The Quarterly Journal of Economics
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
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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, “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, “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 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, “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, “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, “Political Foundations of Racial Violence in the Post-Reconstruction South,” by Testa (@patesta.bsky.social) and Williams: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Failing Banks,” by Correia (@scorreia.com), Luck, and Verner (@emiverner.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice,” by Ash (@elliottash.bsky.social), Chen, and Naidu: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Ideas Have Consequences The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice*
Abstract. This paper empirically studies the effects of the early law-and-economics movement on the U.S. judiciary. We focus on the Manne Economics Institu
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Traditional Institutions in Modern Times: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate,” by Bau, Khanna, Low, and Voena: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Traditional Institutions in Modern Times: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate*
Abstract. This paper uses newly-collected data on the allocation of dowry to examine its role in resolving intergenerational frictions around migration in
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Aggregation and the Estimation of Quality Change: Application to U.S. Import Prices,” by Errico and Lashkari (@ldaniall.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration,” by Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data,” by Miyauchi, Nakajima, and Redding (@reddingecon.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Conviction, Incarceration, and Recidivism: Understanding the Revolving Door,” by Humphries, Ouss, Stavreva, Stevenson, and van Dijk: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment,” by Tim de Silva (@timdesilva.me): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment*
Abstract. Student loans with income-contingent repayment insure borrowers against income risk but can reduce their incentives to earn more. Using a change
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field,” by Jiang, Liu, Peng, and Yan: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field*
Abstract. We survey a large, representative sample of retail investors in China to elicit their memories of stock market investments and their return expec
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude and Channels of Local R&D Spillovers,” by Bergeaud (@abergeaud.bsky.social), Guillouzouic (@arthurgzouic.bsky.social), Henry, and Malgouyres: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude and Channels of Local R&D Spillovers*
Abstract. Introducing a new measure of scientific proximity between private firms and public research groups and exploiting a multi-billion euro financing
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980-2019,” by Amory Gethin: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980-2019*
Abstract. This article quantifies the role played by education in the reduction of global poverty. I propose tools for identifying the contribution of scho
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August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Present Bias Unconstrained: Consumption, Welfare, and the Present-Bias Dilemma,” by Peter Maxted: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Present Bias Unconstrained: Consumption, Welfare, and the Present-Bias Dilemma*
Abstract. By augmenting the continuous-time specification of Harris and Laibson (2013) with the assumption that hard borrowing constraints do not bind in e
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July 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Barriers to Global Capital Allocation,” by Pellegrino, Spolaore, and Wacziarg: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Bottom-Up Markup Fluctuations,” by Burstein, Carvalho, and Grassi (@basileg.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Are Inflationary Shocks Regressive? A Feasible Set Approach,” by Del Canto (@pipeton8.bsky.social), Grigsby (@johngrigsby.bsky.social), Qian (@ericqian.bsky.social), and Walsh (@conorwalsh.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Are Inflationary Shocks Regressive? A Feasible Set Approach
Abstract. We develop a framework to measure the welfare impact of macroeconomic shocks throughout the distribution. The first-order impact of a shock is su
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June 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement*
Abstract. Gender imbalance in time spent on child rearing causes gender inequalities in labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and economic mob
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June 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban India,” by Amaral, Borker, Fiala, Kumar, Prakash, and Sviatschi: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban India*
Abstract. We conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an innovative police patrol program on sexual harassment in public spaces in H
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June 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM