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Understanding "underemployment"

April 24, 2019

A new paper explores the dynamics when college graduates take jobs for which they are overqualified.

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The Poor City Population Boom

March 1, 2019

This video explains why today's fastest growing urban areas are in poorer countries.

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Flexible(ish) working hours

February 15, 2019

How does part-time work respond to economic swings?

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Shipping may vary

January 30, 2019

How can differences in export costs explain cross-country income inequality?

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City planning for retirement

January 22, 2019

Why do some cities have higher unfunded liabilities than others?

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Fragile innovation

November 2, 2018

This video explains how financial innovation helped cause the 2008 financial crisis.

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The Great Divergence

July 18, 2018

This video explains how technology diffusion contributes to the growing productivity gap between rich and poor countries.

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Protection from predators

May 14, 2018

What are the economic consequences when governments don't keep law and order?

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Explaining agriculture's wage gap

May 2, 2018

Barriers to switching jobs are smaller than usually thought.

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From the archives: How the growing service sector shrank the gender gap

April 24, 2018

In the 2018 AEJ: Macroeconomics Best Paper, the authors study how the rise of service sector jobs increased opportunities for women.