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Gender and the macroeconomy

October 21, 2025

How has women's labor force participation shaped America's business cycles?

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Uneven sectoral dynamics of the COVID-19 recession

August 6, 2025

The pandemic reorganized the US business sector, creating clear economic winners and losers.

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Moving down the jobs ladder

June 17, 2025

The role of jobless duration in understanding persistent earnings losses.

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Climate shocks and the economy

April 30, 2025

Is the US economy adapting to more severe weather patterns?

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The uneven labor market impact of industrial robots

March 6, 2025

How are the effects of automation spread across the population?

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The Gulags and the intelligentsia

February 5, 2025

How forced relocation of Soviet intellectuals shaped Russia's economic geography.

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Origins of the 40-hour workweek

November 6, 2024

How did workweek restrictions instituted during the Great Depression impact US labor markets?

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Explaining differences in the college wage premium across countries

August 16, 2024

Do employment protection policies help buoy the wages of less educated workers relative to their more educated counterparts?

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Business dynamism and housing markets

May 1, 2024

Do house prices impact the share of workers at young firms?

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Immigrant communities and economic development

February 28, 2024

The effect of established Danish settlements on the US dairy industry.