Wiring the campuses

Wiring the African Economy

Wiring the Labor Market

T he labor market is replete with imperfect and asymmetric information. Workers and jobs are naturally heterogeneous, and the quality of their interaction when paired is notoriously difficult to forecast. Workers searching for a job are unlikely to be fully informed about job characteristics, and firms cannot exhaustively screen and negotiate with all applicants. Electronic commerce specificall...

The Steinberg Wiring Problem

Wireless Networks on university Campuses

U niversities are particularly interested in wireless communication networks because they let students using wireless-enabled mobile terminals download lecture slides, watch educational audio and video programs, and take online practice quizzes at any time and from anywhere on campus. This can both reduce paper handouts and simplify paperless assignments and submissions. Wireless networks can a...

Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses

Smoke and tobacco-free policies on hospital campuses have become more prevalent across the U.S. and Europe, de-normalizing smoking and reducing secondhand smoke exposure on hospital grounds. Concerns about the increasing use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and the impact of such use on smoke and tobacco-free policies have arisen, but to date, no systematic data describes e-cigarette pol...