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Antitrust and innovation

January 4, 2021

How did the 1956 consent decree against Bell Labs spur new inventions?

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2020 in Research Highlights

December 28, 2020

Economists tackled racial discrimination, border walls, collusion, and more.

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The promise of conditional cash transfers

December 23, 2020

Rema Hanna discusses how giving families money affects child development in the long run.

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Testing the welfare magnet hypothesis

December 21, 2020

Do generous public benefits attract more immigrants?

Announcement

The American Statistical Association invites nominations and application for the position of editor for Statistics and Public Policy

December 18, 2020

Nominations are due by January 5, 2021 and applications are due by February 8, 2021.

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Wholesale collusion?

December 18, 2020

Reforms to African agriculture markets didn’t help farmers or consumers as intended. The reason seems to be with how intermediary traders set prices.

Call For Papers

Call for Papers on Financial Distress and Bankrupcy

December 17, 2020

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2021.

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Hidden genius

December 16, 2020

How does a successful research career relate to where someone was born?

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Rural education and the send-down movement

December 14, 2020

A chaotic episode in China’s past paved the way for better schooling in the countryside.

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Gendered laws

December 9, 2020

Penny Goldberg discusses how legal gender discrimination affects women’s economic opportunities around the globe.