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Committee Spotlight: Q&A with CSWEP Chair Anusha Chari

March 17, 2022

CSWEP Chair Anusha Chari answers some questions about the committee's mission and activities.

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Reframing development in Africa

March 16, 2022

Nathan Canen and Leonard Wantchekon discuss state capture and economic growth in Africa.

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Automating air pollution monitoring

March 14, 2022

Monitoring technology helped China crack down on cities that underreported air pollution.

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Sliding backward since Brown v. Board of Education

March 11, 2022

What role have charter schools played in furthering segregation?

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African manufacturing

March 9, 2022

How has industrialization affected labor productivity in sub-Saharan countries?

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The increasing quality of job matching

March 7, 2022

Better job screening is decreasing the rate of worker turnover.

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Market failures vs. regulatory shortcomings

March 4, 2022

Market-based reforms from 1999 to 2012 significantly decreased the costs of producing electricity in the United States.

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Moving on up?

March 2, 2022

Ellora Derenoncourt discusses how economic prospects declined for the generations of African Americans that followed the Great Migration.

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Basic income and welfare traps

February 28, 2022

Can replacing unemployment benefits with a basic income boost employment?

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The impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospital revenue

February 23, 2022

How did the Medicaid expansion affect the finances of health care facilities in California?