Are teachers paid too much?

[News]

July 27, 2017

Brookings cites a Journal of Economic Perspectives article that examines the evidence about effective educators.

The Big Sort

[Research Highlight]

July 25, 2017

Attending a prestigious college may have a bigger impact on future earnings than we thought

Call for Proposals for Symposium: HUD's Past, Present and Future

[News]

July 18, 2017

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law seeks proposals for fall interdisciplinary symposium

Tobacco taxes, productivity puzzles, and the effects of pre-k education

[News]

July 20, 2017

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

Is the public corporation in trouble?

[News]

July 31, 2017

Quartz cited a paper from the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the evolution of the modern corporation.

The price is not always right

[News]

July 19, 2017

How do consumers estimate inflation?

Cash for Corollas

[News]

August 02, 2017

Quartz featured a paper about the "cash for clunkers" program that appears in the July issue of AEJ: Applied

Dealing with trade deficits

[News]

August 07, 2017

The Associated Press quotes JEP editor Timothy Taylor in a story about trade deficits.

How to think like an investor

[News]

July 31, 2017

It’s not the same as thinking rationally.

How much does a hurricane cost?

[Research Highlight]

July 06, 2017

It's more than we thought.

Biking to a better future

[Research Highlight]

July 26, 2017

An interview with Karthik Muralidharan about closing the education gender gap in India

Call for Papers: Winter School 2017 at Delhi School of Economics

[News]

August 10, 2017

Submissions are invited for the annual Winter School to be held December 13-15, 2017

Reconsidering negative interest rates

[News]

August 14, 2017

The Telegraph featured a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives in an article about how central banks should consider cutting interest rates below zero in preparing for the next recession.

An offer you can't refuse

[Research Highlight]

July 17, 2017

Did the Mafia exchange votes for construction contracts?

Preventing teen pregnancies

[News]

July 31, 2017

When Colorado expanded access to long-acting reversible contraceptives, what impact did it have on teen birth rates?

Mentoring at the margins

[Research Highlight]

August 01, 2017

What can high schools do to boost a student's chances of enrolling in college?

Debts and Disasters

[News]

August 04, 2017

Why did household debt decrease after Hurricane Katrina?

Eponymous Entrepreneurs

[News]

August 21, 2017

The Economist features a paper that appeared in the June issue of The American Economic Review.

Will legalizing more immigrants reduce crime?

[Research Highlight]

January 18, 2017

Easing path to citizenship could give recent immigrants less incentive to seek out illegal ways of earning a living