Recently on the blog, I discussed New York’s Excelsior Scholarship, which offers free tuition to New York residents to attend four-year public state universities. Today, I want to take a […]
How much is unlimited data on your iPhone worth to you? In calculating the Consumer Price Index, the average answer is “a lot” — enough to explain a perceived slowdown […]
New York recently announced the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that will make tuition to New York public colleges free for New York residents. We have many reasons to doubt the […]
Earlier this week, my colleague Theodore Cangero wrote about funding gaps in state pension programs. These can have negative consequences not only for state budgets but for residents currently employed […]
One of the most controversial aspects of U.S. immigration policy is the H-1B visa program. The program currently allocates 85,000 visas to high-skill workers, especially in tech industries. Silicon Valley […]
How much does student debt affect Americans’ chances of owning a home? Recent research gives a wide range of answers to that question. The debt definitely lowers ownership rates, but […]
How much does import competition affect U.S. jobs? We at AIER have always argued for the benefits of free trade, but it is still worth understanding what happens to those […]
One common question to ask high school seniors is what they will be doing after graduation. In Chicago, they may need to get ready to answer that question at the […]
In my recent AIER article on student debt, I discussed proposed incentives to encourage colleges to spend more resources on retaining rather than recruiting students. Last week, Doug Webber of […]
Five months after India’s demonetization of 500- and 1,000-rupee bills, there is still wide disagreement about the effect of the decision. I wrote critically about this policy in an AIER […]