WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.

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The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global Versus Local Temperature*

Abstract. This paper estimates that the macroeconomic damages from climate change are an order of magnitude larger than previously thought. Exploiting natu

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A Theory of How Workers Keep up with Inflation*

Abstract. We develop a model that integrates modern theories of labor market flows with nominal wage rigidities to study the consequences of inflation on t

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Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity*

Abstract. This paper studies the effects of automation in a task-based economy in which some jobs pay workers rents—wages above their outside option. We sh

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Opinion | How to Bring Back the American Dream

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How Do You Identify a Good Manager?

Abstract. We introduce and validate a novel approach to identifying good managers. In a pre-registered lab experiment, we causally identify managerial cont

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(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply*

Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-

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Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility*

Abstract. We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades in the U.S. and study the causal mechanisms underlyin

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The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006*

Abstract. We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the twentieth century using 2.7 million newspaper

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Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic*

Abstract. In this article, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades:

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Marginal Returns to Public Universities*

Abstract. This article studies the returns to enrolling in U.S. public universities by comparing the long-term outcomes of barely admitted versus barely re

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Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns*

Abstract. A common concern surrounding minimum wage policies is their impact on independent businesses, which are often feared to be less able to bear or p

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Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market*

Abstract. We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employee data, to study the prevalence and importance of individual

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Traditional Institutions in Modern Times: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate*

Abstract. This paper uses newly collected data on the allocation of dowry to examine its role in resolving intergenerational frictions around migration in

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Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*

Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca

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Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*

Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of behavioral and contextual peer effects, along with co

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Volume 141 Issue 1 | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the President and Fellows of Harvard University. The oldest professional journal of economics in the English language, it covers all aspects of the field.

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Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic

Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t

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Bargaining and Inequality in The Labor Market*

Abstract. We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employee data, to study the prevalence and importance of individual

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Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*

Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca

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Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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Harvard Professor Stefanie Stantcheva on Zero-Sum Political Thinking

YouTube video by Harvard Magazine

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“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:” How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking*

Abstract. Does family history matter for policymaking in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe countries of birth for members,

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Episode 113: Peter Hull — Probable Causation

Date: March 11, 2025

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Micro MPCs and Macro Counterfactuals: The Case of the 2008 Rebates*

Abstract. We present evidence that the high estimated MPCs from the leading household studies result in implausible macroeconomic counterfactuals. Using th

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Voluntary Minimum Wages: The Local Labor Market Effects of National Retailer Policies*

Abstract. Low unionization rates, a falling real federal minimum wage, and outsourcing have hampered wage growth in the low-wage sector in the US for sever

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The Irreparable Damage Being Done to Federal Policy Research and Evaluation - Roosevelt Institute

Though their goals obviously differed, Republican and Democratic administrations have for decades relied on the work of social scientists both within and outside the government to conduct research on ...

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The Exemplary Radical Skeptic

Christopher Jencks, one of the Prospect’s founding group, has died.

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