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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.

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Innovation for a greener future

January 17, 2018

By inducing innovation, carbon taxes can achieve more at a lower cost.

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Growth at the extremes

January 15, 2018

Polarization in the US job market may have begun decades earlier than previously believed.

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Schooling, scores, and state economies

October 16, 2017

Knowledge capital can drive economic growth.

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How the growing service sector shrank the gender gap

October 4, 2017

A video about the role that the service economy played in leveling the playing field in the labor market.

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Tomorrow's Prices

July 21, 2017

An interview with Alberto Cavallo on why consumers have such a hard time thinking about inflation

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Why prices didn’t plummet during the Great Recession

April 26, 2017

Searching for the “missing deflation”