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I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Public economics group. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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- Who were the top taxpayers in 1923?
- Trump won in counties that lost jobs to China and Mexico
- The Effect of Pension Income on Elderly Earnings: Evidence from Social Security and Full Population Data
- Why Retire When You Can Work? Hours are way up for elderly workers
- Zip-code Economics
- Financial firms make large share of pass-through income
- Pass-through income and the top 1%
- Quantitative Spatial Economics
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Tag Archives: Hamilton Project
Ten Economic Facts about Immigration
The Hamilton Project has a report out entitled Ten Economic Facts about Immigration that is worth reading. Given the large, productivity enhancing benefits of high skill immigration, the following figure is troubling and highlights a key area for improvement.
The Types of Things that Congress Should be Considering
From the Hamilton Project (and recently highlighted by Dylan Matthews): An Enduring Social Safety Net Transitioning to Bundled Payments in Medicare Reforming Federal Support for Risky Development Restructuring Cost Sharing and Supplemental Insurance for Medicare An Evidence-Based Path to Disability Insurance … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dylan Matthews, Government Spending, Hamilton Project, Sequester, Tax Reform
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The Economics of Immigration
Given the interest and policy relevance (as well as Miles Kimball’s immigration tweet day), I thought I’d write a post on the theory and empirics of the effects of immigration in the labor market. A simple starting point for thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged David Card, Giovanni Peri, Hamilton Project, Immigration, Jobs, Labor, Miles Kimball, Wages
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How Long Will it Take to Get to 6.5 Percent Unemployment?
Not soon according to the Hamilton Project:
Number of Unemployed Per Job Opening
The Hamilton Project has a great report titled “The Importance of Unemployment Insurance for American Families & the Economy.” Here’s one of the key graphs:
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Tagged Demand, Hamilton Project, inequality, Jobs, labor market, Middle Class, Unemployment, unemployment insurance
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The Other CAP Tax Reform Plan that People Should be Talking About
Many people (see here or here) have been focusing on a new tax reform plan from Rubin, Summers, Altman, Podesta, Daley, Tanden and others this morning for good reason. There’s another CAP & Hamilton Project tax reform plan by Alan Auerbach on … Continue reading
Is College a Good Investment?
Last night, I went to a debate on the value of college and relied heavily on some great work by the Hamilton project. On average, college is a fantastic investment. Here’s why: 1. Benefit vs Cost: Benefit: 450K in PDV based … Continue reading
When are people paying taxes? 47% and taxes over the lifecycle
See Economist’s View for more details
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Tagged Economist’s View, Hamilton Project, income taxes, payroll taxes, Romney, Taxes
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Downsizing Government Employment Exacerbates the Downturn: Unemployment rate would be 7.1% without Gov’t Downsizing
The Hamilton project has a put out a nice analysis showing how harmful government layoffs have been on the employment situation. If you extrapolate the government employee to population ratio under President Bush, you’d have 1.7 million more government workers … Continue reading
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Tagged Government Spending, Hamilton Project, Jobs, Labor, Spending
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