Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
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For All magazine, Fall 2021
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In this issue we examine opportunity. Institute advisor Rucker Johnson shares research on meaningful education reforms. We consider why labor markets with few firms hurt workers and how workforce programs help people land jobs with potential.
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The long coattails of economic inequality
Losing a job hurts earnings for all workers, but those with poorer parents are hurt more
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Changing Stability in U.S. Employment Relationships: A Tale of Two Tails
January 28, 2022Research
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The great balancing act
January 26, 2022Article
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The long coattails of economic inequality
January 6, 2022Article
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Unemployment today cuts deeper and lasts longer, driving rise in income risk
December 22, 2021Article
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Changing Income Risk across the US Skill Distribution: Evidence from a Generalized Kalman Filter
December 15, 2021Research
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Social Transfers and Spatial Distortions
November 17, 2021Research
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Telework, Childcare, and Mothers’ Labor Supply
November 16, 2021Research
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Chasing opportunity
October 18, 2021Article
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Rucker Johnson interview: Powering potential
October 18, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Kuma Okoro
October 18, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Chelda Smith
October 18, 2021Article
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From the director: A long year
October 18, 2021Article
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Institute update: How lessons from 2020 guided us in 2021
October 18, 2021Article
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Blueprint for opportunity
October 18, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Dionissi Aliprantis
October 18, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Sarah Cohodes
October 18, 2021Article
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Fall 2021 Institute Research Conference
Event on October 15, 2021Event
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Where do we go from here?
October 14, 2021Article
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Disparate Impacts of Job Loss by Parental Income and Implications for Intergenerational Mobility
September 13, 2021Research
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Reaching our full potential
September 7, 2021Article
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Many jobs, few employers
September 3, 2021Article
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The Geography of Remote Work
August 19, 2021Research
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Optimal Income Taxation: An Urban Economics Perspective
July 23, 2021Research
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Immigration nation
July 6, 2021Article
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Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Systematic Monetary Policy
June 29, 2021Research
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Why Do Couples and Singles Save During Retirement?
May 25, 2021Research
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Labor Market Power
May 13, 2021Research
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Director Abigail Wozniak on the Women in Economics podcast
Speech on April 30, 2021Speech
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First comes love, then come taxes
April 15, 2021Article
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Esther Duflo interview: Deciding how to share
April 14, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Abdoulaye Ndiaye
April 14, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Ariell Zimran
April 14, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Diana Van Patten
April 14, 2021Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Sergio Barrera
April 14, 2021Article
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Tackling racism from within
April 14, 2021Article
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From the director: Evidence we can act on
April 14, 2021Article
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The myth of the rising tide
April 14, 2021Article
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Saving the American Dream? Education Policies in Spatial General Equilibrium
March 22, 2021Research
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Commuting, crowding, and COVID-19
March 18, 2021Article
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Making a difference as an economist
March 17, 2021Article
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Multinationals, Monopsony, and Local Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company
March 15, 2021Research
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The poverty of nations
March 2, 2021Article
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Racial Disparities in Frontline Workers and Housing Crowding during COVID-19: Evidence from Geolocation Data
February 24, 2021Research
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Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality
February 4, 2021Research
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Year in Review: Summary of 2020 Institute Working Papers
January 29, 2021Article
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2020 Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute working papers: A retrospective
January 27, 2021Article
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Coronavirus sufferers remain in the data shadows
January 13, 2021Article
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Wage Risk and Government and Spousal Insurance
December 22, 2020Research
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New COVID-19 dashboard data show disparities in access to employment safety valves
November 24, 2020Article
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The Return to Big City Experience: Evidence from Refugees in Denmark
November 13, 2020Research
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Skilled Scalable Services: The New Urban Bias in Economic Growth
November 13, 2020Research
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Why Is Mommy So Stressed? Estimating the Immediate Impact of the COVID-19 Shock on Parental Attachment to the Labor Market and the Double Bind of Mothers
October 26, 2020Research
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Family and Government Insurance: Wage, Earnings, and Income Risks in the Netherlands and the U.S.
