Who pays for public employee health costs? Data analysis
2014 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research showing how increases in health care costs for public sector workers are addressed by government.
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Capital is back: Wealth-income ratios in rich countries, 1700-2010
2014 study by Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman in the Quarterly Journal of Economics exploring the dynamics of wealth and income inequality.
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Effects of skilled immigration on U.S. employment
2013 study from Harvard, Wellesley and Johns Hopkins Universities on the varied effects of skilled immigration on employment and native workers.
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International corporate tax rate comparisons and policy implications
2014 report by the Congressional Research Service on how U.S. corporate tax rates compare to those of the 31 member nations of the OECD; it also assesses the impact of reform proposals.
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The impact of high-achieving charter schools on non-test score outcomes
2013 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on how attendees of the Promise Academy in the Harlem Children’s Zone did later in life.
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Optimal level of inheritance taxes in a context of rising inequality
A 2013 paper from U.C. Berkeley in the journal Econometrica exploring the trade-off between equity and efficiency in estate tax rates.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 report on women’s earnings
Bureau of Labor 2013 report on women’s earnings in the United States, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
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Women and STEM occupations: Retention rates and reasons for leaving
2013 paper from U.T. Austin and Cornell University in Social Forces comparing the retention of women working in STEM-related fields to those in non-STEM work.
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Long-term educational and economic impacts of increasing access to contraceptives
2013 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between family planning access and long-term economic outcomes.
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The effect of CEO tenure on corporate investment and disinvestment
2013 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between corporate investment and disinvestment rates and CEO tenure in the United States.
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