It is well documented that policy and behavioral responses to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic have become politically polarized in the United States. We test whether some of these differences may be the result of varying exposure to information using a nationally representative sample of...

Increasing evidence suggests that technological change will significantly affect interactions in the workplace. Even if technological change displaces some jobs, it may have positive effects among the employees’ who remain employed and subsequent new hires. We introduce a new measure of...

In theory, public school districts with more funding might be more likely to reopen in person if resources are a primary driver of their reopening decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is also possible that these decisions are influenced by other factors including political...

Historically, United States Veterans have represented an at-risk group for a variety of social ailments, including homelessness, disability, depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and suicide, among others. This paper presents descriptive evidence on the economic and subjective well-being...

Housing costs, relative to household incomes, have grown by 22 percent between 1980 and 2017. While the standard view among economists is that these costs reflect spatial differences in housing and zoning regulation, others have more recently argued that they reflect increasing labor costs. This...

This paper studies the rise of performance pay contracts and their aggregate effects on the labor market. First, using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I document three patterns: (i) the share of performance pay workers grew from 15% in 1970 to 50% by...

Using data from Glassdoor between 2008 and 2016, we study the effect of the public announcement of financial misconduct on employees' perceptions of firms, managers, and their salaries. We find a 0.32 standard deviation decline in overall company ratings following the public announcement of...

The United States labor market has become less dynamic over the past three decades. This paper explores the contribution of housing market regulation towards these declines. First, a 1sd rise in housing market regulation is associated with a 0.11-0.22sd decline in the turnover rate. Second,...