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Explaining differences in the college wage premium across countries
August 16, 2024
Do employment protection policies help buoy the wages of less educated workers relative to their more educated counterparts?
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Curtailing Mafia influence
August 6, 2024
Dismissing corrupt city councils promoted long-run economic benefits in Italian municipalities.
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The political power of historical narratives
July 31, 2024
Christian Ochsner discusses a campaign by Austria’s far-right populists to link historic atrocities to Muslim minorities.
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A timeline of US big business
July 25, 2024
How long has corporate concentration been growing?
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The distributional consequences of recessions
July 19, 2024
How do local labor markets recover after economic shocks?
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Geographic centralization of health care
July 10, 2024
Do obstetric unit closures lead to worse health outcomes for mothers and newborns?
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The political consequences of NAFTA
July 2, 2024
Jiwon Choi and Gavin Wright discuss the economic and political fallout of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Pausing student loans
June 25, 2024
How did borrowers respond to the 2020 debt moratorium on US student loans?
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