Economic Studies

A worker arrives at his office in the Canary Wharf business district in London February 26, 2014. London's financial services sector created 25 percent more jobs in February than a year ago, new data has shown, indicating the industry may be recovering from the restructuring and redundancies prompted by the financial crisis. After a strong January, the City hiring market showed no signs of slowing down last month, with 3,220 new jobs created, compared with 2,575 added in February 2013, according to financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden. The data suggests London's banks and financial services companies are returning to growth after slashing thousands of jobs in the face of a lengthy recession and a series of industry scandals that followed the financial crisis. Picture taken February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 03 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'CITY OF LONDON - LIFE IN THE SQUARE MILE'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'RECRUITER KEOGH' - GM1EA320PLO01

Can fintech increase lending? How courts are undermining financial inclusion

Peter Conti-Brown

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

An American Express credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Illustration - RC12125F0520

Credit denial in the age of AI

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Cashier's display screen at store checkout counter. Row of screens are seen in this shallow DOF picture.

How do work requirement waivers help SNAP respond to a recession?

Lauren Bauer, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

U.S. flag flies over a statue of George Washington outside Federal Hall National Memorial, as the partial U.S. government shutdown continues in New York

Fiscal therapy: 12 framing facts and what they mean

William G. Gale

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Steam rises from the five brown coal-fired power units of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity companies in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - RC1E5D3C6B40

Examining the EPA’s Proposal to Exclude Co-Benefits of Mercury Regulation

Monday, April 1, 2019

Park Hye-ri, 28, a startup business program manager, who spent time at Prison Inside Me, a mock prison facility, uses a laptop at a cafe in Incheon, South Korea, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEARCH "PRISON RETREAT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC148F7054E0

The failings of online for-profit colleges: Findings from student borrower focus groups

Robin Howarth and Lisa Stifler

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Parents look at their daughter Makenzie for the first time since she was born at 10:25am at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York

Building on the ACA to achieve universal coverage

Matthew Fiedler, Henry J. Aaron, Loren Adler, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Christen Linke Young

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns as they listen to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's address during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - D1BETHVBVCAA

What levels of racial diversity can be achieved with socioeconomic-based affirmative action? Evidence from a simulation model

Sean Reardon, Rachel Baker, Matt Kasman, Daniel Klasik, and Joseph B. Townsend

Monday, March 25, 2019

School children attend class at Waterstone College, a private school managed by Curro in the south of Johannesburg July 22, 2015. South African private education group Advtech rejected a takeover offer from its bigger rival Curro Holdings, saying on Tuesday the proposal contained "unacceptable pre-conditions". Advtech's shares fell more than 7 percent shortly after the announcement that it had rejected Curro's bid, but pared losses to close down 2.93 percent at 11.60 rand. The shares are up about 30 percent so far this year. Curro's stock shed 0.83 percent to close on 11.70 rand. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF10000166735

Agent-based simulation models of the college sorting process

Sean Reardon, Matt Kasman, Daniel Klasik, and Rachel Baker

Monday, March 25, 2019

A member of Metro Bank's staff poses for a photograph in the vault of their new branch in Slough, southern England May 3, 2013. This is the only bank in the United Kingdom that has a drive-thru facility. Metro Bank, which launched in 2010 as Britain's first new high street lender for more than a century, saw customer numbers surge in 2012, benefiting from the unpopularity of the established banks. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS) - LM1E95310CJ01

How will retirement saving change by 2050? Prospects for the millennial generation

William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond, and Jason Fichtner

Thursday, March 21, 2019