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Institute Communications

Institute Communications includes content from our Policy Briefs and Research Features series. This content presents engaging explanations of research by Institute scholars for community members, stakeholders, and policymakers.

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Who is homeless in the United States? A 2025 update
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute Kenneth Cowles | Research Associate, Institute
March 14, 2025
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
How local economic diversity improves worker welfare
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
February 26, 2025
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Year in review: Summary of 2024 Institute Working Papers
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
January 28, 2025
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A judicial scale sits on a two stacked books while a person observes algorithm data
Who decides? How algorithms and humans interact in judges’ decisions about bail
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
January 21, 2025
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Workers who have either quit or were laid off from their jobs choosing a path either to exit the workforce or to seek new employment
Leaving your job? Losing your job? Where you end up might reveal a lot about the state of the economy
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
November 26, 2024
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An affordable home with interest rate graph in background and dollar signs in the yard
How higher property taxes increase home affordability
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
November 14, 2024
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Balanced scale over geographic map of the United States.
Unemployment is local
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
November 13, 2024
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Chart graphic overlaying group of diverse people
Institute update: The IDDA road show
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
September 25, 2024
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NA’AMA SHENHAV, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Scholar spotlight: Na’ama Shenhav
Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Principal Research Economist, Institute
September 25, 2024
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A collage of photos showing diverse people/workers
“A broad-based and inclusive goal”
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
September 25, 2024
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BRENDEN TIMPE, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Scholar spotlight: Brenden Timpe
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 25, 2024
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LAURA GEE, Associate Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Scholar spotlight: Laura Gee
Danielle Cabot | Public Relations Associate
September 25, 2024
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