Browsing PERC Publications by Title
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-15)The Business-Cycle Index increased 3.5% from July to August, the fourth straight month of positive growth, Initial unemployment claims nationally were 840,000 for the week ending on October 3, the lowest initial claims ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-10-25)The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.6% from July to August 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased from 4.3% to 4.2% in August. Local nonfarm employment decreased slightly, by 0.1% in August, and was 3.1% ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-10-20)The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.1% from July 2022 to August 2022. The local unemployment rate remained the same at 3.1% in August 2022. August’s local nonfarm employment decreased by 0.4% from July but was still ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-10-19)The Business-Cycle Index increased from 229 in July 2023 to 230 in August. The local unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.3% in August 2023 compared to July. Local nonfarm employment increased by 0.2% from July to ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-09-27)The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized average of 3.9% in July, about the same growth rate as in June. The unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in July, a slight decrease from June. Real (inflation-adjusted) wages ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-09-23)The Business-Cycle Index rose 1% between June and July for an annualized rate of 12.2%. The unemployment rate remained at the historical low of 2.7% in July. Nonfarm employment is up 1.1% in July, or an increase of about ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-09-17)The Business-Cycle Index increased 2.5% from June to July. The national level of initial unemployment claims was 884,000 for the weeks ending on August 29 and September 5, the lowest initial claims since March 14. Initial ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-09-20)The Business-Cycle Index increased by 1.6% from June to July 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased substantially, from 5.0% to 4.4% in July. Local nonfarm employment decreased slightly, by 0.2% in July, and ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-15)The Business-Cycle Index increased 1.1% from June 2022 to July 2022. The local unemployment rate declined to 3.1% in July 2022. July’s local nonfarm employment increased by 0.3% from June and was 3.4% higher than its ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-09-21)The Business-Cycle Index increased from 228 in June 2023 to 229 in July. The local unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.3% in July 2023 compared to June. Local nonfarm employment decreased by 0.2% from June to July. ...
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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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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, 2020-06-15)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, 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, 2019-07-23)The prevalence of mental health and substance abuse disorders is high among incarcerated individuals. Many ex-offenders reenter the community without receiving any specialized treatment and return to prison with existing ...
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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, 2019-11-22)Mandatory disclosure policies are increasingly prevalent despite sparse evidence that they improve market outcomes. We study the effects of requiring home sellers to provide buyers with certified audits of residential ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-12-20)The nonprofit sector’s ability to absorb increases in labor costs differs from the private sector in a number of ways. We analyze how nonprofits are affected by changes in the minimum wage utilizing data from the Bureau ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-12-21)By most measures, wealth inequality has risen significantly over the last three decades and is a growing concern. However, standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a legal claim to assets included as ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-05-06)With many of the most timely measures of economic activity lagging behind the fast moving changes in the U.S. economy, one source of extremely timely data is energy use. Energy use is not only tied to the weather as we ...