Heat pumps have been proposed as the leading technology in the electrification of domestic heat and therefore could play a crucial part in the transition to low-carbon energy systems. However, there ...

Recent research has uncovered large spatial heterogeneity in intergenerational mobility across neighborhoods in countries around the world. Yet there is little consensus on the reasons why mobility is ...

How should society allocate policy-making between the legislative and the executive branches of government? We analyze a model in which biased and polarized policymakers set policy in response to ...

This paper asks whether universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) raises parents' earnings and how much these earnings effects matter for evaluating the economic returns to UPK programs. Using a randomized ...

NBER’s Fellowship Program in Retirement and Disability Policy Research, supported by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and NBER through the Retirement and Disability Research Center, offers ...

NBER’s Fellowship Program in Aging and Health Research, funded by the National Institute on Aging and directed by Professors David Cutler and Amy Finkelstein, gives trainees exposure to a wide range ...