Slowdown in the economic assimilation of immigrants
2013 study from Harvard University for the National Bureau of Economic Research on changes in the economic assimilation and mobility of U.S. immigrants .
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The asset price melt-down and the wealth of the middle class
2013 study from New York University explaining precisely why the U.S. middle class fared so badly during the Great Recession and the persistent problems that stem from that period.
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Using the Enron e-mail archive to understand corporate political attention
2013 study in Legislative Studies Quarterly on the nature of Enron’s efforts to influence the Congressional and regulatory rule-making process.
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Investing in children: Changes in parental spending on children
2012 study in the journal Demography showing how American parents are spending increasing amounts of resources on their children.
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Real estate values, stock markets and consumer spending, 1975-2012
2013 paper for the NBER on the relationship between household income, consumption, house wealth and the stock market.
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Economic impact of local immigration regulation
2010 study from Baylor University and Texas Wesleyan School of Law on the economic consequences involved in enforcing immigration laws.
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Tax policy, economic growth and deficit solutions: Research roundup
2012 review of research on tax theory and practice in the United States, including the Bush tax cuts, consumption taxes, and taxes on higher-income households.
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Variation in systemic risk at U.S. banks during 1974-2010
2012 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on improved ways to measure how banks pose risks to the financial system.
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Self-employment and local economic performance: Evidence from U.S. counties
2011 study in the journal Papers in Regional Science on the benefits of having more self-employed people and small businesses in a region.
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U.S. National Science Board: Science and engineering indicators, 2012
2012 report from the National Science Foundation putting U.S. research and development and high tech industries in global context.
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