Jessica Min is a PhD student in the Section.

Teachers, as public sector workers with strong unions, are in a position to earn rents. However, with concerns of teacher shortages and deteriorating teaching conditions, it is unclear whether teachers are earning rents or simply being compensated for the undesirable amenities teaching entails. This paper investigates which narrative…

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 Point-in-time" counts of those experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the United States are at their highest levels in over a decade. In response, some cities have undertaken “encampment closures” in which individuals…