Working Papers | NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research
The NBER distributes more than 1,200 Working Papers each year. Papers issued more than 18 months ago are open access. More recent papers are available without charge to affiliates of …
How the US-China Trade War Affected the Rest of the World
U pendin g a decades-long effort to reduce global trade barriers, China and the United States began mutually escalating tariffs on $450 billion in trade flows in 2018 and 2019. These tariff …
Business Cycle Dating | NBER
The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee maintains a chronology of US business cycles. The chronology identifies the months of peaks and troughs of economic activity. Expansions …
Unpacking the Causes of Pandemic-Era Inflation in the US
The annual inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, was 1.7 percent in February 2021 but rose to more than 5 percent in June 2021. It continued rising for another year, …
Wealth Inequality in the United States - NBER
Jun 30, 2021 · However, from 2016 to 2019 there was actually a small decline in inequality, with the top percentile share down by 1.4 percentage points, the Gini coefficient down by 0.008, …
Research | NBER
The traditional 30-year, fixed-rate, nonassumable mortgage used by most home buyers in the United States can create strong disincentives to move when interest rates rise. In Household …
The Benefits of Rehabilitative Incarceration | NBER
Apr 6, 2020 · Figure 2. In Norway, the average time spent in prison is a little over six months, which is similar to most other Western European countries. This contrasts with average US …
experienced an average decrease of 11.5 hours of work per week and a 21% decrease in weekly earnings, arnings for 52% of the sample, which again re ects s. variation in the e ects of …
The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth
Mar 1, 2022 · The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. March 1, 2022. Michael Andrews, Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, editors. We live in an era in …
The Economic Impact of Climate Change over Time and Space
Jan 5, 2022 · By Klaus Desmet and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg. Climate change is an unintended consequence of the industrialization of the world economy. The evidence that human activity …