Kids and job inequality

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Becoming a parent impacts career prospects, but hurts women much more than men.

Sticky wages and recessions

[Research Highlight]

November 06, 2019

Unemployment in Indian villages was exacerbated when laborers resisted pay cuts during bad times.

Fighting poverty with a living wage

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How much would raising the minimum wage increase family incomes?

An efficient way to reduce emissions

[Research Highlight]

October 28, 2019

Carbon taxes may be more effective in curbing pollution than previously believed.

Capping health insurers’ profit margins

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November 14, 2019

Did Obamacare regulations bring down premiums? Probably not.

The factions of populism

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Economic nationalist and isolationist policies being championed in western Europe include groups across the political spectrum.

2019 Mitsui Finance Symposium

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November 19, 2019

The symposium will be held at the University of Michigan on June 25-27, 2020.

Cutting off support

[Research Highlight]

November 11, 2019

The AEA interviews Thiemo Fetzer about how austerity policies after the financial crisis led to Brexit.

The price tag for the trade wars

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How much did the 2018 tariffs raise the cost of imports?

The Term Structure of Currency Carry Trade Risk Premia

By Hanno Lustig, Andreas Stathopoulos, and Adrien Verdelhan

American Economic Review, December 2019

Fixing the investment horizon, the returns to currency carry trades decrease as the maturity of the foreign bonds increases. Across developed countries, the local currency term premia, which increase with the maturity of the bonds, offset the currency ris...

Discriminating against Captive Customers

By Mark Armstrong and John Vickers

American Economic Review: Insights, December 2019

We analyze a market where some consumers only consider buying from a specific seller while other consumers choose the best deal from several sellers. When sellers are able to discriminate against their captive customers, we show that discrimination harms ...

Reported Effects versus Revealed-Preference Estimates: Evidence from the Propensity to Spend Tax Rebates

By Jonathan A. Parker and Nicholas S. Souleles

American Economic Review: Insights, December 2019

We evaluate the consistency of two methods for estimating the effect of an economic policy: (i) asking people how the policy caused them to change their behavior (reported effects) and (ii) inferring this change using data on behavior and differences in t...

When consolidation and competition go hand in hand

[Research Highlight]

November 26, 2019

Growing demand for hotels led to fewer, bigger firms in the 70s—but the business didn’t become any less cutthroat.

Embracing our differences

[Research Highlight]

November 13, 2019

What effect does campus racial diversity have on the way whites act toward minority students?

2019 AEJ Best Paper Nominations

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November 29, 2018

The AEA is now accepting nominations for the AEJ Best Paper Awards.

Charter Cities Conference Call for Papers

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December 03, 2019

The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2020.

Screened out

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How do increased "application costs" for disability benefits affect who gets assistance?

10th Anniversary of the Financial Crisis: Joint Interview

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal Panelists: Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution; Timothy Geithner, Warburg Pincus; Henry Paulson, Paulson Institute

How Can Economics Solve Its Gender Problem?

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Panelists: Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution; Susan Athey, Stanford University; Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, University of Maryland; Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago

Tax Policy and the Economy

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University Speaker: Kevin Hassett, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers Topic: Tax Policy and the Economy: An Early Look at the Economic Impact of TCJA