October 26, 2020Research
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Why Does Consumption Fluctuate in Old Age and How Should the Government Insure it?
October 23, 2020Research
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Are Marriage-Related Taxes and Social Security Benefits Holding Back Female Labor Supply?
October 23, 2020Research
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How well do workplace COVID-19 screens work? And do they discriminate?
October 20, 2020Article
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Firm-Embedded Productivity and Cross-Country Income Differences
October 13, 2020Research
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Reservation Benefits: Assessing Job Acceptance Impacts of Increased UI Payments
October 2, 2020Research
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The Indirect Fiscal Benefits of Low-Skilled Immigration
October 2, 2020Research
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Crisis response: Institute economists address the pandemic
September 14, 2020Article
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Seeing the margins: An interview with Columbia University economist Sandra Black
September 14, 2020Article
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A nation divided: Survey reveals wide gaps in COVID-19 fallout
September 14, 2020Article
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“We are in a dangerous time”: Lessons from our Higher Education Conference
September 14, 2020Article
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From the director: A test of our concept, and an accelerator
September 14, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Krista Ruffini
September 14, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Milena Almagro
September 14, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Terry-Ann Craigie
September 14, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Troup Howard
September 14, 2020Article
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Wealth Distribution and Retirement Preparation Among Early Savers
September 1, 2020Research
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Who’s In and Who’s Out under Workplace COVID Symptom Screening?
September 1, 2020Research
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The Geography of Business Dynamism and Skill Biased Technical Change
August 28, 2020Research
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Labor Supply Within the Firm
August 21, 2020Research
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How to track a killer virus with your phone
August 4, 2020Article
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Yet another source of inequality: Property taxes
July 28, 2020Article
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Family Job Search and Wealth: The Added Worker Effect Revisited
July 17, 2020Research
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Adaptation and the Cost of Rising Temperature for the U.S. Economy
July 9, 2020Research
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Measuring Movement and Social Contact with Smartphone Data: A Real-Time Application to COVID-19
July 9, 2020Research
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Jobs or kids? Parenting during the pandemic
July 8, 2020Article
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The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation
July 6, 2020Research
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How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?
June 26, 2020Research
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Spring 2020 Institute Conference: Higher Ed, Who Pays?
Event on June 18, 2020Event
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How has COVID-19 changed work and well-being for Minnesotans?
June 15, 2020Article
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How has COVID-19 changed work and well-being for Montanans?
June 15, 2020Article
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The Rise of Fintech Lending to Small Businesses: Businesses’ Perspectives on Borrowing
June 12, 2020Research
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A teachable moment? Will George Floyd’s death spur change in economics?
June 9, 2020Article
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COVID inequality
June 3, 2020Article
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Why Has the US Economy Recovered So Consistently from Every Recession in the Past 70 Years?
May 28, 2020Research
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COVID-19: Connecting small businesses to pandemic relief is a struggle, CDFIs say
May 19, 2020Article
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How linkages do, and don't, spread economic distortions
May 14, 2020Article
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Differential economic and health impact of COVID-19: The importance of cascading risk
May 13, 2020Article
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Disparities and Mitigation Behavior during COVID-19
May 13, 2020Research
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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute welcomes 2020-2021 class of scholars
May 8, 2020Article
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Sectoral Impact of COVID-19: Cascading Risks
May 7, 2020Research
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The need for data innovation in the time of COVID-19
April 13, 2020Article
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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute: Diverse, interdisciplinary, active
March 31, 2020Article
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Tracking COVID-19 symptoms and impact in real time: A survey-based surveillance system
March 26, 2020Article
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Why the Institute? Why this magazine?
