The Trump administration's impoverished understanding of global affairs as a zero-sum competition for power and resources claims to reassert American leadership in the world even as it rejects that leadership’s basic foundation: that collective purpose and collective action can reduce costs and incr| Brookings
If the 2020 census told us anything, it is that the nation is becoming more racially diverse and that diversity has dispersed widely across the country. Yet perhaps most eye-opening from this once-in-a-decade data drop is the increased diversity in the nation’s suburbs—areas once thought of as far whiter than most of the nation. [author-bio] […]| Brookings
There are wide gender gaps in education in the U.S. and across the economically advanced nations, as I describe in my new book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (Brookings Institution Press, 2022). But how does the gender gap in educational outcomes […]| Brookings
Drawing from recent research, Megan Kuhfeld and Karyn Lewis find that test scores flatten or drop on average during the summer, but these drops are not concentrated among low-income students.| Brookings
States and universities that hope to achieve the same racial diversity as they have under race-based affirmative action will need to pursue alternate policies to reach those goals.| Brookings
Cecilia Elena Rouse is the president of the Brookings Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), the first Black American to fill that role in the CEA’s 75-year history. Confirmed with 95 votes in the U.S. Senate, she served as CEA Chair while on public service leave from Princeton University, where she joined the faculty in 1992. While at Princeton, she also served as dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs from 2...| Brookings
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Gracelin Baskaran provides recommendations for how African countries can maximize the benefits of their rare earth resources.| Brookings
Because of the availability of financial aid, the average amount students actually pay has recently stabilized and even fallen in the last few years. But the average net price is only relevant for families with average finances. What about everyone else?| Brookings
The changing nature of office work and the persistent U.S. housing crisis are motivating local government officials and the owners of underutilized office buildings to convert offices into housing. However, the economics of such conversion projects are more complex than the economics of ground-up development; both asset holders and the public sector, therefore, need good baseline information and analytical frameworks to understand the costs and benefits of conversion and how sensitive these f...| Brookings
Rebecca Diamond discusses short term and long term effects of rent control. In the long run, the costs outweigh the benefits.| Brookings
Another front in the fight against AI bias.| Brookings
Parents need very clear reporting about how much school their children are missing, especially if they are creeping into chronic territory.| Brookings
About one-third of all mothers in the U.S. today are unmarried. On average, single mothers have lower levels of wealth, are more vulnerable to economic shocks, and have more caregiving responsibilities. They are also more likely to experience mental health challenges. Mental health is a key factor in maternal well-being and can have wider impacts on families. For example, poor maternal mental health is associated with worse academic and psychological outcomes for children. Improving maternal ...| Brookings
Brandi Collins-Dexter speaks with Quinta Jurecic and Evelyn Douek about the emergence and danger of COVID-related mis- and disinformation among Black social media users in the U.S.| Brookings
Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight document increased gun sales in the first half of 2020 and offer potential explanations.| Brookings
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income workers and families.| Brookings
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Widespread use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media has fueled the fire of extreme polarization, Paul Barrett, Justin Hendrix, and Grant Sims write. In turn, they find this can lead to the erosion of democratic values and partisan violence.| Brookings
Adam Looney and Constantine Yannelis examine the policy choices that created today's high student debt burdens.| Brookings
New findings provide strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development for students.| Brookings
Regional block grants are ideally suited to address regional needs and outdated federal policy design.| Brookings
Matthew Fiedler, Loren Adler, and Richard G. Frank explain the current debate on PBMs and qualify the proposals being considered in Congress.| Brookings
Although the U.S. budget deficit is on track to be much bigger this year than last, Louise Sheiner explains why that's not cause for alarm.| Brookings
Belinda Archibong discusses the importance of reauthorizing the U.S. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.| Brookings
Katie Hill urges schools to teach teens decision-making skills to prevent deaths from violence, suicide, overdoses, and other impulsive acts.| Brookings
Over the past several years, Vladimir Putin and senior Russian officials have talked loosely about nuclear weapons. Now, the West has in Donald Trump someone who also talks loosely about nuclear weapons and nuclear use. That’s not reassuring.| Brookings
Changes proposed in the budget bill would undermine SNAP's role as an automatic stabilizer during recessions.| Brookings
This paper reviews the history of the Congressional Budget Act and offers recommendations on how the budget process might operate more effectively.| Brookings
The last decade of research on traditional vouchers strongly suggests they actually lower academic achievement.| Brookings
Randall Akee reflects on an American Economics Association panel focused on racial and ethnic representation in economics.| Brookings
