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Investing in themselves

May 20, 2020

Displaced migrants often prioritize their education over physical assets when they resettle, leading to generational consequences.

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Tracking the evolution of work

May 11, 2020

A new dataset on job tasks provides insight into how employment in the US changed.

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A dearth of ideas

May 6, 2020

It's taking more resources to keep up with the same pace of growth.

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Keeping the lights on

April 27, 2020

Should electricity be a right?

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Gendered medicine

April 22, 2020

How does homophily help explain the gender gap among physicians?

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Stealing trade secrets

April 13, 2020

How much does state-sponsored industrial espionage pay?

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Time to adjust

April 8, 2020

Do immigrants to the US assimilate more slowly than they used to?

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Investment tax cuts and jobs

March 30, 2020

How much does a tax deduction on capital purchases stimulate employment?

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Connecting across disciplines

March 25, 2020

Other fields in the social sciences have been increasingly citing economics research. Has economics become more outward-looking, too?

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Will work for insurance

March 16, 2020

Americans put off retirement to keep employer-provided prescription drug benefits.