Not Throwing Away My Shot—An Economic Look at Vaccination
Vaccines have been in the news recently, as diseases that were once eradicated make a resurgence...
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Measuring Human Development Disparities in Baltimore City
As economists and researchers, when we make comparisons between countries, counties, or cities, we...
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Employment and Racial Disparities in Maryland’s Workforce
African American residents of the state experience a much different reality than white residents....
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A Look at the Gender Pay Gap
The Buck Eighty Cents Stops Here April 10 marked Equal Pay Day, the day through which a woman...
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Economics and the Transgender Community
About a month ago, my colleagues and I had the opportunity to hear Laverne Cox, actress and...
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Making Access to Healthy Food a Public Policy Priority
Baltimore City has a problem with access to healthy, affordable food. In 2015, Johns Hopkins...
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Getting SALT-y About Tax Reform
When Republicans took control of the executive branch last November in addition to maintaining...
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Top Occupations With a Shortage of Maryland Graduates
Each year, Maryland’s colleges and universities graduate thousands of bright students eager to...
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Economic Benefits Studies: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
Economic benefits studies (also known as economic and fiscal impact analyses) are analyses that...
Read MoreEconomic Modeling Tools: Static Versus Dynamic
One of my favorite TV characters is Tim “the tool man” Taylor, and one of his great loves was new power tools. We can all remember the grunts of joy when a new tool passed through his hands. Invariably, he would use the tool...
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