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Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Public Pension Reforms and Fiscal Foresight: Narrative Evidence and Aggregate Implications
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-02-15)
Many OECD countries have significantly increased spending on public pensions over the last half-century. As more retirees begin to draw benefits, policymakers have placed more focus on retrenchment reforms in order to keep ...
Misdemeanor Prosecution
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-14)
Misdemeanor crimes make up 80 percent of all crimes in the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, communities across the United States are beginning to reconsider the public safety benefits of prosecuting these low-level ...
Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...