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The persistence of the gender wage gap

June 26, 2017
The Gainesville Sun cited papers in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Literature in a column about the gender wage gap.
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Will work for insurance

June 23, 2017
Would expanding Medicaid make people less willing to hold a job?
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Hiring at home

June 21, 2017
How Saudi Arabia boosted employment and why its success was so costly
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What's in a name?

June 19, 2017
Companies named for their founders do better. This video explains why more firms don't bear their owners’ names
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Why do mothers earn less?

June 14, 2017
An interview with Erik Plug about the "motherhood penalty" and what it means for working moms
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The resource curse in action

June 12, 2017
Violence in mineral-rich regions of Africa rose along with commodity prices