March 19, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Chris Stoddard
March 19, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Ellora Derenoncourt
March 19, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Fabian Eckert
March 19, 2020Article
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Scholar Spotlight: Misty Heggeness
March 19, 2020Article
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About the cover: Meet Chukwudi Anyaeche
March 19, 2020Article
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Not just talk, but making a difference
March 19, 2020Article
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Housing as a driver of cities’ polarization
March 19, 2020Article
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The view from here
March 19, 2020Article
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California green rush?
March 19, 2020Article
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The mystery of regional inequality
February 27, 2020Article
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Misallocation and Intersectoral Linkages
February 18, 2020Research
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Saving for retirement
February 13, 2020Article
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Tuition, Debt, and Human Capital
February 12, 2020Research
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Income at risk
February 4, 2020Article
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Children, and nations, of divorce
January 27, 2020Article
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Spatial Wage Gaps in Frictional Labor Markets
December 23, 2019Research
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Disappearing Routine Occupations and Declining Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
December 19, 2019Research
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Expanding and diversifying housing: Approaches and impacts on opportunity
December 16, 2019Article
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Measuring Household Wealth in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: The Role of Retirement Assets
December 13, 2019Research
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Superstars in the age of information
December 13, 2019Article
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Manning Up and Womaning Down: How Husbands and Wives Report Earnings When She Earns More
December 10, 2019Research
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The Well-Being of Nations: Estimating Welfare from International Migration
November 26, 2019Research
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State Disinvestment in Higher Education: The Impact on Public Research Universities’ Patent Applications
November 25, 2019Research
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The Affordable Care Act and the Market for Higher Education
November 25, 2019Research
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Family Characteristics and Macroeconomic Factors in U.S. Intragenerational Family Income Mobility, 1978–2014
October 21, 2019Research
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Improving Child Welfare in Middle Income Countries: The Unintended Consequence of a Pro-Homemaker Divorce Law and Wait Time to Divorce
October 11, 2019Research
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Who is a Passive Saver Under Opt-In and Auto-Enrollment?
September 26, 2019Research
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Do cash transfers work?
September 10, 2019Article
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Nonlinear Pricing in Village Economies
August 26, 2019Research
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Pay, Employment, and Dynamics of Young Firms
August 5, 2019Research
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Cyclical Labor Income Risk
August 5, 2019Research
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The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions
June 25, 2019Research
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Fall 2019 Institute Conference: Expanding and Diversifying Housing
Event on October 3, 2019Event
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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute’s Spring Conference focuses on monetary policy
April 29, 2019Article
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Minneapolis Fed announces 2019-2020 class of Visiting Scholars
April 25, 2019News
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Test Questions, Economic Outcomes, and Inequality
April 2, 2019Research
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Minneapolis Fed’s commitment to diversity and inclusion detailed in OMWI annual report
April 2, 2019Article
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The good old days? For some, yes
March 25, 2019Article
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The Lost Ones: The Opportunities and Outcomes of Non-College-Educated Americans Born in the 1960s
March 18, 2019Research
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A vision for the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
March 5, 2019Article
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Coping with volatile labor markets
March 4, 2019Article
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Saving for retirement and addressing inequality—an optimal plan
February 25, 2019Article
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The Marginal Propensity to Hire
February 20, 2019Research
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The Founding of the Federal Reserve, the Great Depression and the Evolution of the U.S. Interbank Network
February 12, 2019Research
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Spring 2019 Institute Conference: Distributional Consequences of the Business Cycle and Monetary Policy
Event on April 9, 2019Event
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In the gig economy, reputation counts
February 6, 2019Article
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Rural Affordable Rental Housing: Quantifying Need, Reviewing Recent Federal Support, and Assessing the Use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits in Rural Areas
February 1, 2019Research
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Optimal Social Insurance and Rising Labor Market Risk
February 1, 2019Research
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The Cyclical Behavior of Labor Force Participation
January 22, 2019Research
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The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains
January 15, 2019Research
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Is Size Everything?
