Research Highlights Podcast

Reimagining public safety research

December 8, 2021

Yale sociologist Monica Bell talks about why economists must change the way they study police.

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Regressive innovation

December 6, 2021

To what extent was the opioid epidemic driven by demand?

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Divergences in life expectancy across US states

November 24, 2021

Christopher Foote and Ellen Meara discuss rising geographic disparities in US mortality.

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Neoliberalism and Latin America

September 27, 2021

Did Washington Consensus policies help developing economies emerge from crisis?

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Work and childcare during the pandemic

September 1, 2021

Stefania Albanesi discusses the effects of the COVID-19 recession on the US labor market.

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Tracking the "open science" movement

August 30, 2021

Economics is rapidly transitioning toward new transparency norms.

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Health Inequality and COVID-19

August 25, 2021

How have the effects of COVID-19 varied among different population groups in the United States?

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LGBTQ economics

June 23, 2021

Lee Badgett discusses her research on the effects of sexual orientation-based discrimination and how economists can engage in the fight for equality.

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The pros and cons of collaboration

May 26, 2021

Benjamin Jones discusses the rise of team research and implications for professional advancement.

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Why the United States has the best research universities

April 14, 2021

Miguel Urquiola discusses the history of higher education in America and why it surpassed Europe.