Economic Inquiry
@ei-sky.bsky.social
Published since 1962, the goal of Economic Inquiry is to advance scientific knowledge in the domain of economics. As such we seek to publish work across all fields in economics.
How do we inspire future generations to pursue science?
Evidence from Tanzania showed that a STEM bootcamp increased children’s interest in science, improved academic engagement & self‐esteem, and shifted girls’ gender attitudes and perceptions.
tinyurl.com/2kbbwzbc
#Economics #STEM #tech
Evidence from Tanzania showed that a STEM bootcamp increased children’s interest in science, improved academic engagement & self‐esteem, and shifted girls’ gender attitudes and perceptions.
tinyurl.com/2kbbwzbc
#Economics #STEM #tech
August 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How do we inspire future generations to pursue science?
Evidence from Tanzania showed that a STEM bootcamp increased children’s interest in science, improved academic engagement & self‐esteem, and shifted girls’ gender attitudes and perceptions.
tinyurl.com/2kbbwzbc
#Economics #STEM #tech
Evidence from Tanzania showed that a STEM bootcamp increased children’s interest in science, improved academic engagement & self‐esteem, and shifted girls’ gender attitudes and perceptions.
tinyurl.com/2kbbwzbc
#Economics #STEM #tech
Does digital competition hurt truthful reporting?
Economists @ayushpan.bsky.social l & @icotrombetta.bsky.social construct a theoretical model to provide insights. For breaking news, speed can reduce accuracy, while for investigative work, reputation drives careful reporting.
tinyurl.com/mryp99zr
Economists @ayushpan.bsky.social l & @icotrombetta.bsky.social construct a theoretical model to provide insights. For breaking news, speed can reduce accuracy, while for investigative work, reputation drives careful reporting.
tinyurl.com/mryp99zr
June 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Does digital competition hurt truthful reporting?
Economists @ayushpan.bsky.social l & @icotrombetta.bsky.social construct a theoretical model to provide insights. For breaking news, speed can reduce accuracy, while for investigative work, reputation drives careful reporting.
tinyurl.com/mryp99zr
Economists @ayushpan.bsky.social l & @icotrombetta.bsky.social construct a theoretical model to provide insights. For breaking news, speed can reduce accuracy, while for investigative work, reputation drives careful reporting.
tinyurl.com/mryp99zr
How does regulation uncertainty affect energy markets?
Using natural language processing to measure regulatory uncertainty, this paper shows that rising uncertainty reduces oil production and harms both national and state economic outcomes.
tinyurl.com/4trpmsfz
#Economics #Energy #EconBlueSky
Using natural language processing to measure regulatory uncertainty, this paper shows that rising uncertainty reduces oil production and harms both national and state economic outcomes.
tinyurl.com/4trpmsfz
#Economics #Energy #EconBlueSky
June 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
How does regulation uncertainty affect energy markets?
Using natural language processing to measure regulatory uncertainty, this paper shows that rising uncertainty reduces oil production and harms both national and state economic outcomes.
tinyurl.com/4trpmsfz
#Economics #Energy #EconBlueSky
Using natural language processing to measure regulatory uncertainty, this paper shows that rising uncertainty reduces oil production and harms both national and state economic outcomes.
tinyurl.com/4trpmsfz
#Economics #Energy #EconBlueSky
Continuing our replicability symposium, economists @mdrouvelis.bsky.social and Zeyu Qiu revisit public goods games. They confirm existing evidence: cooperation and positive reciprocity are lower in maintenance than in provision stages. Results persist under income inequality.
tinyurl.com/4fwkb74a
tinyurl.com/4fwkb74a
June 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Continuing our replicability symposium, economists @mdrouvelis.bsky.social and Zeyu Qiu revisit public goods games. They confirm existing evidence: cooperation and positive reciprocity are lower in maintenance than in provision stages. Results persist under income inequality.
tinyurl.com/4fwkb74a
tinyurl.com/4fwkb74a
Are there hidden downsides of expanding government assistance benefits?
Through a lab experiment, this research suggests that newly-eligible individuals are less competitive compared to a treatment in which they do not qualify for the benefit.
tinyurl.com/2ez46d3j
#Economics #EconBlueSky
Through a lab experiment, this research suggests that newly-eligible individuals are less competitive compared to a treatment in which they do not qualify for the benefit.
tinyurl.com/2ez46d3j
#Economics #EconBlueSky
June 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are there hidden downsides of expanding government assistance benefits?
Through a lab experiment, this research suggests that newly-eligible individuals are less competitive compared to a treatment in which they do not qualify for the benefit.
tinyurl.com/2ez46d3j
#Economics #EconBlueSky
Through a lab experiment, this research suggests that newly-eligible individuals are less competitive compared to a treatment in which they do not qualify for the benefit.
tinyurl.com/2ez46d3j
#Economics #EconBlueSky
How do peers affect your undergraduate major choice?
