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Quantifying the effects of large-scale deportations on wages, prices, and real incomes in the United States, from Javier Cravino, Andrei A. Levchenko, Francesc Ortega, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar www.nber.org/papers/w34790
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Quantifying the effects of large-scale deportations on wages, prices, and real incomes in the United States, from Javier Cravino, Andrei A. Levchenko, Francesc Ortega, and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar www.nber.org/papers/w34790
US policymakers and scientists show much lower support for proposals with China-based versus Germany-based collaborators, with similar patterns across fields, from Alexander C. Furnas, Ruixue Jia, Margaret E. Roberts, and Dashun Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34789
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
US policymakers and scientists show much lower support for proposals with China-based versus Germany-based collaborators, with similar patterns across fields, from Alexander C. Furnas, Ruixue Jia, Margaret E. Roberts, and Dashun Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34789
Examining the relationship between the rise in cocaine-related overdose deaths in the US and increased coca cultivation in Colombia in the late 2010s, from Xinming Du, Benjamin Hansen, Shan Zhang, and Eric Zou www.nber.org/papers/w34788
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Examining the relationship between the rise in cocaine-related overdose deaths in the US and increased coca cultivation in Colombia in the late 2010s, from Xinming Du, Benjamin Hansen, Shan Zhang, and Eric Zou www.nber.org/papers/w34788
Study of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests presents evidence that protests increase fiscal transfers to protesting regions, but only in politically aligned areas, from @belindaarch.bsky.social, Chinemelu Okafor, Evans S. Osabuohien, and Tom Moerenhout www.nber.org/papers/w34787
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Study of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests presents evidence that protests increase fiscal transfers to protesting regions, but only in politically aligned areas, from @belindaarch.bsky.social, Chinemelu Okafor, Evans S. Osabuohien, and Tom Moerenhout www.nber.org/papers/w34787
A review finds that malpractice reform can lead to beneficial changes in the health care system, but more research is needed, from Charles J. Courtemanche and Joseph Garuccio www.nber.org/papers/w34764
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A review finds that malpractice reform can lead to beneficial changes in the health care system, but more research is needed, from Charles J. Courtemanche and Joseph Garuccio www.nber.org/papers/w34764
Open call for papers, NBER Summer Institute Conference on Financial Market Structure. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 18, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on March 26, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Open call for papers, NBER Summer Institute Conference on Financial Market Structure. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 18, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on March 26, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Workers’ and non-workers’ wellbeing varies by age across 171 countries in eight international surveys. In 103 countries (60 percent) evidence is found that workers’ wellbeing rises with age, from David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson www.nber.org/papers/w34786
February 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Workers’ and non-workers’ wellbeing varies by age across 171 countries in eight international surveys. In 103 countries (60 percent) evidence is found that workers’ wellbeing rises with age, from David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson www.nber.org/papers/w34786
Examining the effects of the Tokyo Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on imports and inequality in the US, from Andrew Greenland, James Lake, and John Lopresti www.nber.org/papers/w34785
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Examining the effects of the Tokyo Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on imports and inequality in the US, from Andrew Greenland, James Lake, and John Lopresti www.nber.org/papers/w34785
Surveying recent research on changing culture and social norms in developing countries and proposing a simple framework to interpret these changes, from Eliana La Ferrara and David H. Yanagizawa-Drott www.nber.org/papers/w34784
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Surveying recent research on changing culture and social norms in developing countries and proposing a simple framework to interpret these changes, from Eliana La Ferrara and David H. Yanagizawa-Drott www.nber.org/papers/w34784
Demonstrating that depositor inattention gives rise to banks’ deposit market power, from Xu Lu and Lingxuan Wu www.nber.org/papers/w34783
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Demonstrating that depositor inattention gives rise to banks’ deposit market power, from Xu Lu and Lingxuan Wu www.nber.org/papers/w34783
Studying how managers’ gender attitudes shape workplace culture and gender inequality, from Virginia Minni, Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Heather Sarsons, and Carla Srebot www.nber.org/papers/w34782
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Studying how managers’ gender attitudes shape workplace culture and gender inequality, from Virginia Minni, Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Heather Sarsons, and Carla Srebot www.nber.org/papers/w34782
When AI augments rather than replaces workers, human capital becomes central. More AI-expert workers amplify productivity gains from new AI tools while dampening wage inequality, from Ajay K. Agrawal, John McHale, and Alexander Oettl www.nber.org/papers/w34781
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
When AI augments rather than replaces workers, human capital becomes central. More AI-expert workers amplify productivity gains from new AI tools while dampening wage inequality, from Ajay K. Agrawal, John McHale, and Alexander Oettl www.nber.org/papers/w34781
