Economic Studies

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a missed opportunity to establish a sustainable tax code

Benjamin H. Harris and Adam Looney

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Emergency room nurse Richard Horner wears a mask as he deals with flu patients at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California, U.S., January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1385AE3000

Improving bundled payments in the Medicare program

John A. Romley and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Pupils during class at the elementary school in Helsinki, Finland, February 4, 2016. Picture taken February 4, 2016. Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. - RC1237807E30

What can NAEP tell us about how much US children are learning?

Matthew M. Chingos

Thursday, May 24, 2018

A schoolgirl studies during a morning class in a primary classroom at la Providence school in Vincennes, near Paris, May 13, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE) - PM1E45D10RZ01

Did tenure reform in Florida affect student test scores?

Celeste Carruthers, David Figlio, and Tim Sass

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Patient Navarro speaks with Doctor Yeh in the Emergency Room at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria

A novel strategy for increasing access to treatment for Hepatitis C virus infection for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Neeraj Sood, Diane Ung, Anil Shankar, and Brian L. Strom

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

A technician stocks the shelves of the pharmacy at White House Clinic in Berea, Kentucky, U.S., February 7, 2018. Picture taken February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC19281A85B0

Policy brief: A novel strategy for increasing access to Hep C treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries

Neeraj Sood, Diane Ung, Anil Shankar, and Brian L. Strom

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Doctor Stephen Hippler speaks to patients Don and Ruthie Roth at his office in Peoria, Illinois, November 26, 2013. Now, patients are at the forefront of an experiment, under way in Peoria, Illinois, and hundreds of other U.S. cities, that could transform the way doctors, nurses and hospitals deliver care to patients. Amid the barrage of criticism over the rollout of Obamacare, groups known as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are quietly going about the business of testing the potential for healthcare reform. The efforts, born of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, are part of the biggest experiment yet to fix the costly and error-plagued U.S. healthcare system. The new models of care, which encourage providers to form networks to coordinate care and cut costs, involve close monitoring of the sickest patients to address budding health problems before they cause a costly trip to the emergency room or an extended hospital stay. To match Feature USA-HEALTHCARE/PEORIA Picture taken November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) - GM1EA16061W01

A proposal to enhance competition and reform bidding in the Medicare Advantage Program

Steven M. Lieberman, Loren Adler, Erin Trish, Joseph Antos, John Bertko, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Teachers rally outside the state Capitol on the second day of a teacher walkout to demand higher pay and more funding for education in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford - RC1DB35DAD60

The financial stress of teaching in regions of fast economic growth

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Clusters and innovation districts: Lessons from the United States experience

Martin Neil Baily and Nicholas Montalbano

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Olivia Caceras holds one of her children as she and other marchers prepare to start a 140-mile walk to the Mexican border, in solidarity with hundreds of hopeful asylum seekers who are currently traveling northbound in a caravan through Mexico, from central Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 22, 2018. REUTERS/David McNew - RC1E7A36A840

Defining the middle class: Cash, credentials, or culture?

Richard V. Reeves, Katherine Guyot, and Eleanor Krause

Monday, May 7, 2018