Do Government Statistics Yield Better Business Outcomes? | Steven Davis, Feng Chi | Hoover Institution
Steve speaks to Feng Chi about her research on the commercial value of the Decennial Census of Population and Housing. Using a creative empirical approach, Feng offers evidence that fresher government...
26 Maalis 202544min
American Lives | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis, Stelios Michalopoulos | Hoover Institution
In the 1930s, as part of the New Deal, the U.S. government hired unemployed writers to interview older Americans and record their life stories. Today’s guest examines those stories to investigate the ...
12 Maalis 202556min
GenAI in the Workplace | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis, David Deming | Hoover Institution
Steve speaks to Harvard professor David Deming about his recent research on the use of GenAI tools in the workplace and what it means for productivity. David’s evidence suggests that GenAI tools have ...
26 Helmi 202540min
Immigration and the Education of US-Born Children | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis, David Figlio, and Paola Sapienza| Hoover Institution
Many parents – indeed, many Americans – worry that immigrant children in the classroom could detract from the quality of schooling received by U.S.-born children. It’s a reasonable concern. Today’s ep...
29 Tammi 202548min
The Chinese Exclusion Act and U.S. Economic Development | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis and Nancy Qian | Hoover Institution
Many Chinese nationals migrated to the western United States after 1840 to work in mining, railway construction, manufacturing, and personal services. By 1880, they made up 18 percent of the workforce...
15 Tammi 202539min
Economic Sanctions on Russia | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis, Oleg Itskhoki, and Elina Ribakova | Hoover Institution
Oleg Itskhoki and Elina Ribakova join host Steven Davis to discuss two big questions about economic statecraft: How have economic and financial sanctions on Russia affected its economy and its war-fig...
20 Marras 202450min
New Insights on Remote Work | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis and Nicholas Bloom | Hoover Institution
Hoover Senior Fellow Steven Davis and Stanford Economics Professor Nick Bloom review insights from the latest research on remote work, drawing on a recent conference at Stanford University. Steve and ...
31 Loka 202449min
Recent U.S. Immigration: How Big? Who? What Impact? | Economics, Applied | Steven Davis, Wendy Edelberg and Madeline Zavodny | Hoover Institution
Host Steven Davis engages Wendy Edelberg and Madeline Zavodny to discuss the recent wave of U.S. immigration and some of its implications. They discuss the surge in immigration since 2021, the extent ...
18 Syys 202446min
