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Does Maternity Leave Duration Affect Labor Force Participation and Productivity?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-12-03)
Given the extensively documented evidence that increases in female labor force participation rate are beneficial for the economy in the long run, a natural question that arises in this context is whether policy changes can ...
Diversity In Economics Seminars: Who Gives Invited Talks?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-04-12)
In economics, as in many other academic disciplines, it is common for departments to invite external speakers to give research talks in academic seminars. These invited seminars are a primary way that academic economists ...
Fear the Machine?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-03-30)
Advanced automation and artificial intelligence, or ‘robot’ technology use, continues to expand across many industries. Recent decreasing labor market movements fuels the question: How do these technologies affect ...
Does Fundraising Create New Giving?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-02-01)
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 ...
Elderly Entitlements and Wealth Inequality
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Disbursing Emergency Relief through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-06)
Government transfer programs to distribute food, water, or electricity at low or no cost have been widespread during the COVID-19 global health crisis. How does program design affect the efficiency and distributional ...
Discounting Environmental Benefits to Future Generations: Implications of a Coordinating Debt Policy and Tax Distortions in the Capital Market
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-28)
Looking beyond today’s fiscal problems in the U.S., the debate about the how to best incorporate the well-being of subsequent generations in current public policy discussions continues. Authors Liqun Liu, Andrew J. ...
From Fixed-event to Fixed-horizon Density Forecasts: Obtaining Measures of Multi-horizon Uncertainty from Survey Density Forecasts
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-12-12)
Surveys of professional forecasters produce precise and timely point forecasts for key macroeconomic variables. However, the accompanying density forecasts are not as widely utilized, and there is no consensus about their ...
Does Race Matter for Police Use of Force? Evidence from 911 Calls
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-03-10)
While there is much concern about the role of race in police use of force, identifying causal effects is difficult. This is in part because of selection, and in part because researchers often observe only interactions ...
Effects of Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure in Housing Markets
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...