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No women in the room

April 3, 2017

Are male-dominated tenure committees holding women back in academia?

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How can we make sure the best medical science gets funded?

March 29, 2017

Experts know best, but expertise has its downsides too

Call For Papers

AEA Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) Call for Papers

March 28, 2017

The Committee will be accepting proposals for ASSA 2018 until April 15, 2017.

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The price of doing business

March 27, 2017

Why didn't inflation slow more during the financial crisis?

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Loss-leaders: predatory or practical?

March 24, 2017

Do laws that restrict retailers from pricing items below cost actually harm consumers?

AEA in the news

Proposed law in Italy would give women "menstrual leave"

March 24, 2017

The Washington Post cited a 2009 paper published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics in an article about a proposed law in Italy to offer “menstrual leave” for working women.

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The Jobs Programs Trump's Budget Would Cut

March 23, 2017

The Atlantic cited a 2008 cost-benefit study of the Job Corps program that appeared in the American Economic Review

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How states can attract health insurers to rural counties

March 22, 2017

In some rural areas, ACA exchanges are barely hanging on

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Stopping the death spiral

March 21, 2017

What policies can keep health insurance markets from going down the drain?

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Women's work?

March 15, 2017

Why do female employees take on thankless tasks that men don’t want to do?