New from Daniel Herbst (Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona) and Nathaniel Hendren (Harvard University): 'A better way to pay for college?' There is a better way to fund undergraduate study, according to new research on the US.

Constructing new population-level linked administrative data to study households' access to credit in the US, from Trevor J. Bakker, Stefanie DeLuca, Eric A. English, James S. Fogel, Nathaniel Hendren, and Daniel Herbst https://www.nber.org/papers/w34053

In case you missed it, @wsj.com dropped a bombshell this week. I’m speaking, of course, about the recent feature on our working paper about credit access: www.wsj.com/economy/cred...

Your Credit Score Is Shaped by the Neighborhood Where You Grew Up

What helps poor kids grow up to make better decisions about money? A new study of 25 million people finds an unexpected answer.

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Dan Herbst@danherbst.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown. djh1202.github.io/website/cre... 🧵...

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown. djh1202.github.io/website/cre... 🧵...

For my inaugural BlueSky post, I'm dropping a new working paper! djh1202.github.io/website/gig.... Read on to see how wage contracts are shaped by moral hazard and adverse selection. #EconSky 1/n