Policy & the Economy
February 6, 2017
Companies Want to Hire the Best Employees. Can Changes to the H-1B Visa Program Help?
The current lottery is not optimal for top foreign applicants or the companies that want to hire them.
Daniel Aobdia
February 3, 2017
Why Are We So Quick to Borrow When the Value of Our Home Rises?
The reason isn’t as simple as just feeling wealthier.
Anthony DeFusco
February 3, 2017
Should You Hire Someone with a Criminal Record?
Companies that give ex-offenders a fresh start may be rewarded with employees who stick around.
Dylan Minor, Nicola Persico and Deborah M. Weiss
February 2, 2017
What Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal Can Teach Us about Why Companies Cheat
Tighter standards may backfire in industries with fierce competition.
Kejia Hu and Sunil Chopra
January 6, 2017
Why Are We So Quick to Excuse Drunken Behavior?
From criminal sentencing to corporate indiscretions, we hold people less accountable when alcohol is involved.
Kelly Goldsmith, Hal Ersner-Hershfield and Chelsea Galoni
January 5, 2017
Businesses Born in a Recession Tend to Start Smaller and Stay Smaller
Yet there are ways business owners can counter these long-term effects.
Sara Moreira
January 5, 2017
Under the ACA, the Cost of Caring for the Uninsured Decreased for Hospitals
The benefit has come only in states that expanded Medicaid.
David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite and Christopher Ody
December 2, 2016
How Drinking Beer Is Saving Russian Lives
Decades later, a Soviet public health initiative is still increasing male life expectancy.
Lorenz Kueng and Evgeny Yakovlev
December 2, 2016
Is There a Better Way to Allocate Organs to Transplant Patients?
Two ideas for changing a system where people linger on waitlists while kidneys spoil.
Chaithanya Bandi, Nikolaos Trichakis, Phebe Vayanos and James Schummer
December 2, 2016
The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads
Patients and taxpayers benefit from controversial direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
Michael Sinkinson and Amanda Starc
December 1, 2016
Video: How to Establish Trust in Financial Transactions
Hard statistics and an understanding of culture keep the money flowing between lenders and borrowers.
Bruce Carruthers and Paola Sapienza
November 2, 2016
What Good Is a Financial Advisor?
They may have your best interests in mind, but that doesn’t mean their advice is sound.
Stephen Foerster, Juhani T. Linnainmaa, Brian Melzer and Alessandro Previtero
November 2, 2016
Why Sending Your Kid to the Best Possible School May Backfire
Being surrounded by smarter peers can hurt test scores and incite disruptive behavior.
Steve Cicala, Roland G. Fryer Jr. and Jörg L. Spenkuch
November 2, 2016
Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive
But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.
Benjamin B. Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl
October 10, 2016
Finding the Right Performance Incentives to Motivate Employees
Some incentive schemes encourage hard work—others reward those who game the system.
Daniel Barron, George Georgiadis and Jeroen Swinkels
October 10, 2016
Christine Lagarde on Income Inequality, Brexit, and the Power of M&Ms
A Q&A with the IMF managing director and Kellogg’s Sergio Rebelo.
Christine Lagarde and Sergio Rebelo
September 7, 2016
Does the H-1B Visa Program Hurt American Workers?
At least in one industry, these applicants appear to take jobs others do not want.
Daniel Aobdia, Anup Srivastava and Erqiu Wang
August 9, 2016
Disposable Income Is Rising in Africa. What Happens Next?
A Q&A about growth trends in African markets.
Ameet Morjaria and Aubrey Hruby
August 1, 2016
A Clever Strategy to Combat Free Riding
In any collaboration, the temptation to slack off is strong.
Jakša Cvitanić and George Georgiadis
August 1, 2016
How Much Do Brokerage Firms Benefit from Political Connections?
Politicians can’t trade on insider information—but the firms they talk to can.
Dane M. Christensen, Michael B. Mikhail, Beverly Walther and Laura A. Wellman
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