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There’s a huge gender pay gap for STEM careers – just one year after graduation
May 12, 2016
Bustle and Vox covered a study about the gender pay gap for STEM PhDs published in the Papers and Proceedings issue of the American Economic Review
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The inequality that matters most (hint: it's not income)
May 10, 2016
Quartz covered a recent piece in the Journal of Economic Perspectives about measuring and interpreting different forms of inequality
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Ideas Worth Stealing: Move Pennsylvania’s Capital out of Harrisburg and back to Philadelphia
May 9, 2016
A column appearing in Newsworks highlights a 2014 American Economic Review article about corruption in state capitals
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When hospitals compete, do patients win?
May 6, 2016
One of the 2016 AEJ Best Papers gives a new meaning to "healthy competition"
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Are immigrants less likely to commit crimes when they gain legal status?
May 2, 2016
What happened when an EU expansion legalized thousands of immigrants in Italy
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Does diversity hamper economic progress?
May 2, 2016
Livemint cited a 2015 American Economic Review article in a summary of recent research about public goods
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The 2016 AEJ Best Paper Awards have been Announced
April 29, 2016
Learn more about the papers chosen as the 2016 AEJ Best Papers
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American Economic Association Announces Award Recipients for 2016
April 29, 2016
View recipients of the 2016 awards, including the Clark Medalist, Distinguished Fellows, Foreign Honorary Members, and AEJ Best Paper Prizes
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