This paper finds that students emulate peers when choosing majors. Moreover, the evidence points to social learning, rather than social utility, being the main driver of these effects.
tinyurl.com/bdz52w5k
#Economics #EconBlueSky #Education
This paper finds that students emulate peers when choosing majors. Moreover, the evidence points to social learning, rather than social utility, being the main driver of these effects.
tinyurl.com/bdz52w5k
#Economics #EconBlueSky #Education
May 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
How do peers affect your undergraduate major choice?
This paper finds that students emulate peers when choosing majors. Moreover, the evidence points to social learning, rather than social utility, being the main driver of these effects.
tinyurl.com/bdz52w5k
#Economics #EconBlueSky #Education
This paper finds that students emulate peers when choosing majors. Moreover, the evidence points to social learning, rather than social utility, being the main driver of these effects.
tinyurl.com/bdz52w5k
#Economics #EconBlueSky #Education
Indexing minimum wages to consumer price levels increases unemployment!
This paper finds evidence from Oregon that establishment employment falls 3.6% after indexing, implying an employment elasticity of −0.18.
tinyurl.com/23j5dhad
#EconBlueSky #Economics
This paper finds evidence from Oregon that establishment employment falls 3.6% after indexing, implying an employment elasticity of −0.18.
tinyurl.com/23j5dhad
#EconBlueSky #Economics
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Indexing minimum wages to consumer price levels increases unemployment!
This paper finds evidence from Oregon that establishment employment falls 3.6% after indexing, implying an employment elasticity of −0.18.
tinyurl.com/23j5dhad
#EconBlueSky #Economics
This paper finds evidence from Oregon that establishment employment falls 3.6% after indexing, implying an employment elasticity of −0.18.
tinyurl.com/23j5dhad
#EconBlueSky #Economics
Is there a relationship between child custody laws and a mother's work decisions?
This great paper studies the impact of COVID-19 on labor force outcomes for mothers based on child custody laws, marital status and parental educational attainment:
tinyurl.com/4b3pdaur
#EconBlueSky
This great paper studies the impact of COVID-19 on labor force outcomes for mothers based on child custody laws, marital status and parental educational attainment:
tinyurl.com/4b3pdaur
#EconBlueSky
April 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is there a relationship between child custody laws and a mother's work decisions?
This great paper studies the impact of COVID-19 on labor force outcomes for mothers based on child custody laws, marital status and parental educational attainment:
tinyurl.com/4b3pdaur
#EconBlueSky
This great paper studies the impact of COVID-19 on labor force outcomes for mothers based on child custody laws, marital status and parental educational attainment:
tinyurl.com/4b3pdaur
#EconBlueSky
Interested in game theory?
This paper explores the estimated revealed-preference Nash-equilibrium's predictive power in contributions to public goods.
In the right circumstances, many real-life public-good problems may be solvable!
tinyurl.com/mr2dh74j
#EconBlueSky #Economics #GameTheory
This paper explores the estimated revealed-preference Nash-equilibrium's predictive power in contributions to public goods.
In the right circumstances, many real-life public-good problems may be solvable!
tinyurl.com/mr2dh74j
#EconBlueSky #Economics #GameTheory
April 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Interested in game theory?
This paper explores the estimated revealed-preference Nash-equilibrium's predictive power in contributions to public goods.
In the right circumstances, many real-life public-good problems may be solvable!
tinyurl.com/mr2dh74j
#EconBlueSky #Economics #GameTheory
This paper explores the estimated revealed-preference Nash-equilibrium's predictive power in contributions to public goods.
In the right circumstances, many real-life public-good problems may be solvable!
tinyurl.com/mr2dh74j
#EconBlueSky #Economics #GameTheory
Inflation responds differently to persistent versus transient fluctuations in the unemployment gap!
This finding shows that the Phillips curve has not weakened, and that some inflation puzzles can be solved.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/fs774mvw
This finding shows that the Phillips curve has not weakened, and that some inflation puzzles can be solved.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/fs774mvw
April 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Inflation responds differently to persistent versus transient fluctuations in the unemployment gap!
This finding shows that the Phillips curve has not weakened, and that some inflation puzzles can be solved.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/fs774mvw
This finding shows that the Phillips curve has not weakened, and that some inflation puzzles can be solved.
Read more here:
tinyurl.com/fs774mvw
How do workers respond to wage increases in for-profit and non-profit firms?
These authors find workers are more responsive to higher wages in a non-profit setting, contrary to theories in prior economics research!
tinyurl.com/54mtx53k
#EconBlueSky #Economics
These authors find workers are more responsive to higher wages in a non-profit setting, contrary to theories in prior economics research!
tinyurl.com/54mtx53k
#EconBlueSky #Economics
April 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How do workers respond to wage increases in for-profit and non-profit firms?
