Chart of the Week A dose of managed care January 13, 2021 How much do privately administered insurance plans bring down drug prices for Medicaid enrollees?
AEA in the news Media coverage of the 2021 Annual Meeting January 7, 2021 Sessions on COVID-19, stimulus checks, and financial regulations received widespread attention.
Research Highlight Social well-being and academic success January 6, 2021 Northwestern’s Kirabo Jackson discusses how schools can help their students by fostering socioemotional development.
Call For Papers Call for papers: 11th Portuguese Finance Network Conference January 5, 2021 Invitation for submissions to PFN2021
Call For Papers Call for Papers: Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) 2021 Summer Workshops January 5, 2021 Call for Papers: Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) 2021 Summer Workshops
Chart of the Week Antitrust and innovation January 4, 2021 How did the 1956 consent decree against Bell Labs spur new inventions?
Research Highlight 2020 in Research Highlights December 28, 2020 Economists tackled racial discrimination, border walls, collusion, and more.
Research Highlight The promise of conditional cash transfers December 23, 2020 Rema Hanna discusses how giving families money affects child development in the long run.
Chart of the Week Testing the welfare magnet hypothesis December 21, 2020 Do generous public benefits attract more immigrants?
Announcement The American Statistical Association invites nominations and application for the position of editor for Statistics and Public Policy December 18, 2020 Nominations are due by January 5, 2021 and applications are due by February 8, 2021.