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Brookings scholars outline the U.S. Department of Education’s role in funding, oversight, civil rights, and student aid.| Brookings
In the last of three posts on the effects of Fed policy on foreign economies, Ben Bernanke clarifies how the dollar’s special role as international reserve currency affects the transmission of Fed policy abroad.| Brookings
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Joshua P. Meltzer analyzes the effects of tariffs on economic growth, jobs, exports, and inflation in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.| Brookings
Research consistently shows that deportations hurt the U.S. labor market and lead to worse labor market outcomes for U.S.-born workers.| Brookings
Track federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.| Brookings
George Ingram provides explanations for popular myths surrounding U.S. foreign aid policy and its impacts.| Brookings
The world is not only living through a global pandemic. It is also experiencing what the World Health Organization calls an “infodemic.” Disinformation related to health issues, political campaigns, and conspiracy theories have become a major global concern, and the spread of public health disinformation is one reason to re-evaluate our frameworks for understanding the phenomenon.| Brookings
Transcend and the Center for Universal Education release the findings of an international survey on student disengagement.| Brookings
Fujii-Rajani and Patnaik examine the possible trajectories of the IRA under a Republican White House, Senate, and House.| Brookings
Some student loan borrowers have high incomes and never suffered wage losses due to the pandemic, and rising wages and low unemployment mean that many borrowers have recovered from any short-term financial effects of the pandemic. Other borrowers—particularly those who were struggling with student loan payments before the pandemic—will face significant financial hardship with the restart of payments. | Brookings
This analysis explores the potential effects of president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies on the economy and GDP growth.| Brookings
Our annual report highlights key examples of Brookings's impact and documents our sound financial footing and prudent fiscal management.| Brookings
Demographer William Frey discusses why youthful minorities are the engine of future growth.| Brookings
This may be a moment when decades of educational reform, intervention, and research pay off.| Brookings
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In this episode, host Vanda Felbab-Brown speaks with Philomena Kebec, economic development coordinator for the Bad River tribe, about the particularly devastating impact of the fentanyl epidemic on American Indian and Alaska Native communities. In the United States, Native communities experience the highest drug overdose mortality rates among racial groups, with fatalities far surpassing national averages. But the sheer numbers do not capture the totality of the devastation, such as the cultu...| Brookings
The Hutchins Center explains bank capital and the debate over the proposal to increase it.| Brookings
Brookings experts assess the feasibility of Project 2025’s education agenda, which proposes a drastic overhaul of federal education policy.| Brookings
Douglas N. Harris highlights the threat of today's school voucher programs to American traditions and addresses potential counterarguments.| Brookings
Rashawn Ray explores what critical race theory is and why it faces legislative bans in various states.| Brookings
Founded only three years ago, Moms for Liberty (M4L) has become a well-known, polarizing organization in U.S. education politics.| Brookings
The climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act could dramatically transform the energy sector of the U.S. economy, but the costs and the extent of new investment are highly uncertain.| Brookings
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Break It Upr, opinion in The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2000, by Robert W. Crandall, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution| Brookings
Grow Your Own teacher programs can reduce teacher shortages, promote teacher diversity, and lead to improved teacher retention.| Brookings
U.S.-born and foreign-born employment have exceeded published data because recent immigration inflows have not yet been captured.| Brookings
Discover how new census data shows the rapid diversification of the American population.| Brookings
The Brookings Economic Studies program provides analysis of current and emerging economic issues to promote innovative and practical policy solutions.| Brookings
Immigration is good for the U.S. economy and for the fiscal picture at the federal level, but some local areas experience adverse fiscal impacts when new immigrants arrive. Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson propose a system for redistributing resources from the federal government to these localities.| Brookings
Most students who would have benefitted from affirmative action go to schools that didn't weigh race in admissions, according to new Brookings analysis.| Brookings
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated the central Philippines in November 2013 but progress is being made toward the resolution of the displacement crisis with lessons learned for other post-disaster displacement crises – a challenge that is expected to grow in future due to climate change.| Brookings
A range of research suggests the incendiary rhetoric of political leaders can make political violence more likely, gives violence direction, complicates the law enforcement response, and increases fear in vulnerable communities.| Brookings
This June, the Biden-Harris administration acknowledged the historic role that biased home valuations have played in limiting Black Americans’ wealth-building opportunities, releasing a fact sheet detailing how the administration plans to address this systemic racial bias. The plan reflects a call for action to confront a broader set of issues within the housing market and taxation system that intersect to uniquely affect Black communities. Black homeowners face inequities in our tax code a...| Brookings