These authors find workers are more responsive to higher wages in a non-profit setting, contrary to theories in prior economics research!
tinyurl.com/54mtx53k
#EconBlueSky #Economics
These authors find workers are more responsive to higher wages in a non-profit setting, contrary to theories in prior economics research!
tinyurl.com/54mtx53k
#EconBlueSky #Economics
Estimates of psychological anchoring effects normally fail to achieve a statistical power of more than 30%. These authors greatly improve on this in this replication exercise and achieve a statistical power of 96%!
tinyurl.com/4my7uece
#EconBlueSky #economics
tinyurl.com/4my7uece
#EconBlueSky #economics
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Estimates of psychological anchoring effects normally fail to achieve a statistical power of more than 30%. These authors greatly improve on this in this replication exercise and achieve a statistical power of 96%!
tinyurl.com/4my7uece
#EconBlueSky #economics
tinyurl.com/4my7uece
#EconBlueSky #economics
An exciting new economics paper finds persistent long-run peer effects of working with future executives!
They do this using career history data at the Japanese central administration from 1946 to 2019.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y49fju3j
#EconBlueSky #Economics
They do this using career history data at the Japanese central administration from 1946 to 2019.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y49fju3j
#EconBlueSky #Economics
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An exciting new economics paper finds persistent long-run peer effects of working with future executives!
They do this using career history data at the Japanese central administration from 1946 to 2019.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y49fju3j
#EconBlueSky #Economics
They do this using career history data at the Japanese central administration from 1946 to 2019.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/y49fju3j
#EconBlueSky #Economics
What is the relationship between asset return heterogeneity and wage heterogeneity?
This author uses novel panel-data measurements for returns on household assets.
They find permanent wage risks are correlated with transitory asset risks!
tinyurl.com/ye22mdjp
#EconBluesky
This author uses novel panel-data measurements for returns on household assets.
They find permanent wage risks are correlated with transitory asset risks!
tinyurl.com/ye22mdjp
#EconBluesky
March 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What is the relationship between asset return heterogeneity and wage heterogeneity?
This author uses novel panel-data measurements for returns on household assets.
They find permanent wage risks are correlated with transitory asset risks!
tinyurl.com/ye22mdjp
#EconBluesky
This author uses novel panel-data measurements for returns on household assets.
They find permanent wage risks are correlated with transitory asset risks!
tinyurl.com/ye22mdjp
#EconBluesky
Are neighboring languages more similar when there are inter-ethnic trade gains to be made?
Economists @omerozakecon.bsky.social and Javier Gonzales find this is true by replicating and improving on prior research!
The paper and information on replication can be found here: tinyurl.com/yxuc3tu3
Economists @omerozakecon.bsky.social and Javier Gonzales find this is true by replicating and improving on prior research!
The paper and information on replication can be found here: tinyurl.com/yxuc3tu3
March 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Are neighboring languages more similar when there are inter-ethnic trade gains to be made?
Economists @omerozakecon.bsky.social and Javier Gonzales find this is true by replicating and improving on prior research!
The paper and information on replication can be found here: tinyurl.com/yxuc3tu3
Economists @omerozakecon.bsky.social and Javier Gonzales find this is true by replicating and improving on prior research!
The paper and information on replication can be found here: tinyurl.com/yxuc3tu3
Our Editorial Board has chosen our Paper of the Year for 2024. This paper presents important results regarding the trustworthiness of economic research. Congratulations to Anna, Magnus and Yifan! doi.org/10.1111/ecin...
February 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Our Editorial Board has chosen our Paper of the Year for 2024. This paper presents important results regarding the trustworthiness of economic research. Congratulations to Anna, Magnus and Yifan! doi.org/10.1111/ecin...
Does growing up in a risky environment make one more likely to take risks in the future?
In some cases, yes! This paper provides evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ya4a4vna
#EconBlueSky
In some cases, yes! This paper provides evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ya4a4vna
#EconBlueSky
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Does growing up in a risky environment make one more likely to take risks in the future?
In some cases, yes! This paper provides evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ya4a4vna
#EconBlueSky
In some cases, yes! This paper provides evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/ya4a4vna
#EconBlueSky
Why do studies answering the same question often find differing results? Minor changes in research approach and differences in 'flexibility' between researchers may be driving this! This paper shows this effect for papers studying the impact of Covid 19-era policies!
tinyurl.com/ykrkunky
tinyurl.com/ykrkunky
February 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why do studies answering the same question often find differing results? Minor changes in research approach and differences in 'flexibility' between researchers may be driving this! This paper shows this effect for papers studying the impact of Covid 19-era policies!
tinyurl.com/ykrkunky
tinyurl.com/ykrkunky
How can we increase organ donations? Researchers in the paper below provide a framework analyzing organ donation behaviors and trends. Using novel data sources, they find dynamic trends explain most of organ donation sign-ups!
