SSRN FRB-Boston: Public Policy Discussion Papers (Topic)

1.

The Theory of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-3

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2007

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Zvi Bodie, Jonathan Treussard and Paul Willen

Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics, Ziff Brothers Investments - Risk Management and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

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2.

Selection into Financial Literacy Programs: Evidence from a Field Study

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-5

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Dec 2007

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Stephan Meier and Charles Sprenger

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Downloads 437

3.

Effective Labor Regulation and Microeconomic Flexibility

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1480, MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 04-30, Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 893, FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 04-6

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2011

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Ricardo J. Caballero, Eduardo M. R. A. Engel, Kevin Cowan and Alejandro Micco

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Department of Economics, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and University of Chile

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 419

4.

Pension Accounting and Corporate Earnings: the World According to Gaap

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-2

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Jul 2006

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Peter Fortune

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 402

5.

Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice: 2006 Conference Summary

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-4

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 Jul 2007

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Margaret Carten, Daniel Littman, Scott D. Schuh and Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 352

6.

Do Households Benefit from Financial Deregulation and Innovation? The Case of the Mortgage Market

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Paper Series Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-6, Hudson Institute Research Paper No. 06-07

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2008

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Kristopher Gerardi, Harvey S. Rosen and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 301

7.

The Boston Fed Study of Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice: A Survey of Federal Reserve System Employees

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-1

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 25 Apr 2007

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Marques Benton, Krista Blair, Marianne D. Crowe and Scott D. Schuh

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

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8.

Optimal Retirement Asset Decumulation Strategies: The Impact of Housing Wealth

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 07-2

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 May 2007

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Wei Sun, Robert K. Triest and Anthony Webb

Renmin University of China - Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance and School of Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

Downloads 279

9.

Mobile Payments in the United States at Retail Point of Sale: Current Market and Future Prospects

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-2

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 May 2010

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Marianne D. Crowe, Marc Rysman and Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 265

10.

Tips Scorecard: Are Tips Accomplishing What They Were Supposed to Accomplish? Can They Be Improved?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-8

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2010

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Michelle L. Barnes, Zvi Bodie, Robert K. Triest and J. Christina Wang

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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11.

Reasonable People did Disagree: Optimism and Pessimism About the U.S. Housing Market Before the Crash

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-5

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Oct 2010

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Kristopher Gerardi, Christopher L. Foote and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

Downloads 248

12.

Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice: a Conference Summary

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-1

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Jul 2006

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Marianne D. Crowe, Scott D. Schuh and Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 236

13.

The 2008 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-10

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 28 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 05 May 2010

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Kevin Foster, Erik Meijer, Scott D. Schuh and Michael A. Zabek

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, University of Southern California, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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14.

Subprime Mortgages, Foreclosures, and Urban Neighborhoods

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 08-6

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Jan 2009

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Kristopher Gerardi and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 209

15.

Why Don't Lenders Renegotiate More Home Mortgages? Redefaults, Self-Cures, and Securitization

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-4, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2009-17

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 30 May 2015

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Manuel Adelino, Kristopher Gerardi and Paul Willen

Duke University, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 182

16.

Economic Policy and Prospects in Iraq

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-1

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Mar 2006

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Christopher L. Foote, Keith Crane, William Block and Simon Gray

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, RAND Economics Group, Government of the United States of America - Department of the Treasury and Bank of England

Downloads 179

17.

Is Poland the Next Spain?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Paper No. 04-8

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Feb 2005

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Francesco Caselli and Silvana Tenreyro

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE)

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 163

18.

Reducing Foreclosures

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-2

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 May 2009

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Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher Gerardi, Lorenz Goette and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Lausanne and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

Downloads 162

19.

Managing the Risk in Pension Plans and Recent Pension Reforms

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-7

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 Feb 2007

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Richard W. Kopcke

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 159

20.

Who Gains and Who Loses from Credit Card Payments? Theory and Calibrations

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-3

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2010

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Scott D. Schuh, Oz Shy and Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Independent and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 150

21.

Summary of the Workshop on Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 08-5

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Dec 2008

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Scott D. Schuh and Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 149

22.

Educational Opportunity and Income Inequality

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-5

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Igal Hendel, Joel Shapiro and Paul Willen

Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 147

23.

Social Dynamics of Obesity

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-5, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics Working Paper No. 40

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Oct 2006

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Mary A. Burke and Frank Heiland

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Florida State University - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

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24.

Alternative Measures of the Federal Reserve Banks' Cost of Equity Capital

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 05-2

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Michelle L. Barnes and Jose A. Lopez

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 132

25.

Person-to-Person Electronic Funds Transfers: Recent Developments and Policy Issues

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-1

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2010

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Oz Shy

Independent

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26.

Collateralized Borrowing And Life-Cycle Portfolio Choice

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 06-4, AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Mar 2006

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Paul Willen and Felix Kubler

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and University of Zurich

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 119

27.

Making Sense of the Subprime Crisis

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-1

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 13 Feb 2009

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Kristopher Gerardi, Andreas Lehnert, Shane Sherland and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 117

28.

Eyes on the Prize: How Did the Fed Respond to the Stock Market?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-2

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Jeffrey C. Fuhrer and Geoffrey M. B. Tootell

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 106

29.

Financial Development, Financial Constraints, and the Volatility of Industrial Output

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-6

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Borja Larrain

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Downloads 106

30.

Did Easy Credit Lead to Overspending? Home Equity Borrowing and Household Behavior in the Early 2000s

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-7

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2010

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Daniel Cooper

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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31.

$1.25 Trillion is Still Real Money: Some Facts About the Effects of the Federal Reserve’s Mortgage Market Investments

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-4

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Oct 2010

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Andreas Fuster and Paul Willen

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

Downloads 87

32.

Do Bank Mergers Affect Federal Reserve Check Volume?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-7

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Joanna Stavins

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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33.

Interstate Fiscal Disparity in State Fiscal Year 1999

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-9

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 06 Mar 2006

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Robert Tannenwald and Nicholas Turner

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Independent Author

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 79

34.

Wives' Work and Family Income Mobility

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-3

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Katharine Bradbury and Jane Katz

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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35.

Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 08-1 SOEPPaper No. 106

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Apr 2008

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Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier and Alois Stutzer

University of Lucerne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

Downloads 73

36.

The Credit CARD Act of 2009: What Did Banks Do?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 13-7

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Oct 2013

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Vikram Jambulapati and Joanna Stavins

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 71

37.

A Profile of the Mortgage Crisis in a Low-and-Moderate-Income Community

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 10-6

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Oct 2010

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Lynn M. Fisher, Lauren Lambie-Hanson and Paul Willen

Mortgage Bankers Association, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

Downloads 70

38.

Oil and the Macroeconomy in a Changing World: A Conference Summary

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 11-3

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Jun 2011

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Christopher L. Foote and Jane Sneddon-Little

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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39.

Risk Bearing, Implicit Financial Services, and Specialization in the Financial Industry

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-3

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Jul 2006

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J. Christina Wang and Susanto Basu

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 67

40.

Reviving Mortgage Securitization: Lessons from the Brady Plan and Duration Analysis

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-3

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Jul 2009

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Fabia Gumbau-Brisa and Catherine L. Mann

JP Morgan and Brandeis University

Downloads 66

41.

Impending U.S. Spending Bust? The Role of Housing Wealth as Borrowing Collateral

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-9

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Dec 2009

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Daniel Cooper

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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42.

Lifecycle Prices and Production

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 05-3

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst

Princeton University and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 59

43.

Adopting, Using, and Discarding Paper and Electronic Payment Instruments: Variation by Age and Race

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 11-2

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Jun 2011

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Ronald J. Mann

Columbia University - Law School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 50

44.

Massachusetts Business Taxes: Unfair? Inadequate? Uncompetitive?

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-4

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Robert Tannenwald

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Downloads 47

45.

Social Security and Unsecured Debt

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 04-10

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Mar 2006

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Erik Hurst and Paul Willen

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 43

46.

Collective Decisions in Asset Titling

Universidad del Rosario Facultad de Economia Borradores de Investigacion No. 90

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Apr 2007

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Roberto Fortich

Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar Department of Finance and International Business - Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo (IDE)

Downloads 38

47.

The Supplemental Security Income Program and Welfare Reform

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 12-3

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Jun 2013

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Lucie Schmidt

Williams College - Department of Economics

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48.

Reinvigorating Springfield’s Economy: Lessons from Resurgent Cities

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-6

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Dec 2009

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Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Ana Patricia Munoz, Lynn Elaine Browne, DeAnna Green, Marques Benton, Prabal Chakrabarti, David Plasse, Richard C. Walker and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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49.

Changes in U.S. Household Balance Sheet Behavior after the Housing Bust and Great Recession: Evidence from Panel Data

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 13-6

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Dec 2013

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Daniel Cooper

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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50.

Jobs in Springfield, Massachusetts: Understanding and Remedying the Causes of Low Resident Employment Rates

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-11

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Feb 2010

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Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Ana Patricia Munoz, Lynn Elaine Browne, DeAnna Green, Marques Benton, Prabal Chakrabarti, Richard C. Walker and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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