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Tax Incentives for Charitable Giving : New Findings from the TCJA

Han, Xiao; Hungerman, Daniel M.; Wilhelm, Mark Ottoni - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated federal charitable giving incentives for roughly 20 percent of US income-tax payers. We study the impact of this on giving. Basic theory and our empirical results suggest heterogeneous effects for taxpayers with different amounts of itemizable expenses....

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Monitoring for Waste : Evidence from Medicare Audits

Shi, Maggie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper examines the tradeoffs of monitoring for wasteful public spending. By penalizing unnecessary spending, monitoring improves the quality of public expenditure and incentivizes firms to invest in compliance technology. I study a large Medicare program that monitored for unnecessary...

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How Does Data Access Shape Science? Evidence from the Impact of U.S. Census's Research Data Centers on Economics Research

Nagaraj, Abhishek; Tranchero, Matteo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This study examines the impact of access to confidential administrative data on the rate, direction, and policy relevance of economics research. To study this question, we exploit the progressive geographic expansion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDCs)....

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Valuing Excess Deaths Caused by Climate Change

Bressler, R. Daniel; Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Valuing deaths caused by climate change in Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) is complex and controversial, having caused disagreement and acrimony in past high-profile settings. Furthermore, it is of first order consequence to the value of the social cost of carbon (SCC). Despite this, the underlying...

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The Effects of Emergency Rental Assistance During the Pandemic : Evidence from Four Cities

Collinson, Robert; DeFusco, Anthony A.; Humphries, John Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented expansion of federal emergency rental assistance (ERA). Using applications to ERA lotteries in four cities linked to survey and administrative data, we assess its impacts on housing stability, financial security, and mental health. We find that...

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Remote Work, Foreign Residents, and the Future of Global Cities

Guerreiro, João; Rebelo, Sérgio; Teles, Pedro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

As remote work opportunities expand, more people are seeking residence in foreign destinations. The resulting surge in foreign residents generates capital gains for property owners but negatively impacts renters and creates potentially important production, congestion, and amenities...

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Selection and Causal Effects in Voluntary Programs : Bundled Payments in Medicare

Gupta, Atul; Martinez, Joseph R.; Navathe, Amol S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Voluntary participation is a central feature of reforms being tested across US healthcare. Allowing choice can enhance effects if participants sort on unobserved treatment gains. However, selection may also bias program evaluation, misleading policymakers. We study this trade-off in the case of...

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Non-Profit Hospital Governance, Conduct, and CEO Pay

Kessler, Daniel P.; Wygal, William - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We investigate whether two characteristics of non-profit hospital boards - the number of board members and whether the …-profit firms have been studied extensively, the consequences for non-profits in general, and non-profit hospitals in particular …, have received little attention. Because most hospitals are non-profit and non-profit hospital prices have increased rapidly …

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The Price of Faith : Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Montero, Eduardo; Yang, Dean; Yentzen, Triana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

How do economic costs affect religious choices, and how do religious institutions adapt to economic realities? We study the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) church in Sub-Saharan Africa, which prohibits production of tobacco, coffee, and tea, creating salient opportunity costs for potential members...

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Does Occupational Licensing Reduce Job Loss During Recessions?

Blair, Peter Q.; Chung, Bobby W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Licensed workers could be shielded from unemployment during recession since occupational licensing laws are asymmetric--making unlicensed workers an illegal substitute for licensed workers but not the reverse. We test our hypothesis using a difference-in-differences event study research design...

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