Matt, Ezra, Sarah, and Dylan Matthews try to explain Trump’s budget and Disability Insurance. For today's white paper: Move over Swedish administrative data, it’s Denmark’s turn.
Trump’s budget references:
Dylan's explainer on Trump's proposed budgetAirports Council International report on the ownership of European airportsCongressional Research Service report on airport privatizationMatt’s explainer on Trump’s infrastructure planDisability Insurance references:
Dylan's defense of SSDITerrance McCoy’s pieces on SSDI for The Washington Post: 597 days. And still waiting & After the check is gonePlanet Money / This American Life report on SSDI A Fiscal Crisis UnfoldingStephen Goss’ perspective on SSDI: The Financing Challenges Facing the Social Security Disability Insurance Program Recessions only modestly increase actual awards of disability insuranceExpiring unemployment benefits don’t lead to an increase in disability applicationsWhat it’s like to apply for disability insuranceDemographics explain most of the rise in disability incidence, and it’s not in fiscal troubleDisability insurance explains at most 0.1 percentage points of the decline in male workGender pay gap references:
Today’s white paper: Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from DenmarkClaudia Goldin studyMarianne Bertrand studySarah’s illustrated version of the Claudia Goldin studyGreen New Weeds
Sarah's Last Stand
Mexico: America's waiting room
Incels and bullshitters
Was The Weeds on the wrong side of history?
What to obstruct when you’re obstructing
Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special Crossover Edition]
Trump Family (Tax) Values
How Canada got Medicare-for-all done
The Purge: DHS
Attack of the clone bills
Learning from Norway's lesbian mothers
Infrastructure Week (and Farm Week and Teacher Week)
Mueller's investigation is over. Obamacare repeal isn't.
Should presidential candidates get into the weeds?
The reparations primary
Live Weeds with Julián Castro
Introducing Switched on Pop
Live Weeds with Pete Buttigieg
The long con
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