The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences

By Iacopo Morchio and Christian Moser

American Economic Review

Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a significant gender pay gap, which is largely attributed to women working at lower-paying employers. To interpret this fact, we develop an equilibrium search model with endogenous firm pay, ...

Internal Versus Institutional Barriers to Gender Equality: Evidence From British Politics

By Noor Kumar, Uyseok Lee, Matt Lowe, and Olaitan Ogunnote

American Economic Review

Weekly lotteries determine which politicians ask the UK Prime Minister a question in front of a male-dominated, noisy chamber. Lottery winners receive 4% higher vote margin in the next election, but women are 12% less likely to submit questions than sa...

Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on Empirical Economics (ICEE)

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February 13, 2026

The submission deadline is April 15, 2026.

Madness and Enterprise: Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value by Nima Bassiri

By Matthew Basilico

Journal of Economic Literature

Call for Papers: Research Prize in Historical Finance Honoring the Memory of Professor Georges Gallais-Hamonno

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February 13, 2026

The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2026 (midnight CET).

Call for Papers and Other Announcements

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February 17, 2026

View the AEA Member Announcement from February 17, 2026.

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AEA-CEE is pleased to sponsor seven sessions at the 2027 ASSA Meeting. Calls for submissions for three of the sessions are provided.

W. E. B. Du Bois and the history of marginalism

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February 10, 2026

Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.

CSMGEP Profiles: Salvador Contreras

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Co-Impact Grant: Call for Proposals

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Quota vs. Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota

By Ursina Schaede and Ville Mankki

American Economic Review

We evaluate equity-efficiency trade-offs from admissions quotas by examining effects on output once beneficiaries start producing in the relevant industry. We estimate the impact of abolishing a 40% quota for male primary school teachers on their pupilsâ€...

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