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How states can attract health insurers to rural counties

March 22, 2017

In some rural areas, ACA exchanges are barely hanging on

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Stopping the death spiral

March 21, 2017

What policies can keep health insurance markets from going down the drain?

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Women's work?

March 15, 2017

Why do female employees take on thankless tasks that men don’t want to do?

AEA in the news

Why do we go out of our way to ignore some news and information?

March 15, 2017

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette features JEL article about information avoidance.

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Why this is a dangerous week to get behind the wheel

March 13, 2017

Springing forward can have unintended consequences

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I don't want to know

March 10, 2017

Why do we avoid certain information and what are the consequences for our society?

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Could giving preference to small business hurt job growth?

March 8, 2017

Offering special supports for small businesses in India may not have created the most jobs

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Why are (most of us) living so much longer?

March 8, 2017

The Washington Post Wonkblog cited a 2006 article from the Journal of Economic Perspectives about how life expectancies have risen across countries and over time

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The quiet revolution in debt collection

March 6, 2017

How big data helped streamline collections – and unleashed billions in new credit card debt

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When bankers and borrowers come from the same culture, does everybody win?

March 1, 2017

Sharing a similar culture can lead to more profitable lending relationships