Working Paper #003 - Withering on the Vine: A Formal Theory of Modern Hiring Practices and Labor Market Failures

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Infographic summarizing research on labor access and agricultural production in the United States, featuring a map of average hourly wages for H-2A workers across states from 2018 to 2025, with color coding for wage levels.

Working Paper #002 - Concentration at the Top: Labor Access and Agricultural Production in the United States

Map of the United States showing average annual growth in H-2A approved visas by state from 2015 to 2025, with states color-coded based on growth rates and a legend indicating different levels of growth.
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Nota de Investigación #002 - Concentración en la Cúspide: Acceso al Trabajo y Producción Agrícola en Estados Unidos (Versión en Español)

An infographic in Spanish about agricultural labor and wages in the United States. It includes sections on research notes, empirical focus, and key findings on wages, with a map showing average wages for H-2A visa workers across states from 2018 to 2025.
A map of the United States showing agricultural employment concentration percentages by state from 2015 to 2025, with accompanying information in Spanish about data sources, key findings, conclusion, and a QR code for further details.
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Research brief titled 'Tariff Shocks and FUDflation: Testing the Disconnect Between Firm Costs and Consumer Prices' with sections on Motivation and Empirical Approach. The Motivation discusses tariffs being claimed as inflationary, with historical data from 1913-2024 and recent trade shocks challenging this view. The Empirical Approach explains using time-series methods, Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests, and vector error correction models to analyze tariff impacts on inflation. A line graph shows log prices of elastic and inelastic groups over time, with annotations marking tariff implementations and increases.

Working Paper #001 - Tariff Shocks and FUDflation: Testing the Disconnect Between Firm Costs and Consumer Prices

Research brief infographic on tariff shocks and FUDflation, including data analysis, implications, key results, and takeaway points, with a QR code for access.
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