A new study in Review of Economic Studies suggests that a large increase in the stock of immigrants to the United States would have little impact on…
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Illustration of interactions linked to the COVID-19 socioeconomic disruption along two pathways: 1.) energy, emissions, climate and air quality; and 2.) poverty, globalization, food and…
Coronavirus is changing life as we know it on a daily basis. But what will our world look like in the next five years? How…
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either…
The global economy could lose up to $US21.8 trillion dollars in 2020 alone due to COVID-19, according to new analysis from The Australian National University…
Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking a public stance on a divisive issue, says new research…
Primary care practices are projected to lose more than $65,000 in revenue per full-time physician in 2020, following drastic declines in office visits and fees…
In light of COVID-19, an MIT study looks at tradeoffs between economic value and public health, across different types of retail. Banks and bookstores. Gyms…
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation. Here’s some good news for U.S. states trying to spur…
Oral surgery and gastroenterology decline the most of specialties studied, per fair health’s third COVID-19 report, ‘Healthcare professionals and the impact of COVID-19: A comparative…
Algorithm Quickly Simulates a Roll of Loaded Dice The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games…
70% of all cataloged objects are in low-Earth orbit (LEO), which extends to 2000 km above the Earth’s surface. To observe the Earth, spacecraft must…
Chicago Booth scholar estimates 42% of pandemic-related layoffs could be permanent. Chicago Booth scholar investigates whether coronavirus-related job losses eventually return. The numbers are finally…
How Is COVID-19 Affecting the Global Economic Order? Scenarios for the Global Monetary System Supply chains collapse, companies are facing bankruptcy, and mass unemployment ensues.…
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing…
MIT economist Pierre Azoulay outlines a roadmap for scientific success against the virus. For humans, the Covid-19 virus is a novel foe. And to combat…
At this alarming time, when the COVID-19 pandemic is on everyone’s mind, a new special issue in the open-access peer-reviewed journal Population and Economics by…
Market concentration in the form of “superstar” firms has been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds. It’s one of…