Economic Studies

Picture of the American Bar Association sign on a building.

Eliminate the bar exam for lawyers

Clifford Winston

Monday, March 15, 2021

Woman office worker in blue shirt with cardboard sign LOST JOB. Jobless, unemployment due covid-19 concept.

Congress extended unemployment benefits. What should come next?

Lauren Bauer and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 12, 2021

Students at Hiland Park Elementary School sit on dots in their physical education class that keep them six feet apart Tuesday, February 23, 2021.001 022321 Quarantining Changes

Coronavirus and schools: Reflections on education one year into the pandemic

Daphna Bassok, Lauren Bauer, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Helen Shwe Hadani, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Brad Olsen, Richard V. Reeves, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Friday, March 12, 2021

How Congress can support middle-class Americans: A conversation with Senator Mark Warner

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a package of economic relief measures to respond to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

New child tax credit could slash poverty now and boost social mobility later

Christopher Pulliam and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, March 11, 2021

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Class Notes: Paid maternity leave health benefits, addressing family poverty, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, March 11, 2021

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Hutchins Roundup: Loan forbearance, tutoring, and more

Sophia Campbell, David Wessel, and Kadija Yilla

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, with Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA), the Assistant Speaker of the House, Representative Richard Neal (D-MA), and Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY), in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The House received the Senate version of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill and is expected to pass the bill on Wednesday, as the Senate continues confirming President Bidens Cabinet today. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What’s in the latest COVID-19 relief bill?

Wendy Edelberg and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Cars driving with wifi signals indicating that they are autonomous.

Biden is going big on the future of cars. So why are autonomous vehicles lagging?

Clifford Winston

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Edwin Avent (C) participates with students in a learning exercise at a summer session of a charter school called Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 30, 2019. Avent co-founded Black Professional Men Inc. in 1991 to lift up African-American men, offering lessons in topics from financial literacy to rap music. Black Professional Men has mentored 3,000 boys and awarded 225 college scholarships, using education and positive reinforcement to divert youth away from gangs, drugs and guns. "What we're doing is building black boys into the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists and leaders, maybe even the next Barack Obama," said Avent. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Social networks and economic mobility–what the findings reveal

Sarah Nzau, Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Kwadwo Frimpong

Tuesday, March 9, 2021