Kenneth McLaughlin on the effect of minimum wage hikes on the workforce

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How does increasing the pay floor affect employment for teens and dropouts?

Carrying the scars of conflict

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December 17, 2019

How does being exposed to violence as a child affect the behavior of asylum seekers in their new host country?

Oliver Hart, Distinguished Fellow 2019

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Futoshi Narita on using Google data to study poor countries

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What can online search trends tell us about developing nations?

Shiyi Chen on affirmative action and interracial marriage

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How much do affirmative action policies affect interracial marriage rates?

Juan Palacios on climate and cognition

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How does indoor air quality affect cognitive performance?

Ayesha Ali on internet censorship

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What impact do online restrictions have on firms, consumers, and the industry?

Rachel Sederberg on redesigning unemployment insurance

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Is there a better way to provide jobless benefits that isn't a one-size-fits-all program?

Meradee Tangvatcharapong on fake news and the anti-vaccination movement

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Does the dissemination of false information lead to meaningful changes in behavior?

Media coverage of the 2020 Annual Meeting

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January 10, 2020

Sessions on US health care, promoting diversity, and Fed policy receive widespread attention.

Call for Papers for the 11th Portuguese Finance Network Conference

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January 13, 2020

The conference will be held June 29 - July 1, 2020 at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.

Vinicios Sant'Anna on immigration and real estate

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How do extreme immigration shocks affect local economies?

Tuition troubles

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January 10, 2020

Texas may show how to keep colleges open to poor students, while still providing a top-notch education.

Photos from the 2020 ASSA Annual Meeting

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View photos from the 2020 ASSA Annual Meeting

Minhong Xu on Airbnb and neighborhood development

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Does Airbnb incentivize private investment in neighborhoods?

Guangjun Qu on anticorruption campaigns in China

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Was the Communist Party successful in reducing corrupution, or just attacking political rivals?

Giuseppe Di Vita on how the Mafia impacted technology development in Sicily

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Has the Mafia stood in the way of progress?

Expanding access to elections

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January 10, 2020

Early voting laws can have significant effects on participation and the partisan composition of government.

Reviving the secular stagnation hypothesis

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When interest rates are low, older populations can stall economic growth.

Call for Papers: Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) 2020 Summer Workshops

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January 21, 2020

The workshops will take place on the Stanford campus from July 1 to September 11, 2020.