COVID-19
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Policy Forum: Contrasting economic policy in California and Texas
SIEPR鈥檚 fall Policy Forum went beyond the rhetoric of the rivalry between the Golden and Lone Star states to provide a closer examination and lively discussion.
September 27, 2021
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The Economist asks, will the business world's most common greeting go out of style in a post-pandemic world? SIEPR's Nick Bloom chimes in.
September 25, 2021
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As the debate about California-to-Texas migration pits low-cost, anti-regulation Texas against higher-income, socially liberal California, San Francisco Chronicle cites [...]
September 24, 2021
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As companies struggle to fill open positions, current employees face pressure to log more hours. 鈥淧eople won鈥檛 put up with it indefinitely,鈥 warns SIEPR's Nick Bloom.
September 18, 2021
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How a 成人大片 collaboration with local entities helped address COVID-19 health disparities
Using data science and machine learning concepts, SIEPR Senior Fellow Daniel Ho and a team of 成人大片 researchers identified disparities in COVID-19 testing.
August 27, 2021
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A survey by Pew Research reveals the Covid-19 pandemic has made parents pessimistic about their children鈥檚 future [...]
July 21, 2021
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Spoiler alert: Research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom indicates who will be the post-pandemic winners (high-income workers) and losers (downtown landlords).
June 14, 2021
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鈥淏illion wise, trillion foolish鈥: Expanding vaccine-production infrastructure could have saved the global economy almost $5 trillion, according to research by SIEPR's Susan Athey.
May 15, 2021
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"I think the end result that most players are looking for here is not IP waiver in particular, it's expanded global access to the vaccines," says Lisa Larrimore Ouellette.
May 07, 2021
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Q&A: Waiving COVID-19 vaccine patents
As the World Trade Organization considers waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, SIEPR Senior Fellow Lisa Larrimore Ouellette explains the proposal [...]
May 06, 2021
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The surge in working from home is leading firms to spend heavily on connectivity, says SIEPR鈥檚 Nick Bloom.
May 03, 2021
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In a story on California's unemployment chaos and growing debt, SIEPR Director Mark Duggan did not mince words: "It's the worst. The most regressive. Appalling. [...]"
March 29, 2021
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SIEPR's Lisa Ouellette talks about the mismatch between social value and R&D investment: "The pandemic has illustrated both political and market failures in vaccine development."
March 26, 2021
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Nick Bloom is cited for his research on working from home and what he calls the "donut effect" on city centers as commuters switch to WFH post-pandemic.
March 24, 2021
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Suddenly saddled with $6.7 billion in debt, Texas needs to make policy changes to help accelerate its economic recovery. In this op-ed, Mark Duggan makes the case for a solution.
March 24, 2021
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Companies plotting work-from-home options will be making trade-offs between creativity and productivity, writes SIEPR's Nick Bloom.
March 21, 2021
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In this London-based audio interview, SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses diversity risks and other impacts of working from home.
March 16, 2021
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Research by faculty fellows Maria Polyakova and Petra Persson is cited to discuss the rates at which relatives follow one another into the medical profession.
March 12, 2021
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During the COVID-19 crisis, Americans have coped in varying ways SIEPR Senior Fellow David Grusky explains, from incapacitating anxiety to extraordinary fortitude.
March 10, 2021
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The productivity boost to the U.S. economy from remote work could be as high as 2.5 percent, according to research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Nick Bloom.
March 05, 2021