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  • Sr Fellow Ran Abramitzky discusses his research showing new immigrants to the United States assimilate as quickly as they ever did, and delves into what that means for the economy.

    March 03, 2020

  • Senior Fellow Ran Abramitzky's research looks at immigrant earnings over a long sweep of history and contradicts prejudices on both sides of today’s immigration debate.

    January 20, 2020

  • Rent control doesn’t solve rising housing costs - reducing regulatory barriers in order to increase the supply of housing and lower prices does, according to Rebecca Diamond.

    January 17, 2020

  • Senior Fellow Charles Jones models what might happen in a world of declining population, arguing that living standards would stagnate as the population gradually vanishes.

    January 14, 2020

  • Sr Fellow Ran Abramitzky finds that historically, immigration doesn’t negatively impact U.S.-born workers’ wages, contrary to what supporters of immigration restrictions believe.

    December 09, 2019

  • Senior Fellow Ran Abramitzky's research shows upward mobility for immigrants is greater now than it was a century ago.

    November 05, 2019

  • Children of poor immigrants in America have had greater success climbing the economic ladder than children of similarly poor fathers born in the United States [...]

    October 28, 2019

  • “Our results provide new estimates of the health costs of climate change and identify environmental drivers of the black-white maternal health gap,” says Maya Rossin-Slater.

    October 21, 2019

  • Older, low-income Americans tend to be healthier if they live in more affluent areas of the country, according to research by faculty fellow Maria Polyakova.

    September 09, 2019

  • Tom Dee’s research found that ethnic studies classes in San Francisco helped struggling students earn higher grades and improve their school attendance.

    August 19, 2019