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The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part I
The weeks lost due to inaction in the U.S. during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rationing of tests and a large number of confirmed cases.
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The Economic Effects of the 2018 U.S. Trade Policy: A State-Level Analysis
We evaluate, empirically, the effect of changes in trade policy during the 2018-19 trade war on U.S. economic activity. We begin by documenting that sectors and states across the United States are heterogeneous in their exposure to international trade. To do that, we construct a measure of exposure that combines the share of a sector’s gross output that is accounted for by trade with the pattern of comparative advantage of each state in that sector. We then exploit cross-state heterogeneity in exposure to international trade and correlate it with measures of economic activity across U.S. ...
Protectionism and Dependence on Imports of Essential Medical Equipment
The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to a surge in protectionism, which poses challenges to countries dependent on imports of essential medical equipment.
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Observing the Earnings Gap through Marital Status, Race and Gender
In addition to race and gender, marital status appears to play a role in the earnings gap.
For Poor Countries, Gains in Education Are Not Matched in Income
Poor countries are narrowing the education gap with rich countries, but not the gap in GDP per capita.
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A Closer Look at China’s Supposed Misappropriation of U.S. Intellectual Property
China has significantly increased its payments for the use of U.S. intellectual property.
Taking a Closer Look at Marital Status and the Earnings Gap
Research suggests that married men’s higher income account for a significant portion of the U.S. gender earnings gap. Does this also hold when race is considered?
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The Lost Weeks of COVID-19 Testing in the United States: Part II
In the U.S., the weeks lost due to inaction during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic helped spread the virus.
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China’s Innovation and Global Technology Diffusion
China's technologies are diffusing rapidly throughout the world.
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Worker Diversity and Wage Growth Since 1940
Since 1940 the average worker has become older, more educated, more likely to be a woman, less likely to be White, and slightly less likely to be single. How has this evolution of the average worker affected wage growth, that is, the wage of the average worker? We conduct two sets of experiments: First, we decompose wage growth between a “growth effect” and a “distribution effect.” The former measures the effect of a change in the wage function, associating wages with worker types; the latter measures the effect of the changing distribution of worker types. Both effects contribute ...