Archive of NBER Digest -- 1997
The following summaries of NBER Working Papers have appeared in previous issues of the NBER Digest. |
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Medicaid Expansion Reduced Obstetrical Care for the Newly Eligible
By How Much Do Stocks Outperform Bonds?
Monetary Policy Affects Illiquid Banks More than Others
Does Inflation Harm Economic Growth?
Financial Ed Results in Higher Savings
Medical Costs Rose Most Rapidly for the Very Old and the Very Young
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Milwaukee Voucher Program Improved Math Performance
Trade Openness Raises Economic Growth
Prefunding Social Security Would Avoid Need for Massive Tax Increases in 21st Century
Higher Youth Wages Mean Lower Crime Rates
Employee Participation Cuts Production Costs
Medicaid Health Insurance Lowers Private Saving
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How Annuities Are Changing
Tough Licensing of Dentists Does Not Improve Dental Health
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
Corruption Deters Foreign Investment
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Medicare Benefits Wealthy Most
How Has Computer Use Changed the Labor Market?
Multinationals Do Not Appear to Export U.S. Jobs
Lending Cycles Exacerbate Business Cycles
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Are Some Mutual Fund Managers Better than Others?
A 17 Percent Sales Tax Could Replace all Income and Estate Taxes
From Governments to Business, Trust is Key to Success
Capital and Institutions Stimulate Growth
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Lojack Benefits All Car Owners in its Area
Tax on Consumption Isn't Quite What You Might Think
Orchestrating Impartiality
A Century of Global Stock Markets
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Ignoring Cell Phones Biases CPI Upward
Employer Health Care Costs Are Down
Less Night Work, Higher Wages
Tax Rate Cuts Would Raise Long-Term Growth
The Strongest Capital Markets are in Common Law Countries
Capital Markets are Less Integrated Today than 100 Years Ago