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An empirical turn in economics research

June 26, 2017

Economics journals are publishing more empirical research and less theory

AEA in the news

The persistence of the gender wage gap

June 26, 2017

The Gainesville Sun cited papers in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Literature in a column about the gender wage gap.

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Will work for insurance

June 23, 2017

Would expanding Medicaid make people less willing to hold a job?

Call For Papers

2017 Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets: Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

June 22, 2017

The conference will be held on October 26-27, 2017

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Hiring at home

June 21, 2017

How Saudi Arabia boosted employment and why its success was so costly

Announcement

Early Career Work and Family Fellowships – Call for Applications

June 20, 2017

Applications deadline is September 15, 2017

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What's in a name?

June 19, 2017

Companies named for their founders do better. This video explains why more firms don't bear their owners’ names

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Why do mothers earn less?

June 14, 2017

An interview with Erik Plug about the "motherhood penalty" and what it means for working moms

Announcement

Submissions open for the 2017 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award

June 13, 2017

The TIAA Institute invites you to submit an entry for the 2017 TIAA PAUL A. SAMUELSON AWARD

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The resource curse in action

June 12, 2017

Violence in mineral-rich regions of Africa rose along with commodity prices