Even though Asians are the largest minority group participating in United States mortgage markets, research on differences in underwriting and pricing outcomes in mortgages typically focuses on the outcomes of African American/Black or Latino/Hispanic borrowers. One explanation for this lack of...

This paper considers the question of whether inaccurate self-assessment of credit is associated with undesirable financial market outcomes. Our analysis is empirical, and relies on two different data sets - a consumer survey conducted in 2000 by Freddie Mac, and 1.2 million mortgage loans...

A popular policy option for addressing the growth in weight has has been the imposition of a "fat tax" on selected foods that are deemed to promote obesity. Understanding the public economics of "fat taxes" requires an understanding of how or even whether individuals respond to changes in food...

This paper sheds light on the causal relationship between education and health outcomes. It combines three surveys (SHARE, HRS and ELSA) that include nationally representative samples of people aged 50 and over from thirteen OECD countries. It uses variation in the timing of educational reforms...