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Understanding "underemployment"

April 24, 2019

A new paper explores the dynamics when college graduates take jobs for which they are overqualified.

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The elephant curve

April 15, 2019

How much has inequality grown around the world over the last forty years?

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Curbing a desire to drink

April 10, 2019

An experiment measures how much Indian cycle-rickshaw drivers actually wanted to remain sober on the job.

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Reforming consumption taxes

April 1, 2019

When value-added taxes are cut, who benefits?

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Different expectations

March 27, 2019

How do gender stereotypes shape our beliefs of how we will perform on certain tasks?

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Increasing familiarity, reducing discrimination

March 19, 2019

Does school diversity make rich students more willing to socialize with poor students?

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Risky business

March 13, 2019

How did an insurance requirement force small drillers out of Texas' oil and gas industry?

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Pinpointing the gender problem in economics

March 4, 2019

Female economists place at lower-ranked departments out of graduate school and are less likely to be promoted.

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Earn less, pay more

February 27, 2019

Can income tax policy explain how globalization drives income inequality?

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Looking for work first

February 19, 2019

Should welfare require a period of job search?