Unified Growth Theory: Roots of Growth and Inequality in the Wealth of Nations [0.03%]
统一增长理论：国富论的经济增长与不平等之根源
Oded Galor
Oded Galor
What sparked humanity's leap from stagnation to prosperity? What lies at the core of inequality among nations? Unified Growth Theory explores the evolution of societies over the entire course of human history. It uncovers the universal whee...
Jorge Luis García,James J Heckman
Jorge Luis García
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within and across generations. Instead of conducting a standard meta-analysis, we present a harmonized primary data analysis of ...
James Heckman,Rodrigo Pinto
James Heckman
This paper discusses the econometric model of causal policy analysis and two alternative frameworks that are popular in statistics and computer science. By employing the alternative frameworks uncritically, economists ignore the substantial...
Anne Case,Angus Deaton
Anne Case
Deaths of despair, morbidity and emotional distress continue to rise in the US, largely borne by those without a college degree, the majority of American adults, for many of whom the economy and society are no longer delivering. Concurrentl...
Saving Money or Just Saving Lives? Improving the Productivity of US Health Care Spending [0.03%]
省钱还是救命？提高美国医疗保健支出的效率
Katherine Baicker,Amitabh Chandra,Jonathan S Skinner
Katherine Baicker
There is growing concern over the rising share of the US economy devoted to health care spending. Fueled in part by demographic transitions, unchecked increases in entitlement spending will necessitate some combination of substantial tax in...
Economics of Child Protection: Maltreatment, Foster Care, and Intimate Partner Violence [0.03%]
儿童保护的经济学：虐待、寄养和亲密伴侣暴力
Joseph J Doyle Jr,Anna Aizer
Joseph J Doyle Jr
Violence within families and child neglect are strikingly common: 700,000 children are found to be victims of abuse or neglect in the United States each year; over the course of childhood, 6% of children are placed in foster care, and 18% w...
Heidi L Williams
Heidi L Williams
Brigitte C Madrian
Brigitte C Madrian
The premise of this article is that an understanding of psychology and other social science disciplines can inform the effectiveness of the economic tools traditionally deployed in carrying out the functions of government, which include rem...
James J Heckman,Stefano Mosso
James J Heckman
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and th...
Andrew D Foster,Mark R Rosenzweig
Andrew D Foster