Content Type: Research Brief
Why Lenders Needlessly Deny Tens of Thousands of Mortgage Applications
They hire remote: Loan officers in lower-wage areas lack knowledge about distant markets with strongest loan demand
Property Taxes to Fund Schools: Households With Enrolled Children Protest Levies Less Often
When people learn the actual portion of taxes spent on schools, tax protests by parents fall, but protests by nonparents rise
A Puzzle for US Politics: Slim Majorities in Washington, Wide Vote Margins Back Home
Improved voter targeting and the rise of nationalized campaigns may help explain this disconnect
How Prisons, Very Much Like Nursing Homes, Helped Spread COVID Beyond Their Walls
After a botched inmate transfer, San Quentin guards carried the virus back to their neighborhoods
How French Governance Changed the Economic Trajectory of Vietnam’s Southern Region
Cultural shift under direct French rule appears to still drive today’s higher wages and consumption
Cultural Norms, From Long Ago, Persist Even as They Clash With a Modern World
The fix is not to dismiss them, but to work with them
Privacy Comes at a Cost for Fintech Borrowers
Consumers in India welcomed an end to intrusive data mining, but it made it harder to get the loans
A Small Shift in Voter Composition in Primaries Could Push the US Away from Extremism
The centrist-minded are often no-shows when their parties are choosing candidates for general elections
Toward A Less Tragic Commons: a Two-Part Tax Plan to Prevent Resource Depletion
A levy on entering and expanding in an industry, on top of a per-unit extraction tax, tempers exploitation
AI Chatbots That Lead With Empathy Can Help Manage Workplace Anger
When AI acknowledges feelings, resistance to the technology melts
That Silicon Valley Founder Reminds Me of His VC!
Warning: Opting to fund one’s look-alike leads to lower returns
Household Use of AI Yields Bigger Productivity Gains Than Seen by Business
Chores go faster, providing more leisure time
A Guide for Companies That Want to Restore Credibility to Climate Disclosures
Identify and come clean about the layered uncertainties, both in measurement and in outcomes
Ads Using Personalized Tracking Raised Privacy Concerns. The Substitute Isn’t Problem-Free
The spots, aimed at demographic groups, can feel like stereotyping, even discriminatory
In Hollywood, Teams Don’t Stick Together Long Enough to Learn From Failure
Success results from assembling a crew with a record of success; flop experience begets a flop
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Nudges
Messages tailored to past vaccination behavior can meaningfully boost uptake for some