Browsing by Type "Research"
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-28)The idea that through perseverance and hard work, one can achieve his or her dreams is a pervasive one. There is already an established literature that studies the link between relative achievement and individual outcomes, ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-01)Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-30)The first warnings from health officials of an oncoming wave of infections began in late 2019. As the Covid-19 public health crisis rapidly spread, it was often followed by deep economic downturns that disproportionately ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-05-01)Despite an extensive literature on the impacts of a variety of charitable fundraising tech-niques, little is known about whether these activities increase overall giving or merely cause donors to substitute away from other ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-04-30)What role does race have in cases of police use of force? This issue of PERCspectives on Research summarizes the paper by Rex B. Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra and Graduate Student Fellow CarlyWill Sloan, which examines how ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-05-01)Even within the same market, firms vary across a number of dimensions:structure, production capacity, market experience, and general core competency. If you go as far as to observe individual managers, you will find resumes ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-09-21)In the United States, politicians and the public alike have again sounded the call to raise the federal minimum wage, citing unlivable earnings and high consumer prices due to rising inflation, but would an increase actually ...
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The Effect of Open-Air Waste Burning on Infant Health: Evidence from Government Failure in Lebanon (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-05-14)An estimated 40 percent of the world's garbage is burned in open-air fires, which are responsible for as much as half of the global emissions of some pollutants. However, there is little evidence on the health consequences ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-07-11)The right to an impartial jury is the cornerstone of the U.S. justice system and is enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but are these juries truly impartial, or do they favor defendants who are similar to themselves? In PERC ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-02-25)Policymakers are increasingly using mandated information disclosures as a way to increase market efficiency by providing information on quality to buyers. In the housing market in Austin, Texas, home sellers are required ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-07-11)How do the technological changes caused by increased automation and A.I. affect workers’ wages and jobs? This article summarizes PERC working paper 1801, PERC’s Director Dennis W. Jansen and co-author Michael D. Bradley ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-01)Discussing how the rich spend their income is a topic of popular interest among the public and policymakers, yet little evidence exists that the wealthy are less likely to donate than other income groups, and the results ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-04-30)Does the Federal Reserve have an “information advantage� in forecasting macroeconomic variables beyond what is known to private sector forecasters? And are market participants reacting only to monetary policy shocks ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-02-08)Since the Great Recession, policymakers have increasingly relied on fiscal policy to stabilize and stimulate the economy. This Winter 2022 issue of PERCspectives on Research summarizes a paper by PERC’s Shirley A. Lynch ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-10-09)During past recessions like the Great Recession, policy makers sought to boost the economy through fiscal and monetary policy changes. Taking into account the economy’s slow recovery, how effective were the monetary ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern among many industrialized countries. Authors Meer and Lim present a clear view on the effect of social networks on BMI for adolescents from randomly-assigned seventh ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)Can state and federal policies deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S.? In Working Paper 1604, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, and Sandra Orozco-Aleman, address this timely and critical immigration policy ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-05-01)
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)For decades, colleges and universities have focused on increasing racial diversity on college campuses through targeted policy efforts. Authors Hoekstra, Carrell and West investigate whether diversity causes members of the ...