This paper reviews recent economic research in tax compliance and enforcement. After
briefly laying out the economics of tax evasion, it focuses on recent empirical contributions. It …

We study how women's choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with
poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer …

Enhancing vaccine uptake is a critical public health challenge. Overcoming vaccine
hesitancy, and failure to follow through on vaccination intentions requires effective …

Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Book Award Presented by the Public and Nonprofit Section
of the National Academy of Management Winner of the 2019 Louis Brownlow Book Award …

Nudge interventions have quickly expanded from academic studies to larger implementation
in so‐called Nudge Units in governments. This provides an opportunity to compare …

We conduct a comparative welfare analysis of 133 historical policy changes over the past
half-century in the United States, focusing on policies in social insurance, education and job …

One means by which the state reinforces inequality is by imposing administrative burdens
that loom larger for citizens with lower levels of human capital. Integrating insights from …

Administrative burdens are the frictions that people face in their encounters with public
services, leading to meaningful costs that include learning, compliance, and psychological …

We develop a framework for welfare analysis of interventions designed to increase take-up
of social safety net programs in the presence of potential behavioral biases. We calibrate the …

We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs. We identify
these effects using the closings of Social Security Administration field offices, which provide …