January 10, 2019Research
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Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies
January 10, 2019Research
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Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market
December 28, 2018Research
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The Macroeconomic Consequences of Early Childhood Development Policies
December 12, 2018Research
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Growth, disease, and the personal touch
November 30, 2018Article
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Explosive Dynamics in House Prices? An Exploration of Financial Market Spillovers in Housing Markets Around the World
November 29, 2018Research
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Climbing ladders
November 7, 2018Article
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Wozniak Named Director of Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
October 29, 2018Article
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College financial aid: Equity and efficiency
October 18, 2018Article
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Killer robots? Not so much
October 5, 2018Article
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Trading places
September 26, 2018Article
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Which Ladder to Climb? Wages of Workers by Job, Plant, and Education
September 12, 2018Research
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Interview with Philip Jefferson
September 12, 2018Article
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Optimal Need-Based Financial Aid
September 7, 2018Research
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Fall 2018 Institute Conference: Regional Shocks and Regional Divergence
Event on October 18, 2018Event
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Adjusting to Robots: Worker-Level Evidence
August 21, 2018Research
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Rethinking Detroit
August 7, 2018Research
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Location as an Asset
August 7, 2018Research
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The wealth gap and the race between stocks and homes
July 31, 2018Article
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Innovation in Early Childhood Development and K-12 Education
Event on October 23, 2018Event
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College Access and Attendance Patterns: A Long-Run View
July 2, 2018Research
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Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Countries
Event on September 13, 2018Event
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Early-Stage Business Formation: An Analysis of Applications for Employer Identification Numbers
June 28, 2018Research
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The rise and reversal of college education
June 26, 2018Article
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Income and Wealth Inequality in America, 1949-2016
June 14, 2018Research
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What Would You Do with $500? Spending Responses to Gains, Losses, News, and Loans
May 23, 2018Research
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Inequality in 3-D: Income, Consumption, and Wealth
May 15, 2018Research
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Top Income Concentration and Volatility
May 8, 2018Research
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Health care costs and savings, an old age question
May 8, 2018Article
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Internal Migration in the United States: A Comparative Assessment of the Utility of the Consumer Credit Panel
May 2, 2018Research
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Individuals, Institutions, and Inequality Conference
Event on September 28, 2018Event
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Minneapolis Fed Announces New Class of Visiting Scholars
April 11, 2018News
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Medical Expenses and Saving in Retirement: The Case of U.S. and Sweden
April 10, 2018Research
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Minneapolis Fed Announces Community Advisory Board
April 5, 2018News
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Regional Consumption Responses and the Aggregate Fiscal Multiplier
April 2, 2018Research
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Internal Immigrant Mobility in the Early 20th Century: Experimental Evidence from Galveston Immigrants
March 26, 2018Research
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Interview with Mark L.J. Wright
March 26, 2018Article
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Demographics and the Evolution of Global Imbalances
March 23, 2018Research
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Hysteresis in Employment among Disadvantaged Workers
March 19, 2018Research
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Earnings Inequality and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from Brazil
March 12, 2018Research
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Spring 2018 Institute Conference: Labor Market Trends and the Future of Work
Event on May 11, 2018Event
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Minneapolis Fed to Study Effects of City’s New Minimum Wage Rule
March 6, 2018Article
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Racial Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes in the Last Four Decades and over the Business Cycle
February 22, 2018Research
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The Paper Trail of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Patent Interferences
February 15, 2018Research
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You’re fired?
