Between 2000 and 2050, the share of the population aged 60 and over is projected to increase in every country in the world. Although labor force participation rates are projected to decline from 2000 to 2040 in most countries, due mainly to changes in their age distributions, labor force-...

This paper examines the generation and management of solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day. Industrial countries account for a disproportionate share of...

This paper examines the generation and management of municipal solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day. Industrial countries account for a...

This study brings together Census block-level data on broadband service availability, economics, demographics, regulations, and terrain to model the supply and demand of high-speed broadband service in the United States. While Stata is the primary tool for data management and multilevel...

Previous studies of the relationship between technology adoption and performance in U.S. manufacturing plants take the number of technologies in use as a measure of technological sophistication. These studies generally find a positive monotonic relationship between technology counts and...