An interview with Dave Donaldson

[Research Highlight]

April 21, 2017

The 2017 John Bates Clark Medalist speaks with the AEA about his career and offers advice for young economists

Getting dads to sign on the dotted line

[Research Highlight]

April 18, 2017

Will getting more single fathers to acknowledge legal paternity improve life for the child?

Should I be a Good Samaritan?

[Research Highlight]

May 10, 2017

An interview with Ted Bergstrom about how game theory helps us understand when we would assist a stranded traveler.

Texas tuition cuts provide a preview of what free community college could look like

[Research Highlight]

May 19, 2017

But money isn’t the only impediment to higher achievement

CReAM/RWI Workshop on the Economics of Migration

[News]

May 23, 2017

Workshop to be held on September 29-30, 2017

Separate and more equal?

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Certain tax systems can discourage married women from working more.

You have the right to an attorney

[Research Highlight]

May 30, 2017

Expanding access to legal counsel would benefit criminal suspects, but what about everybody else?

Does an older population crimp economic growth?

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An aging workforce doesn't necessarily mean that a country's economic growth will slow

How the Great Fire of 1872 helped Boston grow

[Research Highlight]

May 24, 2017

The upside of an urban disaster