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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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-02-21)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.8% from November to December 2021. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.8% in December from 3.9% in November. Local nonfarm employment increased by 0.6% in December and was ...
Why Do Asian Students Study Harder? Implications of a Model of Academic Competition
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-08-28)
Popularized by the OECD’s PISA rankings of a few dozen countries/regions according to the test results of their 15 year olds, Asian students’ impressive academic achievements are now well known. Each of the top five ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2023
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2023-04-20)
The Business-Cycle Index decreased 0.3% from January 2023 to February 2023. The local unemployment rate increased to 3.3% in February 2023 compared to 3.2% in January. February's local nonfarm employment decreased by 0.1% ...
Will Cryptocurrencies Replace the Money We Know?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-10-08)
Most commerce is conducted not with physical currency but by digital transfers of titles to currency, at least in the developed world. Currently there are approximately 300 digital exchanges that will exchange cryptocurrencies ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-10-22)
The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 4.3% in August, down slightly from the revised growth rate for July. The unemployment rate remained at 2.9% in August, a full percentage point lower than the state and ...
The Impact of Teacher-Student Gender Matches: Random Assignment Evidence from South Korea
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-11-23)
Gender disparities in academic performance may be driven in part by the interaction of teacher and student gender, but systematic sorting of students into classrooms makes it difficult to identify causal effects. The authors ...
Tax Reform...
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-01-18)
The passage of the biggest tax reform bill in decades, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, comes with a substantial cut in the corporate tax rate and vast changes to the individual income tax code. In the PERCspectives on Policy ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2021
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-04-19)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from January 2021 to February 2021. The revised local unemployment rate remained at its January 2021 level of 5.7% in February. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.4% ...