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The True Cost of Subsidizing Childcare
By Binierose Cacho and Dylan Moore Executive Summary As Hawaiʻi’s lawmakers are confronting budgetary challenges, expanding the childcare subsidies may seem fiscally out of reach….
UHERO’s Nori Tarui appointed to Collaborative Research Group on Environmental Economics and Policy
UHERO’s Nori Tarui has been appointed as the Group Leader at the National Institute for Environmental Studies’ (NIES) Collaborative Research Group on Environmental Economics and…
Hawai‘i’s Fuel Cost Problem: What the LSFO–LNG Price Comparison Really Shows
By Michael J. Roberts Hawaiʻi’s electricity rates are the highest in the nation — roughly three times the U.S. average — and have been for…
UHERO Forecast for the State of Hawaiʻi: Hawaii moves beyond recession, but slowly
By Carl S. Bonham, Byron Gangnes, Steven Bond-Smith, Peter Fuleky, Rachel Inafuku, Justin Tyndall, and Vanessa Pepino Hawaii’s economy is moving beyond last year’s mild…
The Hawai‘i Housing Factbook 2026
By Justin Tyndall, Trey Gordner, Rachel Inafuku, and JoonYup Park Research support by Chisato Tarui, Edith Prager, and Rafael Munoz Hawai‘i residents face the highest…
The Inter-regional Economic Impact of the Reduction in Tourism Following the Maui Wildfires
Hawai‘i’s economy, heavily specialized in tourism, is particularly vulnerable to shocks that disrupt tourism numbers. The Maui economy is even more dependent on tourists, and…
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