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Larry Mead (New York University) is examining the decline in work among low-skilled men in a monograph investigating how government-supported men's work programs can be instituted without creating a new mass entitlement.
Edward L. Glaeser (Harvard University) and coauthor Joseph Gyourko (University of Pennsylvania) are working on a monograph that analyzes government intervention in the housing market.
Arthur C. Brooks (AEI and Syracuse) is working on a book, titled The Virtue of Vice, which sets out overwhelming evidence that moderate indulgence, not abstinence, makes us healthier, happier, and richer.
In a book entitled Including Marginal Damages: The Next Step in Market-Driven Air Pollution Regulation, Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University) and Nicholas Muller (Middlebury College) argue that establishing cap-and-trade policies on the damage caused by pollutants such as SO2 and particulate matter is the next step in efficient pollution control.
Barry Chiswick (University of Illinois, Chicago) is compiling an edited volume that examines the positive experiences highly-skilled immigrants have had on the U.S. and other developed countries, and analyzes whether a U.S. policy should encourage more high-skill immigration.
Steven J. Davis (AEI and University of Chicago) is organizing a monograph series on economic well-being and inequality with Erik Hurst (University of Chicago), Mark Aguiar (University of Rochester), Orazio Attanasio (University College London), Eric Battistin (University of Chicago), Mario Padula (University of Salerno), David Weinstein (Columbia University) and Christian Broda (University of Chicago). The series aims to broaden the discussion on economic well-being beyond income inequality and poverty indices to present a more detailed picture of social economic well-being.
Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University) will write a monograph detailing the effect of increased taxes on labor supply.
Richard Burkhauser (AEI and Cornell University) is currently writing a monograph on reforming U.S. disability insurance policy.
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NRI Featured Scholar
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Professor Richard Burkhauser has spent his career investigating how public policies affect the economic behavior and well-being of vulnerable populations such as those with disabilities, the poor, and the aged. He teaches policy analysis and economics at Cornell University, where he is also the co-principal investigator of the Center for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities. At AEI, Professor Burkhauser will work on a forthcoming monograph on U.S. disability insurance policy.
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