While social distancing measures are essential in limiting the impact of a pandemic, such
measures are often less feasible for low-income groups such as precarious workers who …

Using transaction-level data from two German banks, we study the effects of smartphones on
investor behavior. Comparing trades by the same investor in the same month across …

We utilize the staggered arrival of Uber and Lyft—large sources of on-demand, platform-
enabled gig opportunities—in US cities to examine the effect of the arrival of flexible gig …

We ask whether a technical objective of using human performance of tasks as a benchmark
for AI performance will result in the negative outcomes highlighted in prior work in terms of …

We study the effect of personal wealth on entrepreneurial decisions using data on mineral
payments from Texas shale drilling to individuals throughout the United States. Large cash …

To promote economic development, an imbalance in urban–rural development has been
caused by a policy of favoring urban areas in every county. Recently, breaking the “urban …

Little is known about the motivations and outcomes of sellers in remunerated markets for
human materials. We exploit dramatic growth in the US blood plasma industry to shed light …

We review the recent literature on the risk-sharing role of the firm. We provide a framework
for studying risk sharing between workers and firm owners vis-à-vis firm's specific shocks of …

The introduction of the gig economy creates opportunities for would-be entrepreneurs to
supplement their income in downside states of the world, and provides insurance in the form …

We exploit the staggered implementation of telehealth parity laws to provide causal
evidence that virtual competition adversely affects rural US hospitals' financing costs. Using …