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The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study. Claudia Golden, Lawrence Katz, September 2014. Paper. "We study employers’ perceptions of…
Wealth Effects and Macroeconomics Dynamics. Karen Dynan, September 2014, Paper, "The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. …
Why Are So Many Countries Poor, Volatile, and Unequal? Ricardo Hausmann, 2014, Syllabus. "This course explores the causes and consequences of three salient and interrelated…
Jobless men are the thorniest social issue in the US. Edward Glaeser, August 31, 2014, Opinion. "WHEN I was born, in 1967, only 5.2 percent of men between ages 25 and 54 were…
How to Deregulate Cities and States. Edward Glaeser, Cass Sunstein, August 24, 2014, Opinion. "A lot of attention has been devoted in recent years to overregulation at the…
How to Deregulate Cities and States; Cost-benefit analysis and 'lookbacks' could lift the unnecessary burdens of occupational licensing. Edward Glaeser, Cass Sunstein, August…
The Subsidy Trap. Jeffrey Frankel, August 14, 2014. Opinion. "Few policies place good economics so directly at odds with good politics as subsidies for food and energy. The issue…
New Trade Models, New Welfare Implications. Marc Melitz, August 13, 2014, Paper. "We show that endogenous firm selection provides a new welfare margin for heterogeneous firm…
Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for Redistribution. James Alt, Torben Iversen, August 11, 2014, Paper, "We formalize and examine two overlapping models that…
It’s Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion across Establishments and Individuals in the U.S. Richard Freeman, August 2014, Paper. "This paper links data on…