Publications

This paper looks at Venezuela's export revenue, imports, and trade and current account balances under a range of oil price outcomes up until 2010. It finds that Venezuela would run large current accou...chevron_right

This report looks at Argentina's debt, fiscal and overall economic situation to see if there is justification for concerns that the country is facing serious economic problems that could lead it to de...chevron_right

This analysis criticizes the movie IOUSA, which, according to the authors, portrays a picture of the US as a country hopelessly addicted to debt. It puts many of the issues raised in the movie in a br...chevron_right

This report updates CEPR's May 2008 report entitled, "Ownership, Rental Costs and the Prospects of Building Home Equity: An Analysis of 100 Metropolitan Areas". It shows that price declines indicate m...chevron_right

This paper examines the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits of young workers in the US. According to the author, the data suggest that unionization substantially improves the pay and benefi...chevron_right

This paper examines the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits of Latino workers in the US. Drawing on empirical evidence, the author argues that unionization substantially improves the pay an...chevron_right

This paper discusses transitions happening in the US on two fronts: its relations with its own economy and with the rest of the world. These two transitions are also discussed as having some relations...chevron_right

This issue brief compares projected savings from drilling in presently restricted offshore zones in the US, savings under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and the projected savings fro...chevron_right

This paper applies Ronald Reagan's famous question during the 1980 presidential election--"Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"--to the present by comparing the state of the economy i...chevron_right

This paper examines television news coverage of proposed drilling for oil in environmentally sensitive zones in the US. It finds that these broadcasts almost completely ignored data and conclusions fr...chevron_right

This paper extrapolates from data from the 2004 Survey of Consumer Finance to project household wealth, by wealth quintile, in 2009 under three alternative scenarios. The first scenario assumes that r...chevron_right

This paper examines the distribution of natural resources in Bolivia and its relation to autonomy conflicts. It shows that those Eastern lowland states of Bolivia that have recently held "autonomy" re...chevron_right

This report presents several proposals designed to address the US' economic slowdown. To blunt the effects of this downturn and provide immediate relief, the authors suggest a second stimulus package....chevron_right

This report examines changes in the location of work and residence in the 20th century in the US. The authors argue that as a result of the changed transportation needs of communities and workers, mos...chevron_right

This paper extrapolates from data from the 2004 Survey of Consumer Finance to project household wealth for the cohort that will be between the ages of 45-54 in 2009. The projections show that the vast...chevron_right