Spring 2021

Students working in a classroom with a teacher walking around.

Advanced cognitive skill deserts in the United States: Their likely causes and implications

Caroline Hoxby · Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Hallway in a prison with people out of focus.

The economic costs of pretrial detention

Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Surgical masks and COVID relief stimulus check

Supporting workers and families in the pandemic recession: Results in 2020 and suggestions for 2021

Krista Ruffini and Abigail Wozniak

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

People sitting at a table in front of a screen that says "Brookings Papers"

Fifty years of Brookings Papers’ contributions to macroeconomics and policy

Robert E. Hall, Robert J. Gordon, and Alan Blinder

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Close up of the capitol building on a fifty dollar bill.

The fiscal policy response to the pandemic

Christina D. Romer

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Gavel on a pile of 100 dollar bills

Congruent financial regulation

Andrew Metrick and Daniel K. Tarullo

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Doctor giving a shot to a patient, both wearing surgical masks.

Behavior and the dynamic of epidemics

Andrew G. Atkeson

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Person holding coins with plants sprouting from them.

The sustainability of state and local pensions: A public finance approach

Jamie Lenney, Byron Lutz, Finn Schüle, and Louise Sheiner

Wednesday, March 24, 2021