February 6, 2018Article
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Dynamic Responses to Immigration
January 29, 2018Research
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On Intergenerational Immobility: Evidence that Adult Credit Health Reflects the Childhood Environment
January 17, 2018Research
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Equity and Efficiency in Space
January 17, 2018Article
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Macroeconomic Nowcasting and Forecasting with Big Data
January 10, 2018Research
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Measuring the “Free” Digital Economy Within the GDP and Productivity Accounts
January 8, 2018Research
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A Tax Plan for Endogenous Innovation
January 4, 2018Research
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Missing Growth from Creative Destruction
January 2, 2018Research
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The Persistence of Financial Distress
December 28, 2017Research
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Parental Proximity and Earnings after Job Displacements
December 27, 2017Research
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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level in a World of Low Interest Rates
December 15, 2017Research
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Geographic Inequality of Economic Well-being among U.S. Cities: Evidence from Micro Panel Data
December 13, 2017Research
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An Assessment of the National Establishment Time Series (NETS) Database
December 7, 2017Research
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Wage Inequality and Job Stability
December 1, 2017Research
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First-Time Homebuyers: Toward a New Measure
November 28, 2017Research
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Spatial Patterns of Development: A Meso Approach
November 28, 2017Research
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The Unequal Distribution of Economic Education: A Report on the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Economics Majors at US Colleges and Universities
November 20, 2017Research
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Heterogeneous Workers and Federal Income Taxes in a Spatial Equilibrium
November 14, 2017Research
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The Effect of Fertility on Mothers’ Labor Supply over the Last Two Centuries
November 13, 2017Research
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The Local Aggregate Effects of Minimum Wage Increases
November 9, 2017Research
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“Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone” – The Effects of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on Mortgage Lending in the Philadelphia Market
November 2, 2017Research
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Fall 2017 Institute Conference: Segregation and Inequality
Event on October 26, 2017Event
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Reservation Employer Establishments: Data from the U.S. Census Longitudinal Business Database
October 18, 2017Research
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Emigration during the French Revolution: Consequences in the Short and Longue Durée
September 26, 2017Research
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Human Capital and Development Accounting: New Evidence from Wage Gains at Migration
August 10, 2017Research
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Old, Frail, and Uninsured: Accounting for Puzzles in the U.S. Long-Term Care Insurance Market
August 9, 2017Research
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The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility After 1980
July 6, 2017Research
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Residential Rent Affordability across U.S. Metropolitan Areas
June 21, 2017Research
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A Theory of Sticky Rents: Search and Bargaining with Incomplete Information
June 20, 2017Research
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Who Counts as Employed? Informal Work, Employment Status, and Labor Market Slack
June 19, 2017Research
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The Unintended Consequences of Employer Credit Check Bans on Labor and Credit Markets
June 16, 2017Research
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Monetary Policy and Inequality
June 15, 2017Research
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Evidence on the Production of Cognitive Achievement from Moving to Opportunity
June 13, 2017Research
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Does Differential Treatment Translate to Differential Outcomes for Minority Borrowers? Evidence from Matching a Field Experiment to Loan-Level Data
June 13, 2017Research
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New Findings on the Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States
June 13, 2017Research
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College Is Not Enough: Higher Education Does Not Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Wealth Gaps
June 9, 2017Research
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Organizations, Skills, and Wage Inequality
June 9, 2017Research
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Wage Shocks and the Technological Substitution of Low-Wage Jobs
June 9, 2017Research
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Inaugural Spring 2017 Institute Conference
Event on May 22, 2017Event
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Assessing Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Across Race, Age, and Educational Attainment
May 1, 2017Research
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Are Central Cities Poor and Non-White?
April 10, 2017Research
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Un-Fortunate Sons: Effects of the Vietnam Draft Lottery on the Next Generation's Labor Market
March 30, 2017Research
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Levels and Trends in the Income Mobility of U.S. Families, 1977-2012
January 19, 2017Research
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Optimal Income Taxation: Mirrlees Meets Ramsey
January 18, 2017Research
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Does Greater Inequality Lead to More Household Borrowing? New Evidence from Household Data
January 18, 2017Research
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Household Formation over Time: Evidence from Two Cohorts of Young Adults
January 18, 2017Research
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The Role of Selective High Schools in Equalizing Educational Outcomes: Heterogeneous Effects by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status
January 18, 2017Research
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The Effects of Mortgage Credit Availability: Evidence from Minimum Credit Score Lending Rules
January 18, 2017Research