Research Highlights Article

How the Great Fire of 1872 helped Boston grow

June 9, 2017

The upside of an urban disaster

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Does an older population crimp economic growth?

June 7, 2017

An aging workforce doesn't necessarily mean that a country's economic growth will slow

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You have the right to an attorney

June 6, 2017

Expanding access to legal counsel would benefit criminal suspects, but what about everybody else?

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Staying beneath the death ceiling

May 31, 2017

An interview with Raymond Fisman

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Separate and more equal?

May 24, 2017

Certain tax systems can discourage married women from working more.

Call For Papers

CReAM/RWI Workshop on the Economics of Migration

May 23, 2017

Workshop to be held on September 29-30, 2017

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Texas tuition cuts provide a preview of what free community college could look like

May 22, 2017

But money isn’t the only impediment to higher achievement

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Should I be a Good Samaritan?

May 17, 2017

An interview with Ted Bergstrom about how game theory helps us understand when we would assist a stranded traveler.

AEA in the news

Mismeasuring inflation and GDP

May 16, 2017

Bloomberg features a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives that questions the accuracy of estimates of GDP and price growth.

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Whose jobs are the most recession-proof?

May 15, 2017

Where you want to be if the economy takes a dive