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Digital, Financial, and Health Insurance Exclusion Experienced by …

In this article, we focus on three types of exclusion: digital exclusion, financial exclusion, and health insurance exclusion. We define digital exclusion as the lack of home internet access, financial exclusion as the lack of a bank account, and healthSee more

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Rural Hospital Closures and Growth in Employment and Wages

WEBHospital closures may have minimal effects on employment in other counties. Chart 2 shows the employment effects of the March 2014 closing of Lake Whitney Medical …

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Decline in Number of Workers with “Some College” Is Boosting …

WEBCompared with the pre-pandemic period, the labor force contains about 1.5 million fewer individuals who have some post-secondary schooling but less than a …

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Lack of care makes boom a bust for many

WEBA lack of health coverage and health care are major factors in why today’s booming economy is a bust for many. This is according to a July survey of people who …

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Rural Hospital Closures and Growth in Employment and Wages

WEBSince 2011, 74 hospitals have closed in rural counties isolated from larger towns. I evaluate the implications for employment and aggregate wage growth in these …

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Spending Patterns and Cost of Living for Younger versus Older

WEBDownload Article. Aggregate measures of inflation can mask large differences in the actual cost of living faced by households with different spending patterns.

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Ask an Economist: Homelessness and the effect of ‘Housing First

WEBHomelessness has rapidly grown in U.S. cities, with more than 1.4 million Americans using homeless services at least once a year. On any given night, …

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What Has Driven the Recent Increase in Retirements

WEBDuring the pandemic, the share of retirees in the U.S. population rose much faster than its normal pace. Typically, an increase in this share is driven by more people …

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Health versus Wealth: On the Distributional Effects of Controlling a

WEBDownload Article. RWP 20-03, May 2020. To slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries are shutting down nonessential sectors of the economy. Older …

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Consumer Spending Declines, Shifts in Response to the Pandemic

WEBConsumer spending plunged last spring as the pandemic swept through the United States. Although spending rebounded sharply in the second half of 2020, it …

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The Effect of Housing First Programs on Future Homelessness and

WEBDownload Article. RWP 22-03, March 2022. Housing First programs provide housing assistance without preconditions for homeless individuals as a platform for rehabilitation.

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The Growing Importance of the Services Sector

WEBServices sector growth has been more mixed in New Mexico and Wyoming, but services sector employment is still 1.7 percent and 3.2 percent higher than …

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Aspirin, Angioplasty and Proton Beam Therapy: The …

WEB200 Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra In an efficient system, more spending on health care would be a sign of prosperity and a harbinger of improved health and longev-

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Spending Patterns and Cost of Living for Younger versus …

WEBECONOMIC REVIEW • FOURTH QUARTER 2019 9 Chart 1 Average Real Spending across Age Groups, 1983–2018 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000

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Rural hospital closures: Towns, workers face ripple effects when

WEBRural counties with hospital closures saw meaningfully lower annual growth in employment and aggregate wages three years after the closure than similar counties …

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The Effect of Housing First Programs on Future Homelessness …

WEBFirst, there is a reduction in homeless support system spending on emergency shelter stays and future housing assistance due to fewer returns to the homeless support system. For …

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Economic Benefits and Social Costs of Legalizing Recreational …

WEBWe find moderate economic gains and ac-companied by some social costs. Post-legalization, average state income grew by 3 percent, house prices by 6 percent, and …

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The Economic Effects of the Marijuana Industry in Colorado

WEBThus, in 2017, combined marijuana sales in Colorado exceeded $1.5 billion. iv. To put the magnitude of marijuana sales in perspective, personal consumption …

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