Research Highlight
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乐鱼体育 experts on the state of US banking after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
SIEPR senior fellows Anat Admati and Amit Seru join fellow finance professors to talk about the ongoing risks banks face and consequences of backstopping uninsured deposits.
March 16, 2023
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The secret to the dollar鈥檚 success? Nope, it鈥檚 not trade.
New research by SIEPR scholars finds countries that want to 鈥渄edollarize鈥 must find a currency that matches the greenback鈥檚 extraordinary liquidity.
February 24, 2023
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In tribute: Paul Allan David, 1935-2023
Paul Allan David, one of the founders of SIEPR, has died at 87. He established 乐鱼体育 as a leading center for economic history, writes longtime colleague Gavin Wright.
February 22, 2023
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Q&A: Voters 鈥減unished鈥 candidates who pushed election fraud claims in 2022
SIEPR Senior Fellow Andrew Hall discusses new research that finds a small group of voters penalized election-denying candidates in 2022 鈥 and could sway 2024 election results.
February 20, 2023
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Q&A: How pandemic savings are 鈥榯rickling up鈥 to the super-rich
SIEPR鈥檚 Adrien Auclert shows how the surge in savings by US households during the pandemic is exacerbating wealth inequality 鈥 and likely complicating efforts to tame inflation.
February 16, 2023
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How the Affordable Care Act has improved farmworkers鈥 health
A new study by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Kwabena Donkor finds that the Affordable Care Act helps agricultural workers get better medical care 鈥 and avoid the ER.
February 15, 2023
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What happened to students who left public schools during the pandemic? New research tracks their paths
SIEPR Senior Fellow Thomas S. Dee says the findings point to a need to refocus academic recovery efforts on younger students.
February 09, 2023
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A low-cost fix for tech鈥檚 diversity problem
As tech companies struggle to diversify their workforces, 乐鱼体育鈥檚 Susan Athey and Emil Palikot have designed an online program to accelerate the hiring of women and minorities.
February 09, 2023
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Tax avoidance has become a key part of IPO planning
SIEPR Faculty Fellow Rebecca Lester reveals many soon-to-be public companies are already one step ahead of the tax collector.
February 08, 2023
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IRS disproportionately audits Black taxpayers
A 乐鱼体育 collaboration with the Department of the Treasury yields the first direct evidence of differences in audit rates by race.
January 31, 2023
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Study: When public hospitals go private, low-income patients lose
As public control of US hospitals has declined dramatically, SIEPR鈥檚 Mark Duggan shows how privatization improves profitability but reduces access for the most vulnerable patients.
January 09, 2023
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Top economic policy challenges for 2023
No crystal balls. No reading tea leaves. Just a research-based look ahead to some undoubtedly huge economic issues.
January 05, 2023
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SIEPR's Honigsberg urges lawmakers to reform corporate transparency
The faculty fellow went to Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers more should be done for the sake of investors.
December 14, 2022
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Q&A with John Cochrane: The pain of a recession and agony of stagnation
While recessions are difficult, they are temporary, says 乐鱼体育 economist John Cochrane. What is more painful is long-term economic slowdown and stagnation.
December 08, 2022
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New research on deaths and economic impact in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
SIEPR鈥檚 Maria Polyakova conducts a detailed analysis of the first-year impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among people based on their race and ethnicity, employment and education.
December 02, 2022
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Study: Striking inequalities in US infant and maternal health point to structural racism and access issues
Research by SIEPR鈥檚 Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater on health inequality finds wealthy Black mothers and infants fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.
November 28, 2022
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乐鱼体育 research ushers in a 鈥榥ew frontier鈥 in tackling global poverty
In the first real-world test of a tool pioneered at 乐鱼体育 to better evaluate anti-poverty policies, a new study shows the economic benefits of expanding electricity access.
November 16, 2022
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The ESG generation gap: Millennials and boomers split on their investing goals
SIEPR鈥檚 Amit Seru and Stephen Haber, and their collaborators find younger investors are more willing to put money behind environmental and social goals 鈥 even if it鈥檚 costlier.
November 15, 2022
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Police Facebook posts disproportionately highlight crimes involving Black suspects, study finds
As social media has risen as a news source, SIEPR鈥檚 Julian Nyarko examines law enforcement Facebook posts and finds Black suspects are overrepresented relative to arrest rates.
November 14, 2022
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All about taxes: The policies everyone loves to hate
The SIEPR Policy Forum on taxation convened top policymakers, business leaders, and academics for an in-depth discussion on how to make the system more equitable and efficient.
November 02, 2022