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Valuing past performance

July 15, 2020

How much do reference letters boost a job seeker's prospects for landing an interview?

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July 13, 2020

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Promoting smaller families

July 13, 2020

Fertility rates are declining in poor countries. Family planning campaigns are part of the reason why.

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Autocracies in the information age

July 8, 2020

UCLA professor Daniel Treisman discusses how today’s dictators retain their power and how to fight back.

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The tyranny of the top five

July 6, 2020

Is there too much pressure to publish in the highest-ranked journals?

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Regulation by shaming

July 2, 2020

Publicizing safety violations at one company has ripple effects that lead to improvements at other workplaces.

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Seeking equity outside academia

July 1, 2020

Is the economics profession’s pay gap different when working for the government?

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Rebel radio

June 29, 2020

Can a simple message to come home convince insurgents to leave the battlefield?

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Rethinking racial discrimination

June 24, 2020

Harvard professor Mario Small discusses how sociology can help economics diversify its perspective.

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The enduring effect of communism

June 22, 2020

East Germany hasn’t caught up with the rest of the country. Why?