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• Working under different rules.

The 'Working Under Different Rules' project of the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc looked at other advanced countries to determine what labor market problems they shared with the US and what approaches they use to overcome such problems. Wage inequality, worker training and representation, income maintenance and social insurance systems, and incidence of poverty were compared. The US showed lower unemployment but suffered greater wage inequality, decline in worker representation, and extreme poverty. A study of foreign experience can help the US situation, the project concludes.

• NBER Reporter
• Nbr. 1993, March 1993

• Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the ``agencies'') may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication for public comment of a proposal to extend, with revision, the Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks (FFIEC 002) and the Report of Assets and Liabilities of a Non-U.S. Branch that is Managed or...

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• The economics of aging.

Researchers of the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc undertook various experiments to determine the prevailing living conditions of the elderly in the US. One research indicated variations in capital appreciation for each generation. Home ownership levels were found to decline in the later years. Related studies also showed that there was a 35% chance that a 65-year old would enter a nursing home during the remainder of their life. Another study calculated the optimum retirement age to be 81 for men and 84 for women.

• NBER Reporter
• Nbr. 1992, March 1992

• Pricing in the US pharmaceutical industry.

A study of price changes in the US pharmaceutical industry conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc (NBER) reveals a bias in the procedure used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to calculate the price index for prescription drugs. The BLS tends to sample more medium-age (4- to 10-yrs-old) drugs than new (0- to 4-yrs-old) drugs. Because new-drug prices grow 3.5% slower and medium-age drugs grow 2.5% faster than those of old (over 25-yrs-old) drugs, the BLS price index grew approximately 50% faster than the NBER's. New drugs play a significant role in the US drug industry.

• NBER Reporter
• Nbr. 1993, March 1993

• Re-evaluating learning.

Developing countries have rapidly increased access to primary school, but the quality of educa...The curricula, set nationally and often inherited in large part from the colonia... in developing countries? My recent research suggests some answers to this question. My approac... randomized evaluations in development economics. Development economists have pioneered the use of ...

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2009 Nbr. 1, March 2009

• The mortgage crisis its impact and banking restructure.

... at higher rates, mortgage delinquencies increased. Securities backed with subprime mortgages, widely... rates and governments to implement economic stimulus packages. The effects were also extensive...The purpose of this research is to determine how the mortgage crisis has impact...According to a report released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the output of goods and serv...Nine states were above the national foreclosure rate average of 1.84% of households" (...

• Academy of Banking Studies Journal
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, July 2011

• The Economics of Household Saving.

NBER Research Associate Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago ..., University of Notre Dame and NBER, "Income and Consumption Volatility over Time" . * Michael ...

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2010 Nbr. 2, June 2010

• Public economics.

...NBER Research Associates Raj Chetty of Harvard University and Wo... of California, San Diego and NBER, "Income Redistribution in a Federal System of Governments"...

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2010 Nbr. 2, June 2010

• Household Finance.

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2009 Nbr. 4, December 2009

• Economic aspects of obesity.

... factors cannot account for the rapid increase in obesity since 1980--these factors change slowly...: Barbara Schone, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality . "Food Stamp Program and Consumption ... Retirement Study, a longitudinal and nationally representative survey of older Americans, along wi...

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2008 Nbr. 4, December 2008