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Loss-leaders: predatory or practical?

March 24, 2017

Do laws that restrict retailers from pricing items below cost actually harm consumers?

AEA in the news

Proposed law in Italy would give women "menstrual leave"

March 24, 2017

The Washington Post cited a 2009 paper published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics in an article about a proposed law in Italy to offer “menstrual leave” for working women.

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The Jobs Programs Trump's Budget Would Cut

March 23, 2017

The Atlantic cited a 2008 cost-benefit study of the Job Corps program that appeared in the American Economic Review

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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