Journal Article
Tough lesson: more money doesn't help schools; accountability does
Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Roisman, Deborah (2004-04)
More people are coming around to what economists have long been saying: The answer to failing public schools isn't more money, but more accountability.
The Regional Economist , Issue Apr , Pages 12-13

Journal Article
Eighth District population growth follows national pattern
Aubuchon, Craig P.; Martinek, Christopher J.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu (2008-07)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul , Pages 18-19

Journal Article
Employment trends in nearby metro areas take different paths
Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Roisman, Deborah (2006-01)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jan , Pages 17

Working Paper
Did affordable housing legislation contribute to the subprime securities boom?
Owyang, Michael T.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Ghent, Andra C. (2012)
No. In this paper we use a regression discontinuity approach to investigate whether affordable housing policies influenced origination or affected prices of subprime mortgages. We use merged loan-level data on non-prime securitized mortgages with individual- and neighborhood-level data for California and Florida. We find no evidence that lenders increased subprime originations or altered pricing around the discrete eligibility cutoffs for the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) affordable housing goals or the Community Reinvestment Act. Our results indicate that the extensive purchases of ...
Working Papers , Paper 2012-005

Journal Article
The economics of giving
Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben (2005-10)
National Economic Trends , Issue Oct

Journal Article
Computer use and productivity growth
Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben (2003-12)
National Economic Trends , Issue Dec

Journal Article
Employment growth mixed across Eighth District
Aubuchon, Craig P.; Martinek, Christopher J.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben; Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu (2009-01)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jan , Pages 20-21

Journal Article
Immigrants: skills, occupations and locations
Martinek, Christopher J.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben (2011-10)
The Regional Economist , Issue Oct , Pages 18-19

Journal Article
Metropolitan growth: sun belt vs. snow belt
Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben (2004-10)
National Economic Trends , Issue Oct

Journal Article
Which came first-democracy or growth?
Martinek, Christopher J.; Hernandez-Murillo, Ruben (2008-04)
Most economists agree that economic freedom promotes growth, but fewer agree that more political freedom improves economic performance as well. Chile of the 1970s and 1980s and China today are just two autocracies with strong economies.
The Regional Economist , Issue Apr , Pages 4-6