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President-elect Joe Biden is forming a transition team to assume office in January, but the outcome of some Senate elections are still outstanding. While the exact congressional makeup is unclear, more is known about the Biden-Harris transition team, which now includes noted Harris faculty and tax economist, Professor Damon Jones.…
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Nudging Disadvantaged Students Towards Improved College Application Decisions
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The college application process is riddled with uncertainty, and students in disadvantaged areas in particular may not have access to quality counseling or other resources to guide them. A recent study shows how a cheap policy change dramatically impacted the college decisions of disadvantaged students—and likely, their incomes.
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Ending Poverty? Modern Slums and Stagnation in Government Action
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Researchers find that the mechanisms behind past slum development success stories do not adequately translate to fixing slums in the modern developing world.
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Left Out: Women’s Life Changes Put Their Access to Health Insurance at Risk
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Instability in low-income women’s life events corresponds to an increased reliance on public health insurance systems.
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Policy Radio | Donald Cox on Intergenerational Transfers
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Thomas Day discusses intergenerational transfers with Dr. Donald Cox, Professor of Economics at Boston College. Learn about the impact public transfers may have on private transfers and why giving your daughter more money than your son may be the sensible thing to…