Find out more here:
tinyurl.com/3fk5t6at
#EconBlueSky
Find out more here:
tinyurl.com/3fk5t6at
#EconBlueSky
February 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How can we increase organ donations? Researchers in the paper below provide a framework analyzing organ donation behaviors and trends. Using novel data sources, they find dynamic trends explain most of organ donation sign-ups!
Find out more here:
tinyurl.com/3fk5t6at
#EconBlueSky
Find out more here:
tinyurl.com/3fk5t6at
#EconBlueSky
This paper finds technology spillovers from North-South licensing harm both regions.
Stronger spillover effects reduce innovation in advanced nations and adaptation in developing ones!
tinyurl.com/4kdr4fvu
#EconBlueSky
Stronger spillover effects reduce innovation in advanced nations and adaptation in developing ones!
tinyurl.com/4kdr4fvu
#EconBlueSky
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This paper finds technology spillovers from North-South licensing harm both regions.
Stronger spillover effects reduce innovation in advanced nations and adaptation in developing ones!
tinyurl.com/4kdr4fvu
#EconBlueSky
Stronger spillover effects reduce innovation in advanced nations and adaptation in developing ones!
tinyurl.com/4kdr4fvu
#EconBlueSky
Why wasn't optimal lock-down policy implemented during the pandemic? This paper explores the impacts of frictions regarding implementation, and the constraints reality brings to this problem!
tinyurl.com/mr37apxf
#econtwitter #econbluesky
tinyurl.com/mr37apxf
#econtwitter #econbluesky
January 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why wasn't optimal lock-down policy implemented during the pandemic? This paper explores the impacts of frictions regarding implementation, and the constraints reality brings to this problem!
tinyurl.com/mr37apxf
#econtwitter #econbluesky
tinyurl.com/mr37apxf
#econtwitter #econbluesky
These authors find that only 6% of publications in the German Socio-Economic Panel contain replication code!
Incentives to increase code provision are driven by technological advances, individual researcher initiatives, and journal policies.
tinyurl.com/vk6c56z7
#EconSky
Incentives to increase code provision are driven by technological advances, individual researcher initiatives, and journal policies.
tinyurl.com/vk6c56z7
#EconSky
January 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
These authors find that only 6% of publications in the German Socio-Economic Panel contain replication code!
Incentives to increase code provision are driven by technological advances, individual researcher initiatives, and journal policies.
tinyurl.com/vk6c56z7
#EconSky
Incentives to increase code provision are driven by technological advances, individual researcher initiatives, and journal policies.
tinyurl.com/vk6c56z7
#EconSky
Having children exacerbates the downward-sloping age-occupational-mobility profile!
Parenthood can explain 22% and 12% of the declines in occupational mobility for working men and women. This effect is even greater for workers in disadvantaged groups!
#EconSky #Parenthood
tinyurl.com/3mbvhaws
Parenthood can explain 22% and 12% of the declines in occupational mobility for working men and women. This effect is even greater for workers in disadvantaged groups!
#EconSky #Parenthood
tinyurl.com/3mbvhaws
December 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Having children exacerbates the downward-sloping age-occupational-mobility profile!
Parenthood can explain 22% and 12% of the declines in occupational mobility for working men and women. This effect is even greater for workers in disadvantaged groups!
#EconSky #Parenthood
tinyurl.com/3mbvhaws
Parenthood can explain 22% and 12% of the declines in occupational mobility for working men and women. This effect is even greater for workers in disadvantaged groups!
#EconSky #Parenthood
tinyurl.com/3mbvhaws
⬇️ Here is a new lexicon for economic texts!
tinyurl.com/nhfvwsmf
This lexicon supports a wide range of terms used in economic applications and provides a human-annotated sentiment score of -1 to 1.
#lexicon #sentimentanalysis #llm #economics
@weai.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/nhfvwsmf
This lexicon supports a wide range of terms used in economic applications and provides a human-annotated sentiment score of -1 to 1.
#lexicon #sentimentanalysis #llm #economics
@weai.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM
⬇️ Here is a new lexicon for economic texts!
tinyurl.com/nhfvwsmf
This lexicon supports a wide range of terms used in economic applications and provides a human-annotated sentiment score of -1 to 1.
#lexicon #sentimentanalysis #llm #economics
@weai.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/nhfvwsmf
This lexicon supports a wide range of terms used in economic applications and provides a human-annotated sentiment score of -1 to 1.
#lexicon #sentimentanalysis #llm #economics
@weai.bsky.social