Journal Article
Investigates the effects on consumers of lowering U.S. pharmaceutical prices under various assumptions and finds that publicly financing price reductions, without affecting manufacturer prices, delivers benefits in virtually all plausible cases.
Journal Article
Discusses a study conducted for the Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) that evaluated the contribution of local authority regulatory services.
Journal Article
Labor-market transitions toward the latter parts of workers' careers can be complex, with movement between jobs and classes of work and in and out of retirement.
Journal Article
Skilled immigration into developed countries and competition for talent and professional skills are of major concern among nations today.
Journal Article
Young people making the transition from school to work in the twenty-first century in the United States and other developed economies can be expected to face a very different world of work than their parents' generation.
Journal Article
With the discovery of large quantities of natural gas, the Qatari economy has experienced sustained economic growth. Similar to what has occurred in other Gulf states, a consequence of this economic boom is that the demand level for skilled and unskilled labor far outstrips that which Qatari nationals can provide. As a result, Qatar has imported foreign labor to the point where foreigners outnumber Qataris by almost seven to one. Moreover, the structure of the labor market -- in particular, the system of generous and near-guaranteed public sector employment -- diminishes incentives for Qataris to acquire valuable skills and to work in the private sector. The reliance on foreign laborers and the lack of skilled Qatari workers is widely seen by Qatar's leaders as a serious threat to the nation's economic autonomy and long-term economic viability. Thus a key challenge facing policymakers is to devise policies and reforms that will help develop a domestic workforce with the skills and incentives to work in the economy's most important and competitive positions. Drawing on public data sources, this article provides a detailed quantitative assessment of the economic and demographic situation that underlies the current challenges and discusses several policy options that might be used to help overcome them.
Report
Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.
Report
Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.
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Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force
Report
Examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.
Report
Law enforcement can analyze patterns in crime-gun data to trace illicit firearm acquisition, use community-based interventions to stem the illegal flow, and use retail ammunition-purchase records in identifying prohibited firearm possessors.
Commentary
Just a few years ago, insider trading was considered "dirty." It was the province of marginal players working on the fringe of the capital markets... But today insider trading has proliferated and gone global, writes Larry Zicklin.
Journal Article
This paper develops a model of media bias in which rational agents acquire all their news from the source that is most likely to confirm their prior beliefs.
Journal Article
This paper evaluates the impact of the 1992 Civil Unrest in Los Angeles (which followed the Rodney King incident), in which many alcohol outlets were damaged leading to a decrease in alcohol outlet density, on crime.
Journal Article
Subjective probabilistic judgments about future module prices of 26 current and emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies were obtained from 18 PV technology experts.
Journal Article
Looks at the effect of the 2000 repeal of the earnings test above the normal retirement age on the self-reported probabilities of working full-time after ages 65 and 62 of male workers in the U.S. Health and Retirement Study.
Journal Article
Analyzes the male labor supply effects of the Social Security earnings test using longitudinal administrative earnings data and commonly used survey data. Finds a consistent and substantial response to the earnings test, especially for younger men.
Report
This RAND Gulf States Policy Institute report describes the pre-Hurricane Katrina housing markets in Mississippi's three coastal counties, the damage they sustained, current status, and what might inhibit recovery.
Commentary
To reduce the bilateral imbalances between China and the U.S. requires more carefully crafted policies than revaluation of the yuan, else the results could be perverse, writes Charles Wolf Jr.
News Release
An improved understanding of the effects of regulation on small businesses will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship.
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