High administrative costs in US health care have provoked concern among policymakers
over potential waste, but many of these costs are generated by managed care policies that …

This paper examines whether informal care by family members influences the demand for
long-term care insurance. Motivated by evidence that the availability of informal caregivers …

Public housing benefits are rationed through wait lists. Theoretical work on public housing
allocation has debated how much choice applicants should have over units, identifying a …

The public debate over disability insurance has centered on concerns about individuals
without severe health conditions receiving benefits. We go beyond health risk alone to …

We use administrative data to quantify the employer's role in unemployment insurance (UI)
take-up. First, there are employer effects in both claiming and appeals, and, consistent with …

Governments spend considerable resources providing goods directly. We show that such
behavior may increase welfare when private suppliers have market power. We do this by …

This evidence and gap map will provide an overview of the existing systematic reviews and
impact evaluations on the key outcome domains and interventions aimed at improving social …

Building energy efficiency has been a cornerstone of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies
for decades. However, impact evaluations have revealed that energy savings typically fall …

We develop an optimal policy assignment rule that integrates two distinctive approaches
commonly used in economics—targeting by observables and targeting through self …

Households in developing countries often face variation in the prices of consumption goods.
We develop a model demonstrating that in-kind transfers will provide insurance benefits …