Learning the language

[Research Highlight]

September 01, 2023

Blake Heller discusses the impact of adult English language training programs on immigrant earnings and civic engagement.

Immigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Training

By Blake H. Heller and Kirsten Slungaard Mumma

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2023

The ability to speak and understand a host country's primary language is strongly associated with measures of immigrant integration. We estimate the causal effects of English language training for adult immigrants on participants' civic and economic outco...

Call for Papers: Sydney Annual Business Research Conference (SABRC) 2024

[News]

September 05, 2023

The submission deadline is January 19, 2024.

ASSA 2024 Housing Information

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Call for nominations for CSWEP’s Elaine Bennett Research Prize

[News]

May 16, 2023

Nominations are due by September 22, 2023.

Call for nominations for CSWEP’s Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

[News]

May 16, 2023

Nominations are due by September 22, 2023.

Climate policies around the world

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How do climate change mitigation approaches vary across countries?

The economics of autocratic legalism

[Research Highlight]

September 14, 2023

How do modern autocracies immiserate their populace to satisfy the elite?

The Dynamics of Property Rights in Modern Autocracies

By Dan Cao and Roger Lagunoff

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2023

We study a dynamic model of property appropriation in autocracies. To maintain the appearance of the rule of law, an autocrat reassigns property only when the reassignment is acceptable to all affected citizens. Nevertheless, the autocrat can appropriate ...