The Quarterly Journal of Economics
@qjeharvard.bsky.social
The Quarterly Journal of Economics is the oldest professional journal of Economics in the English language. Edited by the Department of Economics at Harvard.
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Disaggregated Economic Accounts,” by Andersen, Huber, Johannesen, Straub, and Vestergaard: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Disaggregated Economic Accounts*
Abstract. We develop a system of disaggregated economic accounts. The system breaks down national accounting positions into bilateral flows between consist
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February 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Disaggregated Economic Accounts,” by Andersen, Huber, Johannesen, Straub, and Vestergaard: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict,” by Gehring (@kaigehring.bsky.social) and Schaudt (@paulschaudt.bskz.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict*
Abstract. We provide quasi-experimental evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate drought-induced co
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February 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict,” by Gehring (@kaigehring.bsky.social) and Schaudt (@paulschaudt.bskz.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity,” by Acemoglu and Restrepo: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity*
Abstract. This paper studies the effects of automation in a task-based economy in which some jobs pay workers rents—wages above their outside option. We sh
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February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity,” by Acemoglu and Restrepo: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “A Theory of How Workers Keep up with Inflation,” by Afrouzi, Blanco, Drenik, and Hurst: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
A Theory of How Workers Keep up with Inflation*
Abstract. We develop a model that integrates modern theories of labor market flows with nominal wage rigidities to study the consequences of inflation on t
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February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “A Theory of How Workers Keep up with Inflation,” by Afrouzi, Blanco, Drenik, and Hurst: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply*
Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-
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January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “How Do You Identify a Good Manager?” by Weidmann, Vecci, Said, Bhalotra, Adhvaryu, Nyshadham, Tamayo, and Deming: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
How Do You Identify a Good Manager?
Abstract. We introduce and validate a novel approach to identifying good managers. In a pre-registered lab experiment, we causally identify managerial cont
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January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “How Do You Identify a Good Manager?” by Weidmann, Vecci, Said, Bhalotra, Adhvaryu, Nyshadham, Tamayo, and Deming: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia,” by Bernard, Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social), Orkin, Schinaia, and Taffesse (@astaffesse.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia*
Abstract. Aspirations may condition the future-oriented choices of individuals and thus may play a role in the persistence of poverty or the effort to brea
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January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia,” by Bernard, Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social), Orkin, Schinaia, and Taffesse (@astaffesse.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Leveraging Virtual Contact and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony,” by Siddique (@absidd.bsky.social), Vlassopoulos, and Zenou (@yveszenou.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Leveraging Virtual Contact and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony*
Abstract. This paper investigates whether virtual contact, initiated through a documentary film, can promote interethnic harmony. We carried out a cluster-
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January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Leveraging Virtual Contact and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony,” by Siddique (@absidd.bsky.social), Vlassopoulos, and Zenou (@yveszenou.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Growth Experiences and Trust in Government,” by Besley, Dann, and Dray: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Growth Experiences and Trust in Government*
Abstract. This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and trust in government using variation in GDP growth experienced over a lifetime si
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January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Growth Experiences and Trust in Government,” by Besley, Dann, and Dray: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Dobbie, Goldman, Porter, and Yang: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility*
Abstract. We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades in the U.S. and study the causal mechanisms underlyin
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January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Dobbie, Goldman, Porter, and Yang: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The February 2026 issue of the #QJE is now online here: academic.oup.com/qje/issue/14...
Volume 141 Issue 1 | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the President and Fellows of Harvard University. The oldest professional journal of economics in the English language, it covers all aspects of the field.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The February 2026 issue of the #QJE is now online here: academic.oup.com/qje/issue/14...
The #QJE received 2,212 new submissions during 2024:Q4 – 2025:Q3. 1,524 (69%) submissions were desk rejected and 688 were sent to referees. If sent to referees, median days to first decision = 34.5, mean days = 39, max days = 98. Thank you for your submissions, and to our referees!
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The #QJE received 2,212 new submissions during 2024:Q4 – 2025:Q3. 1,524 (69%) submissions were desk rejected and 688 were sent to referees. If sent to referees, median days to first decision = 34.5, mean days = 39, max days = 98. Thank you for your submissions, and to our referees!
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Marginal Returns to Public Universities,” by Jack Mountjoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Marginal Returns to Public Universities
Abstract. This paper studies the returns to enrolling in American public universities by comparing the long-term outcomes of barely admitted versus barely
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December 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Marginal Returns to Public Universities,” by Jack Mountjoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns,” by Rao (@nirupama.bsky.social) and Risch: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns*
Abstract. A common concern surrounding minimum wage policies is their impact on independent businesses, which are often feared to be less able to bear or p
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December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns,” by Rao (@nirupama.bsky.social) and Risch: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis,” by Almelhem, Iyigun, Kennedy, and Rubin (@jaredcrubin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis*
Abstract. We trace the evolution of the language of science, religion, and political economy in the centuries leading to the British Industrial Revolution.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis,” by Almelhem, Iyigun, Kennedy, and Rubin (@jaredcrubin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Permanent Capital Losses After Banking Crises,” by Baron, Laeven, Pénasse, and Usenko: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Permanent Capital Losses After Banking Crises
Abstract. We study the mechanisms driving bank losses across historical banking crises in 46 economies and the effectiveness of policy interventions in res
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Permanent Capital Losses After Banking Crises,” by Baron, Laeven, Pénasse, and Usenko: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market,” by Caldwell (@sydneecaldwell.bsky.social), Haegele, and Heining: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Bargaining and Inequality in The Labor Market*
Abstract. We use novel surveys of firms and workers, linked to administrative employer-employee data, to study the prevalence and importance of individual
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Bargaining and Inequality in the Labor Market,” by Caldwell (@sydneecaldwell.bsky.social), Haegele, and Heining: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
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October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006,” by Lyons (@ronanlyons), Shertzer (@econhist-allday), Gray (@econhistoryorbust), and Agorastos: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006*
Abstract. We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the 20th century using 2.7 million newspaper real
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October 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006,” by Lyons (@ronanlyons), Shertzer (@econhist-allday), Gray (@econhistoryorbust), and Agorastos: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The November 2025 issue of the #QJE is now online here: academic.oup.com/qje/issue/14...
Volume 140 Issue 4 | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the President and Fellows of Harvard University. The oldest professional journal of economics in the English language, it covers all aspects of the field.
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October 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The November 2025 issue of the #QJE is now online here: academic.oup.com/qje/issue/14...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations,” by Fukui, Nakamura, and Steinsson: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations
Abstract. We study the consequences of “regime-induced” exchange rate depreciations by comparing outcomes for peggers versus floaters to the US dollar in r
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October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations,” by Fukui, Nakamura, and Steinsson: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights After World War I,” by Ang and Chinoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights After World War I*
Abstract. Nearly 400,000 Black men were drafted into the National Army during World War I, where they toiled primarily as menial laborers in segregated uni
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October 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights After World War I,” by Ang and Chinoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Dollar Dominance and the Transmission of Monetary Policy,” by McLeay and Tenreyro: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Dollar Dominance and The Transmission of Monetary Policy*
Abstract. Has the dominance of the dollar in global trade rendered monetary policy ineffective? An emerging view contends that if a country invoices its ex
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October 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Dollar Dominance and the Transmission of Monetary Policy,” by McLeay and Tenreyro: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...