Most notably, CHIPS authorized rising spending targets for key anchors of the nation’s innovation ecosystem, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In that regard, the act’s passage was a breakthrough—including for an expanded focus on place-based industrial policy.| Brookings
The authors examine who is benefiting from Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account, the oldest universal ESA program in the United States.| Brookings
Martin Baily, Erik Brynjolfsson, and Anton Korinek discuss the potential benefits and risks posed by generative artificial intelligence on labor productivity.| Brookings
In January 2022, Brookings Metro published a report that assessed the impact of long Covid on the labor market. Data on the condition’s prevalence was limited, so the report used various studies to make a conservative estimate: 1.6 million full-time equivalent workers could be out of work due to long Covid. With 10.6 million unfilled jobs at the time, long Covid potentially accounted for 15% of the labor shortage. | Brookings
Through these moves, America has further written itself out of the process of peacemaking in the Middle East. Trump has sent an unmistakable message to the Palestinian people: He callously disregards their most basic needs.| Brookings
This analysis considers recent immigration flows and implications for the labor market, consumer spending, GDP, and inflation.| Brookings
Schedule F would lead to a reduction in administrative capacity, government performance, and accountability to the public and Congress.| Brookings
Increasingly popular mental health apps generate a massive amount of sensitive data and often have alarmingly lax privacy protections.| Brookings
A recent report by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) identifies “chronic absenteeism” as a hidden educational crisis.1 In 2013-14, roughly 14 percent of students nationwide were chronically absent—defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days, excused or unexcused, which in most states would correspond to about 18 days of school missed each […]| Brookings
Our nation’s immigration policy continues to be an issue of debate among policymakers, particularly the impact on the U.S. labor force. Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney highlight the economic evidence on what immigration means for U.S. jobs and the economy.| Brookings
Districts serving our neediest kids have further to fall, and high-poverty communities will see sharper impacts to their school budgets .| Brookings
At the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit held last month in Honolulu, the message President Obama delivered was loud and clear: America is going to play a leadership role in Asia for decades to come. However how realistic is the President's new strategy toward Asia, and how is it likely to affect U.S.-China relations and the roles of both countries in the region? Kenneth Lieberthal examines if America has the resources to make good on the rhetoric concerning this historic "...| Brookings
Editor’s Note: This analysis is part of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, which is a partnership between the Economic Studies Program at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. The Initiative aims to inform the national health care debate with rigorous, evidence-based analysis leading to practical recommendations using the […]| Brookings
Michael Trucano discusses AI in educationand the potential for a third wave of the worldwide "digital divide."| Brookings
An urgent national priority is creating the right incentives so that private and public sector investments reduce the future damages from climate change and make the country more resilient.| Brookings
Over half the global population lacks access to high-speed broadband, with compounding negative effects on economic and political equality.| Brookings
India has just released its official consumption expenditure data for 2022-23, providing the first official survey-based poverty estimates for India in over ten years. The previous official survey was conducted from 2011-12, and the absence of up-to-date data for India has added considerable uncertainty to global poverty headcount ratios.| Brookings
The seeming disconnect between consumer sentiment and the state of the macroeconomy has been a defining characteristic of the post-COVID economy. By most widely accepted measures, the state of the macroeconomy is historically robust: The topline unemployment rate has remained below 4% for the past two years, economic growth has been steady and recovered pandemic-era losses, and inflation has retreated to historical norms.| Brookings
The 2021 expansion of the Child Tax Credit led to a historic reduction in poverty in the United States. This essay investigates how the CTC affected child poverty in states and finds that poverty reductions were the highest in low-cost, high poverty states.| Brookings
Zia Qureshi discusses the recent trend of rising inter- and intra-country inequality and what policies could help mitigate it.| Brookings
The 2018 Farm bill legalizes the (regulated) production of hemp; until now it has not been differentiated from other cannabis plants. Mich McConnell (R-KY) championed this change, as he represents a state that once had a thriving hemp sector. Cannabidiol products will still be regulated.| Brookings
Urban planners seeking to stabilize neighborhoods are focusing on the critical role that “third places” can play in strengthening our sense of community. Third places is a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to places where people spend time between home (‘first’ place) and work (‘second’ place). They are locations where we exchange ideas, have a good time, and build relationships.| Brookings
Moms for Liberty has clusters along the east coast but only a modest presence in Republican strongholds in the South, Plains, and Appalachia.| Brookings
Kiron, Altman, and Riedl argue that AI is accelerating the adoption of workforce ecosystems and policy needs to consider the role of AI in these structures.| Brookings
