July 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

Decentralization Helps Firms Cope with Downturns
Lead Exposure Linked to School Problems and Crime
The Gender Pay Gap Widens with Age
Assessing the Fed's Tools at the Zero Lower Bound
Profit Shifting Affects Calculations of U.S. Growth Rate
For Women in Finance, an Unlevel Playing Field

June 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

When Government Borrows Heavily, Firms Reduce Leverage
Benefits and Costs of Healthier School Lunches
The Long-Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration
New Evidence on Historical Infant Mortality Rates
Consumption Growth among Low- and Middle-Income Households
Option Grants and CEO Risk-Taking

May 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

Robots and Jobs in the U.S. Labor Market
Early Evidence on the Effects of the ACA
Exploring Pathways to Economic Development
The Global Rise of Corporate Saving
Patent Awards Stoke Startup Growth
Marriageability Concerns and Professional Ambitions

April 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

Winners and Losers from the H-1B Visa Program
The Effects of Excluding Low-Skill Foreign Workers
The Immigrant as Innovator
Variation in Education Costs and Future Earnings
State Universities Turn to Higher-Tuition Foreign Students
Imperfect Electricity Markets versus Imperfect Regulation

March 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

When Glory Is Something to Die For
Fed Pronouncements, Expectations, and Stock Prices
Active Asset Managers Earn their Keep, But...
Industrial Policy, Agglomeration, and Collusion in China's SEZs
Where Children Grow Up Affects How Much They'll Earn
Managers' Bias and Workers' Job Performance

February 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

Does Creative Destruction Really Drive Economic Growth?
Housing Crisis Boxed in Some Job Seekers
Competition from China Reduced Domestic Innovation
Explaining Low Investment Spending
Bureaucratic 'Churn' after Presidential Elections
New Evidence on Income Inequality

January 2017 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

What Online Education Has Meant for Students and Institutions
    Do Virtual Schools Affect Brick-and-Mortar Counterparts?
    Can Online Delivery Increase Access to Education?
The Earnings Gap between Black and White Men
Does 'Gift Exchange' Increase Charitable Giving?
Fiscal Adjustments and Economic Output
Potential Biases of Ride-Sharing Drivers

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