When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, exports to the US market surged. In new research Xavier Jaravel and Erick Sager find that the rise of lower priced Chinese imports also helped to reduce prices of US-made goods, increasing households’ purchasing power by about $1,500. They write that this large increase in US consumer purchasing power was […]
More than a century ago, the opening of the Panama Canal revolutionized international trade by making it much quicker and easier to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But, write Stephan Maurer and Ferdinand Rauch, the canal’s opening also had a significant impact on the economic geography of the US. By examining county level data from 1900 to […]
Freelancers, gig workers and the self-employed like flexibility, but they would much prefer job security, writes Nikhil Datta.
The past two decades have seen a large increase in the number of workers engaged in “atypical” work arrangements. This type of work includes employment like zero-hour contracts (ZHCs), gig work such as driving an uber or taskrabbiting, and various types of […]
Donald Trump has cited the example of one of his US presidential predecessors, Ronald Reagan, in support of his protectionist policies. But as research by Ufuk Akcigit, Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti shows, it was the Reagan administration’s innovation policy – not a retreat from globalisation – that promoted long-run growth in the US economy.
In March 2018, […]
Politics in church may hurt religion, but it helps churches.
Politicians’ ability to persuade citizens about policies depends on people’s values and priorities.
Streetcars and light rail services serve different rider markets in American cities.
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When it comes to harmful air pollution, denser cities aren’t greener cities.
When it comes to harmful air pollution, denser cities aren’t greener cities.
Where urban planning is concerned, the conventional wisdom is that more compact cities are greener. While this may be the case for greenhouse gas emissions, new research on US cities from Sefi Roth and Felipe Carozzi find that denser cities are also more likely to have greater concentrations of harmful air pollution which can be detrimental to human health and well-being.
Air pollution is bad for us. We all […]