Protecting American jobs?

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Immigration barriers intended to boost domestic wages and employment may offer little help to US workers.

Consumer Valuation of Fuel Costs and Tax Policy: Evidence from the European Car Market

By Laura Grigolon, Mathias Reynaert, and Frank Verboven

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2018

To what extent do car buyers undervalue future fuel costs, and what does this imply for tax policy? To address both questions, we show it is crucial to account for consumer mileage heterogeneity. We use product-level data for a panel of European countries...

Can Online Off-the-Shelf Lessons Improve Student Outcomes? Evidence from a Field Experiment

By Kirabo Jackson and Alexey Makarin

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2018

Many websites now warehouse instructional materials designed to be taught by teachers in a traditional classroom. What are the potential benefits of the new resources? We analyze an experiment in which we randomly give middle school math teachers access t...

AEA Member Announcements: AEA 2018 Annual Election of Officers (July 27, 2018)

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July 26, 2018

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Rejecting the party line

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How does the roll-call order relate to whether a Senator breaks ranks on a vote?

Taking professors' privilege

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July 20, 2018

How does denying researchers full rights to their work affect startup activity at universities?

Matching with Moral Hazard: Assigning Attorneys to Poor Defendants

By Behrang Kamali Shahdadi

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2018

We model the problem of assigning counsel to poor defendants as a matching problem. A novel aspect of this matching problem is the moral hazard component on the part of counsel. Within the model, we show that holding the total expenditure for counsel fixe...

The best defense money can buy

[Research Highlight]

August 03, 2018

How should poor defendants be matched with a government-provided attorney?

A powerful incentive to save

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Can a temporary banking promotion have lasting effects on financial behavior?

The Effect of Children's Gender on Living Arrangements and Child Support

By Kristin Mammen

American Economic Review, May 2008

The Economist highlights JEP article about social connectedness

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August 09, 2018

Researchers use Facebook data to create "Social Connectedness Index."

Refusing to act on climate change

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The outlook for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement doesn't look good in an era of minimal policy intervention.

Lower premiums or higher profits

[Research Highlight]

August 13, 2018

When private insurers get a boost in Medicare subsidies, how much do they pass on to consumers?

Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970)

By Oliver Vanden Eynde, Patrick M. Kuhn, and Alexander Moradi

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2018

How does ethnic politics affect the state's ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around Kenya's independence influenced p...

The threat of ethnic politics

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Misbehavior among Kenyan police officers increased following the rise of tribal politics.

AEA Member Announcements: AEJ: Economic Policy Editor search -- request for suggestions

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August 27, 2018

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What our Facebook network reveals about us

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Geographic dispersion of friends provides insights into social and economic activity.

2019 Annual Meeting: Hotel Suites

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2018 Annual Meeting: General Information

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View general meeting information for the ASSA 2018

ASSA 2018 Disclosure Code Information

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Employer Disclosure Codes are confidential codes that provide hotel and room information to job candidates for pre-arranged interviews