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Validate User

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Volume 141 Issue 3 | 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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What Jobs Come to Mind? Stereotypes About Fields of Study*

Abstract. We test for stereotyping—the exaggeration of representative traits—in a high-stakes economic environment. Using both surveys administered among u

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Beliefs About the Economy are Excessively Sensitive to Household-Level Shocks: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data*

Abstract. We study how people’s beliefs about the economy covary with household-level events, utilizing a unique link between Danish administrative data an

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International Reserve Management Under Rollover Crises*

Abstract. This paper investigates how a government should manage international reserves when it faces the risk of a rollover crisis. We ask, should the gov

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The Power of Proximity to Coworkers*

Abstract. How does proximity to coworkers affect training and productivity? We study software engineers at a Fortune 500 firm from 2019 to 2024, leveraging

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Public Services Under Private Management*

Abstract. Theory predicts that outsourcing public services to the private sector can reduce costs and improve efficiency, but can also induce cost-cutting

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Praying for Rain*

Abstract. We study rainmaking as an instrumental religious belief. We present a model in which a religious leader tries to persuade people to believe. Pray

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Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association*

Abstract. This study examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical p

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The Effects of Mandatory Profit-Sharing on Workers and Firms: Evidence from France*

Abstract. Since 1967, all French firms with more than 100 employees have been required to share a fraction of their excess profits with their employees. Th

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Collusion with Optimal Information Disclosure*

Abstract. Motivated by recent concerns surrounding the use of third-party pricing algorithms by competing firms, we study repeated Bertrand competition whe

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Codification, Technology Absorption, and The Globalization of the Industrial Revolution*

Abstract. This paper examines the global adoption of technology in the late nineteenth century. We construct several novel datasets to test the idea that t

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Volume 141 Issue 2 | 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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“Compensate the Losers?” Economic Policy and the Origins of U.S. Partisan Realignment

Abstract. We argue that the Democratic Party’s evolution on economic policy helps explain partisan realignment by education. First, we document that educat

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Technology Sophistication Across Establishments*

Abstract. We study technology sophistication using a novel approach that measures the sophistication of the most advanced (MAX) and the most widely used (M

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MAking The Invisible Hand Visible: Managers and The Allocation of Workers to Jobs*

Abstract. Why do managers matter for firm performance? This paper provides evidence of the critical role of managers in matching workers to jobs within the

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The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military*

Abstract. Do men negatively respond when women first enter an occupation? We answer this question by studying the end of one of the final explicit occupati

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Peer Effects and the Gender Gap in Corporate Leadership: Evidence from MBA Students*

Abstract. Women continue to be underrepresented in corporate leadership positions. This paper studies the role of social connections in women’s career adva

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Trust and Innovation Within the Firm: Evidence from Matched CEO-Firm Data*

Abstract. This paper shows that CEO’s trust enhances innovation within firms, providing a novel micro-foundation for the well-known trust-growth relationsh

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Complete Pass-Through in Levels

Abstract. Empirical studies find that the pass-through of input cost changes to prices is incomplete: a 10 percent increase in costs causes downstream pric

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Monetary Policy and Sovereign Risk in Emerging Economies (NK-Default)*

Abstract. This paper develops a New Keynesian model with sovereign default risk. Inflation is set by forward-looking firms, monetary policy is an interest

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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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Civil War–Induced Displacement and Human Capital

Abstract. We study the impact of conflict-induced displacement on human capital and occupational shifts, focusing on the Mozambican civil war (1977 - 1992)

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Disaggregated Economic Accounts*

Abstract. We develop a system of disaggregated economic accounts. The system breaks down national accounting positions into bilateral flows between consist

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Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict*

Abstract. We provide quasi-experimental evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate drought-induced co

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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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