How the US-China Trade War Affected the Rest of the World
U pendin g a decades-long effort to reduce global trade barriers, China and the United States began mutually escalating tariffs on $450 billion in trade flows in 2018 and 2019. These tariff increases reduced trade between the US and China, but little is known about how trade was affected in the rest of the world. In The US-China Trade War and Global Reallocations (NBER …
The Benefits of Rehabilitative Incarceration | NBER
Apr 6, 2020 · Figure 2. In Norway, the average time spent in prison is a little over six months, which is similar to most other Western European countries. This contrasts with average US prison time of almost three years, which is in large part the reason the United States is an outlier in its incarceration rate compared with the rest of the world [Figure 1].
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Unpacking the Causes of Pandemic-Era Inflation in the US
After several decades of relatively low and stable inflation, in 2021 the US experienced a sharp rise in the pace of price increases. The annual inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, was 1.7 percent in February 2021 but rose to more than 5 percent in June 2021.
Understanding Early Childhood Development and Its Importance
Oct 22, 2024 · 1. “Parental Investments and Skills Formation during Infancy and Youth: Long Term Evidence from an Early Childhood Intervention,” Attanasio OP, Cortes D, Maldonado D, Rodriguez-Lesmes P, Charpak N, Tessier R, Ruiz JG, Gallego J, Hernandez T, Uriza F, Gallegos A. NBER Working Paper 32851, August 2024.
US Environmental Policies, the Environment, and the Economy
Jul 5, 2022 · 1. “Regulating Mismeasured Pollution: Implications of Firm Heterogeneity for Environmental Policy,” Lyubich E, Shapiro J, Walker R. NBER Working Paper 24228, January 2018, and AEA Papers and Proceedings 108, 2018, pp. 136–142.
Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation” | NBER
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