PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
June 16, 2009
Behavioral economics is changing our understanding of how economic policy operates – including tax policy. In this paper, William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling and Sendhil Mullainathan consider some implications of behavioral economics for tax...
PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
June 2009
As discussion advances on healthcare reform and expansion of coverage in the U.S., the health insurance enrollment process takes on heightened importance. Jeffrey Kling looks at the issues through the lens of behavioral economics – using both...
OPINION:
Jeffrey R Kling
June 05, 2009
While the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent, which is the highest rate since 1983, there was actually a tremendous amount of good news in the May 2009 jobs numbers, says Jeffrey Kling. The economy seems to have turned the corner.
EVENT
May 08, 2009
One-stop career centers help millions of unemployed and disadvantaged workers each year find new jobs and opportunities for advancement. Unfortunately, such centers are hampered by poor accountability and a lack of adequate funding. Brookings and...
SPEECH:
Jeffrey R Kling
May 08, 2009
On May 8, The Brookings Institution and the National Association of State Work Force Agencies hosted a discussion forum on a new paper, "Strengthening One-Stop Career Centers: Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills." Jeffrey...
SPEECH:
Jeffrey R Kling
May 08, 2009
On May 8, The Brookings Institution and the National Association of State Work Force Agencies hosted a discussion forum on a new paper, "Strengthening One-Stop Career Centers: Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills." Jeffrey...
EVENT
March 02, 2009
On March 2, the Brookings Institution hosted Nobel laureate and Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow George A. Akerlof and acclaimed economist Robert J. Shiller for a discussion of their new book, Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the...
OPINION:
Jeffrey R Kling
December 21, 2008
Jeffrey R. Kling and William J. Congdon agree with the Obama stimulus proposal that increasing expenditures and decreasing taxes can stimulate the economy, but that spending on “shovel ready” infrastructure and human capital to diversify the...
OPINION:
Jeffrey R Kling
December 02, 2008
It’s official: the U.S. economy is in a recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the recognized arbiter of the nation’s business cycles. Jeffrey Kling and William Congdon argue that President-elect Obama needs to come up...
INTERVIEW:
Jeffrey R Kling
December 01, 2008
Jeffery Kling, Daniel Mitchell, Sharon Parrott, and host Ian Mylchreest discuss on KNPR Nevada Public Radio the Federal Reserve's latest plan to infuse another eight billion dollars in to the economy to help people borrow money for car loans,...
PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
November 20, 2008
Jeffrey Kling and Ideas42 researchers have found that seniors are more likely to switch Medicare healthcare plans and save substantial amounts by changing from their existing plan. Given the overall state of the economy and recent news that drug...
OPINION:
Jeffrey R Kling
November 18, 2008
The six-week annual open season for choosing health care options is under way. If you, or someone that you know, has prescription drug insurance from Medicare Part D, here's an idea that could save a bundle over the next year: consider switching...
INTERVIEW:
Jeffrey R Kling
November 07, 2008
Senator Barack Obama made history this week after being elected America's next president. Jeffrey Kling from Brookings Institution considers what efforts Obama will take to save the ailing US economy and unstable financial industry.
VIDEO
November 07, 2008
President-elect Obama held his first press conference today, focusing on the economy. Kling commented on Obama’s address saying the nation needs two rounds of stimulus to kick-start the economy—the first to stem recent job losses and help...
PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
October 2008
In this paper, Jeffrey R. Brown, Jeffrey R. Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan, Garth R. Wiens and Marian V. Wrobel test the relative effectiveness of their two framing contexts for life annuities when different reference points are introduced, testing...
SPEECH:
Jeffrey R Kling
May 22, 2008
Jeffrey Kling talks about housing policy, in particular about the use of housing vouchers in a speech given to the French Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Solidarity.
PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
March 2008
Jeffrey Kling, Jeffrey Brown, Sendhil Mullainathan and Marian Wrobel explore the idea that people's aversion to annuities is not a fully rational phenomenon. They suggest that a psychologically richer model of consumer behavior can explain...
TESTIMONY:
Jeffrey R Kling
September 19, 2007
Jeff Kling testified that more permanent job loss with large wage losses requires the nation to modernize the unemployment system.
ARTICLE:
Jeffrey R Kling
Fall 2007
Article by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Greg J. Duncan, Jeffrey R. Kling and Lisa Sanbonmatsu (08/14/07)
TESTIMONY:
Jeffrey R Kling
March 29, 2007
In testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Jeff Kling argues that the introduction of wage insurance would increase economic security by reducing unemployment for...
SPEECH:
Jeffrey R Kling
March 15, 2007
Speech by Jeffrey R. Kling (03/15/07)
PAPER:
Jeffrey R Kling
September 2006
Paper by Jeffrey Kling (9/11/2006)
POLICY CENTER
The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents, especially children in less-advantaged families, and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of...
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