The new study by our director, Chuck Courtemanche, affiliate Aaron Yelowitz, Anh Le, and Ron Zimmer, finds a link between school reopening and the spread of Covid is featured in Chalkbeat.
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Current Research
School Reopenings, Mobility, and COVID-19 Spread: Evidence from Texas
Charles Courtemanche, Anh Le, Aaron Yelowitz, Ron Zimmer
Did COVID-19 Change Life Insurance Offerings?
Timothy F. Harris, Aaron Yelowitz, Charles Courtemanche
Targeting Intensive Job Assistance to Ex-Offenders by the Nature of Offense: Results from a Randomized Control Trial
Christopher R. Bollinger, Aaron Yelowitz
Abstract: As many as two-thirds of newly-released inmates will be arrested for a new offense within three years. This study evaluates the impact of job assistance on recidivism rates among ex-offenders.
How does occupational licensing affect entry into the medical field? An examination of EMTs
Aaron Yelowitz, Samuel J. Ingram
In the News
The most recent study on COVID-19 and school reopenings by our ISFE Director Chuck Courtemanche, Aaron Yelowitz, Anh Le, and Ron Zimmer was featured in the most recent UKNow.
According to Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution, the NEW paper by Chuck Courtemanche, Aaron Yelowitz, Anh Le, & Ron Zimmer, sheds some new light on the topic of COVID-19, Texas, & school reopenings.
A NEW paper is out our by our director Chuck Courtemanche, Aaron Yelowitz, Ron Zimmer, and Anh H. Lee, in NBER.
Most Recent Video
Coronavirus Economics #7: New study shows government restrictions are stopping COVID-19.
Dr. Charles Courtemanche explains his latest study published in the Health Affairs journal about the effect of stay-at-home orders, business closures and other government measures in the spread of COVID-19.