Dan Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones. Blue Zones is an organization devoted to helping people live longer, better lives by sharing the lessons of the longest-lived cultures. You may have heard about him recently as he stars in the Netflix series, “Live to 100, Secrets of the Blue Zones.” In Episode 1 he travels to the Japanese island of Okinawa to learn about ikigai. However…
This report is part of a series of country reports on national tax expenditure regimes, published by the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), covering topics such as transparency, the fiscal cost of tax expenditures, benchmarking, evaluations and the political economy of tax expenditure reforms. DOWNLOAD in…
Gompers received research support from the HBS Division of Research. Hu gratefully acknowledges research support from the Molly & Domenic Ferrante Economics Research Fund and the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau…
A common concern among many Americans — and not just those who are approaching retirement age or already have reached retirement age — is whether their retirement savings and Social Security benefits will provide them with financial security in retirement. The politicization of Social Security can make the program’s future questionable, and the increasingly high…
This study provides pre-registered, experimental evidence on the use of non-generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to support students in large-enrollment undergraduate courses. We find the chatbot messaging increased students’ final grades and engagement with academic supports, such as tutoring. Treatment effects were generally consistent across student demographics, with the exception of treated women in a…
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The annual report of the Social Security board of trustees, issued last month, has prompted Congress to return to one of its favorite pastimes: creating bipartisan Social Security commissions. More precisely, there are currently at least two bills in Congress to empower a commission to come up with a proposal to “save”…
Governments often tax small business income at lower rates than employment income. The rationale is often that entrepreneurship generates positive spillovers in terms of innovation, investment, and employment. At the same time small business income may be harder to tax effectively than employment income, as small business owners may reduce effort or report less income…