Common practices in AI training involving embedding preferences in loss are suboptimal relative to post-processing, from @joshgans.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34780
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Common practices in AI training involving embedding preferences in loss are suboptimal relative to post-processing, from @joshgans.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34780
Arguing that AI will likely be the most important technology we have ever developed. Examining what economics has to say about this possibility, and what our economic future might look like, from Charles I. Jones www.nber.org/papers/w34779
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Arguing that AI will likely be the most important technology we have ever developed. Examining what economics has to say about this possibility, and what our economic future might look like, from Charles I. Jones www.nber.org/papers/w34779
Special education students tend to be placed in less intensive environments in charter schools, and achievement improves, from Scott A. Imberman and Andrew S. Johnson www.nber.org/papers/w34778
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Special education students tend to be placed in less intensive environments in charter schools, and achievement improves, from Scott A. Imberman and Andrew S. Johnson www.nber.org/papers/w34778
New book entry has tripled with the diffusion of LLMs. While average quality falls, the number of relatively high-quality books rises, with large possible consumer benefits, from Imke Reimers and Joel Waldfogel www.nber.org/papers/w34777
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
New book entry has tripled with the diffusion of LLMs. While average quality falls, the number of relatively high-quality books rises, with large possible consumer benefits, from Imke Reimers and Joel Waldfogel www.nber.org/papers/w34777
Shifting control over Chinese city audits from municipal to provincial authorities led to improved audit outcomes, highlighting agency challenges involved in decentralization, from Jian Chu, Raymond Fisman, Yongxiang Wang, and Maoliang Ye www.nber.org/papers/w34776
February 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Shifting control over Chinese city audits from municipal to provincial authorities led to improved audit outcomes, highlighting agency challenges involved in decentralization, from Jian Chu, Raymond Fisman, Yongxiang Wang, and Maoliang Ye www.nber.org/papers/w34776
Open call for papers, Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives on AI in China. Conference to be held in Toronto, Canada on September 23–24, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on June 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-ar...
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Open call for papers, Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives on AI in China. Conference to be held in Toronto, Canada on September 23–24, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on June 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-ar...
Restrictive immigration quotas in the 1920s reduced intergenerational mobility for US-born white men, and had imprecise but positive effects on intergenerational mobility of Black men, from @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social, Yi-Ju Hung, Marco Tabellini, and Monia Tomasella www.nber.org/papers/w34775
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Restrictive immigration quotas in the 1920s reduced intergenerational mobility for US-born white men, and had imprecise but positive effects on intergenerational mobility of Black men, from @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social, Yi-Ju Hung, Marco Tabellini, and Monia Tomasella www.nber.org/papers/w34775
Introducing a framework for estimating demand across multiple assets with bidding data, from Jason Allen, Jakub Kastl, and Milena Wittwer www.nber.org/papers/w34774
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Introducing a framework for estimating demand across multiple assets with bidding data, from Jason Allen, Jakub Kastl, and Milena Wittwer www.nber.org/papers/w34774
Using new data from the MacArthur Foundation to show how foundation advice and publicity can boost fundraising outcomes for small charities, from Daniel M. Hungerman, Teresa Harrison, and Sherry X. Li www.nber.org/papers/w34773
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Using new data from the MacArthur Foundation to show how foundation advice and publicity can boost fundraising outcomes for small charities, from Daniel M. Hungerman, Teresa Harrison, and Sherry X. Li www.nber.org/papers/w34773
Psychiatric hospital entry encourages specialization and market segmentation that benefits the general acute care hospital industry, from Daniel R. Arnold, Michael R. Richards, and @cwhaley.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34772
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Psychiatric hospital entry encourages specialization and market segmentation that benefits the general acute care hospital industry, from Daniel R. Arnold, Michael R. Richards, and @cwhaley.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34772
Place-based estimates of the impact of climate change on agricultural output depend on farmer adaptation choices at the extensive margin, from Robert Huang and Matthew E. Kahn www.nber.org/papers/w34771
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Place-based estimates of the impact of climate change on agricultural output depend on farmer adaptation choices at the extensive margin, from Robert Huang and Matthew E. Kahn www.nber.org/papers/w34771
With a sharp life-cycle, innovative industries need different competition policies than static ones. Governments can wait to intervene if and when concentration becomes excessive, from Martin Beraja and Francisco J. Buera www.nber.org/papers/w34770
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
With a sharp life-cycle, innovative industries need different competition policies than static ones. Governments can wait to intervene if and when concentration becomes excessive, from Martin Beraja and Francisco J. Buera www.nber.org/papers/w34770