Report of the Committee on Government Relations

By Katherine G. Abraham

American Economic Review, May 2010

Staying beneath the death ceiling

[Research Highlight]

May 25, 2017

An interview with Raymond Fisman

Transitional housing and recidivism

[Research Highlight]

July 21, 2023

Logan Lee discusses the impact of residential housing programs on reincarceration rates.

Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration

By Logan M. Lee

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are released from prison. For many, the transition back to society includes a mandatory stay in residential housing. I estimate the effect of residential housing on reincarceration using administrative data from...

ASSA 2022: Behavioral Economics and Pension Design (1254)

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ASSA 2016 Webcast: AEA Nobel Laureate Luncheon. January, 4, 2016

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ASSA 2016: AEA Nobel Laureate Luncheon. January, 4, 2016

ASSA 2016 Webcast: AEA Presidential Address: Behavioral Economics: Past, Present and Future, January 4, 2016

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ASSA 2016: AEA Presidential Address: Behavioral Economics: Past, Present and Future, January 4, 2016

Implications of work experience for economic development

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How important are skills picked up on the job for long-run economic growth?

The Rise of Niche Consumption

By Brent Neiman and Joseph Vavra

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2023

Over the last 15 years, individual households have concentrated their spending on a few preferred products. However, this is not driven by "superstar" products capturing larger market shares. Instead, households increasingly purchase different products fr...

Other US data

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Find links to online resources for other US data.

US Macro and Regional Data

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Online resources for US macro and regional data.

Conferences Organized by Academic Associations

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Several academic associations organize conferences that support the dissemination of economic education scholarship.

Conferences Organized by Other Organizations

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A number of organizations (e.g., publishers, universities, or academic journals) promote economic education via economic education-focused conferences.

Economic Education Conferences

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Information about past Conferences on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) as well as links to other conferences organized by academic associations or other organizations.

Economic Education Academic Journals

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The field of economic education is supported by a rich academic literature. This link is offered to those wishing to explore the breadth of this literature and to those who are seeking a publishing outlet for their own economic education research.

Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?

By Suanna Oh

American Economic Review, August 2023

How does identity influence economic behavior in the labor market? I investigate this question in rural India, focusing on the effect of caste identity on job-specific labor supply. In a field experiment, laborers choose whether to take up various job off...

Front Matter

American Economic Review, September 2023

Imperfect Financial Markets and Investment Inefficiencies

By Elias Albagli, Christian Hellwig, and Aleh Tsyvinski

American Economic Review, September 2023

We analyze the consequences of noisy information aggregation for investment. Market imperfections create endogenous rents that cause overinvestment in upside risks and underinvestment in downside risks. In partial equilibrium, these inefficiencies are par...

A Road to Efficiency through Communication and Commitment

By Ala Avoyan and João Ramos

American Economic Review, September 2023

We experimentally examine the efficacy of a novel pre-play institution in a well-known coordination game—the minimum-effort game—in which coordination failures are robust and persistent phenomena. This new institution allows agents to communicate whil...