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Why do people in high-income countries work less?

January 24, 2018

Employment rates and individual hours worked both play a role.

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Making admissions more efficient

January 2, 2018

NYC reformed their high school admissions process, and it worked.

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Reconsidering the poverty line

December 22, 2017

Is the World Bank underestimating the minimum income needed to survive?

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Job flexibility

December 13, 2017

A video about the value employees put on alternative work arrangements.

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Back to work

December 8, 2017

The U.S. labor market is not as flexible as once thought.

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Why do people give?

December 4, 2017

An interview with Lise Vesterlund on how economics can help us better understand altruism.

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Use it or lose it

November 13, 2017

Expiring budgets lead to wasteful year-end spending.

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The partisan news effect on politics

November 1, 2017

How much does the political slant of cable news channels impact elections?

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A new crisis each time

October 30, 2017

Financial crises are bad, but they don’t have to be devastating.

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Born to be big

October 25, 2017

How do aggregate conditions when a startup launches influence its growth potential?