NBER Reporter articles from March 2006

NBER Reporter archives from March 2006

Health care.(National Bureau of Economic Research )
March 22, 2006... The NBER's Program on Health Care holds two program meetings annually, as well as NBER Summer Institute sessions, an annual "Frontiers in Health Policy Research Conference," and occasional theme meetings. Program members conduct research on a...

Consumption and saving: theory and evidence.(Research Summaries)
March 22, 2006... Consumption and saving decisions are at the heart of both short- and long-run macroeconomic analysis (as well as much of microeconomics). In the short run, spending dynamics are of central importance for business cycle analysis and the...

Child health and human capital.(Research Summaries)
March 22, 2006... When economists use the phrase "human capital" it generally means "education." But one's health can also be viewed as a form of capital. Both education and health are strongly influenced by "family background" which is commonly measured using...

Estate taxation.(Research Summaries)
March 22, 2006... Taxation of estates and inheritances is one of the most controversial issues in tax policy. While this type of taxation is viewed by some as an integral part of a system that guarantees equality of opportunities, others describe it as a "death...

Rules for monetary policy.(Research Summaries)
March 22, 2006... Much of my recent research has sought to use economic analysis to determine the consequences of alternative rules for the conduct of monetary policy, and to formulate rules that will be desirable from the standpoint of individual welfare....

NBER profile: Christopher Carroll.
March 22, 2006... Christopher Carroll is an NBER Research Associate in the Programs on Monetary Economics and Economic Fluctuations and Growth and Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, he...

NBER profile: Wojciech Kopczuk.
March 22, 2006... Wojciech Kopczuk is a Faculty Research Fellow in the NBER's Public Economics Program. He is also an Associate Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Kopczuk received his M.Sc. in Computer Science...

NBER profile: Michael Woodford.
March 22, 2006... Michael Woodford is a Research Associate in the NBER's Programs on Economic Fluctuations and Growth and Monetary Economics and the John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University. He received his A.B. from the University...

Seventh annual conference in India.(Conferences)
March 22, 2006... On January 15-17, 2006 the NBER and India's National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) again brought together a group of NBER economists and about thirty economists from Indian universities, research institutions, and government...

NBER researchers head to DC.(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Edward P. Lazear, an NBER Rcscarch Associate in the Labor Studies, Aging, and Education Programs who has been affiliated with the NBER since 1978, is the new Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. As such, he succeeds several...

Velasco to become Chile's Finance Minister.(Bureau News)
March 22, 2006... Andres Velasco, a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics and Professor of Economics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, has been picked as Chile's new finance minister. Velasco, who has been...

NBER announces 2006 nonprofit fellowships.(Bureau News)
March 22, 2006... NBER Research Associate James M. Poterba has announced the recipients of NBER Fellowships for the Study of Nonprofit Institutions for the 20067 academic year. This NBER fellowship program is designed to encourage research on nonprofit...

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2005.(Bureau Books)(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2005, edited by Mark Gertler and Kenneth S. Rogoff, is available from the MIT Press for $35.00 in paperback and $70.00 clothbound. The NBER Macroeconomics Annual presents, extends, and applies pioneering work in...

A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts.(Bureau Books)
March 22, 2006... A New Architecture for the US. National Accounts, edited by Dale W. Jorgenson, J. Steven Landefeld, and William D. Nordhaus, is available from the University of Chicago Press this spring for $99.00. To order this volume, contact: University of...