Global Transportation Decarbonization

[Symposium: International Dimensions of Climate Change Policy]

By David Rapson ⓡ Erich Muehlegger

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

Replacing fossil fuels in the name of decarbonization is necessary but will be particularly difficult due to their as-yet unrivaled bundle of attributes: abundance, ubiquity, energy density, transportability and cost. There is a growing commitment to elec...

Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications

By Kurt Lavetti

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

The model of compensating wage differentials is among the cornerstone models of equilibrium wage determination in labor economics. However, empirical estimates of compensating differentials have faced persistent credibility challenges. This article summ...

What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?

By Gregory N. Price and Angelino C. G. Viceisza

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

Historically Black colleges and universities are institutions that were established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating Black Americans. In this essay, we focus on two main issues. We start by examining how Black College students perform...

Recommendations for Further Reading

By Timothy Taylor

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965–2020

[Symposium: Supply Chains]

By Sharat Ganapati and Woan Foong Wong

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

This paper considers the evolution of global transportation usage over the past half century and its implications for supply chains. Transportation usage has more than doubled as costs decreased by a third. Participation of emerging economies in world tra...

The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains

[Symposium: Supply Chains]

By Teresa C. Fort

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

This paper documents how US firms organize goods production across firm and country boundaries. Most US firms that perform physical transformation tasks in-house using foreign manufacturing plants in 2007 also own US manufacturing plants; moreover, manu...

Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments

[Symposium: Supply Chains]

By Laura Boudreau, Julia Cajal-Grossi, and Rocco Macchiavello

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

There is a consensus that global value chains have aided developing countries' growth. This essay highlights the governance complexities arising from participating in such chains, drawing from lessons we have learned conducting research in the coffee and ...

Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?

[Symposium: International Dimensions of Climate Change Policy]

By Arik Levinson

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2023

Have rich countries improved their environments by importing polluting goods? No, the mix of goods imported has shifted towards those from cleaner industries, not dirtier. Has pollution worsened in poor countries manufacturing goods for export to rich one...

Banking supervision, reference class planning, and sports betting

[News]

July 13, 2023

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Past Officers of the American Economic Association

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Report of the Committee on Government Relations

By Katharine G. Abraham

American Economic Review, May 2011

Report of the Committee on Government Relations

By Katherine G. Abraham

American Economic Review, May 2010

Staying beneath the death ceiling

[Research Highlight]

May 25, 2017

An interview with Raymond Fisman

Transitional housing and recidivism

[Research Highlight]

July 21, 2023

Logan Lee discusses the impact of residential housing programs on reincarceration rates.

Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration

By Logan M. Lee

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are released from prison. For many, the transition back to society includes a mandatory stay in residential housing. I estimate the effect of residential housing on reincarceration using administrative data from...

ASSA 2022: Behavioral Economics and Pension Design (1254)

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ASSA 2016 Webcast: AEA Nobel Laureate Luncheon. January, 4, 2016

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ASSA 2016: AEA Nobel Laureate Luncheon. January, 4, 2016

ASSA 2016 Webcast: AEA Presidential Address: Behavioral Economics: Past, Present and Future, January 4, 2016

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ASSA 2016: AEA Presidential Address: Behavioral Economics: Past, Present and Future, January 4, 2016

Implications of work experience for economic development

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How important are skills picked up on the job for long-run economic growth?

The Rise of Niche Consumption

By Brent Neiman and Joseph Vavra

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2023

Over the last 15 years, individual households have concentrated their spending on a few preferred products. However, this is not driven by "superstar" products capturing larger market shares. Instead, households increasingly purchase different products fr...