Jessie Coe

Banking the Unbanked

Calaccount Market Study and Feasibility Assessment

This report documents an analysis, conducted in response to the California Public Banking Option Act, of the feasibility of a program aimed at facilit...

Forecasting Public Recovery Expenditures' Effect on Construction Prices and the Demand for Construction Labor

Researchers developed cost-estimating tools and estimated future construction costs for Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane María. This report docu...

Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States

Evidence Review and New Analyses

Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this report provides an evidence review and new analy...

Guidance on When to Estimate a Future Price Factor

Development of Criteria and Thresholds

A future price forecast can help the Federal Emergency Management Agency and communities seeking its Public Assistance estimate construction costs. Re...

Demographic Diversity of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce in the U. S. Department of Defense

The authors examine compensation differences for gender, racial, and ethnic groups in the Department of Defense civilian science, technology, engineer...