Most emergency medical services (EMS) systems send patients to the closest hospitals. This long-standing principle, while maximizing patient welfare in usual times, can lead to hospital overloading and negative patient outcomes during unusual EMS demand shifts caused by events such as the...

The accurate estimation of workday length is essential to estimate total labor supply, and has a significant bearing on the assessment of labor productivity and worker well-being. Using probe request data from a 53 access-point, publicly-accessible Wi-Fi network in the Lower Manhattan district...

"This book applies cutting-edge economic analysis and social science to unpack the rich complexities and paradoxes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book takes the reader on a bold, refreshing, and informative tour through its technological drivers, its profound impact on human...

This is the final print version of the article, cited by the United States Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago, 130 S. Ct. 3020, 3039 n.21, 3041 n.25, 3043 (2010). Please see the pre-publication version, which has been cited by the petitioner’s brief and an amicus brief in McDonald v....

New streams of data are being generated by a range of in-situ instrumentation, mobile sensing, and social media that can be integrated and analyzed to better understand urban activity and mobility patterns. While several studies have focused on understanding activity patterns and flows of people...