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Scaling early childhood programs, from John A. List www.nber.org/papers/w34674
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Scaling early childhood programs, from John A. List www.nber.org/papers/w34674
Recent efforts to legalize cannabis for recreational consumption have not led to an increase in child maltreatment reports, from @wechen.bsky.social, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Michael T. French www.nber.org/papers/w34673
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Recent efforts to legalize cannabis for recreational consumption have not led to an increase in child maltreatment reports, from @wechen.bsky.social, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Michael T. French www.nber.org/papers/w34673
Open call for abstracts, Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care. Conference to be held in Rockville, MD on June 18, 2026. Submit abstracts by 11:59pm EDT on February 28, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-ad...
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Open call for abstracts, Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care. Conference to be held in Rockville, MD on June 18, 2026. Submit abstracts by 11:59pm EDT on February 28, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-ad...
Uneven gains from globalization can yield protectionism. Trade-exposed US regions (especially low-wealth areas) turn anti-trade and firms increase lobbying expenditures, from Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Tomohide Mineyama, and Dongho Song www.nber.org/papers/w34672
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Uneven gains from globalization can yield protectionism. Trade-exposed US regions (especially low-wealth areas) turn anti-trade and firms increase lobbying expenditures, from Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Tomohide Mineyama, and Dongho Song www.nber.org/papers/w34672
Open call for papers, Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century. Conference to be held virtually on May 15, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on March 11, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-tr...
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Open call for papers, Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century. Conference to be held virtually on May 15, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on March 11, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/economics-tr...
Non-linear approaches in estimating climate impacts can generate spurious findings, from Benjamin Jones, Jacob Moscona, Benjamin A. Olken, and Cristine von Dessauer www.nber.org/papers/w34671
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Non-linear approaches in estimating climate impacts can generate spurious findings, from Benjamin Jones, Jacob Moscona, Benjamin A. Olken, and Cristine von Dessauer www.nber.org/papers/w34671
Open call for papers, NBER-SAIF Conference on AI and Financial Markets. Conference to be held virtually on June 15–16, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 26, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/nber-saif-co...
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Open call for papers, NBER-SAIF Conference on AI and Financial Markets. Conference to be held virtually on June 15–16, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 26, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/nber-saif-co...
Providing fresh guidance on measuring the effective rate of protection, from Emily J. Blanchard, Mitchell W. Boice, and Robert C. Johnson www.nber.org/papers/w34670
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Providing fresh guidance on measuring the effective rate of protection, from Emily J. Blanchard, Mitchell W. Boice, and Robert C. Johnson www.nber.org/papers/w34670
Price discrimination can be sustained under frictionless arbitrage when consumer preferences involve income effects, from @joshgans.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34669
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Price discrimination can be sustained under frictionless arbitrage when consumer preferences involve income effects, from @joshgans.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34669
Formalizing a theory that describes the experimental effect of automation technologies on worker-level output and, therefore, inequality, from Seth Gordon Benzell and Kyle R. Myers www.nber.org/papers/w34668
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Formalizing a theory that describes the experimental effect of automation technologies on worker-level output and, therefore, inequality, from Seth Gordon Benzell and Kyle R. Myers www.nber.org/papers/w34668
Examining GLP-1s usage using data on 1.4M diabetic or obese veterans finds that PCP adoption drives large metabolic improvements matching trials—but no short-run cuts to emergency department use or medical spending, from Bock, Moshfegh, and @jzhangecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34667
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Examining GLP-1s usage using data on 1.4M diabetic or obese veterans finds that PCP adoption drives large metabolic improvements matching trials—but no short-run cuts to emergency department use or medical spending, from Bock, Moshfegh, and @jzhangecon.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34667
Open call for papers, Spatial Spillovers from Transport Infrastructure Investments. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on April 9–10, 2027. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on January 14, 2027. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Open call for papers, Spatial Spillovers from Transport Infrastructure Investments. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on April 9–10, 2027. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on January 14, 2027. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Open call for proposals, Travel Grant Proposals - Economics of Science Initiative. Submit proposals by 5pm EST on February 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Open call for proposals, Travel Grant Proposals - Economics of Science Initiative. Submit proposals by 5pm EST on February 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Presenting new evidence on how firms set prices using direct questions from a large, economy-wide survey of UK firms, from Philip Bunn, @nickbloom.bsky.social, Craig Menzies, Paul Mizen, Gregory Thwaites, and Ivan Yotzov www.nber.org/papers/w34666
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Presenting new evidence on how firms set prices using direct questions from a large, economy-wide survey of UK firms, from Philip Bunn, @nickbloom.bsky.social, Craig Menzies, Paul Mizen, Gregory Thwaites, and Ivan Yotzov www.nber.org/papers/w34666
Open call for applications, Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Aging and Health Research. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 12, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Open call for applications, Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Aging and Health Research. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 12, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Brexit functions as a structural regime shock that reorients, rather than reduces, the United Kingdom’s migration, from Assaf Razin www.nber.org/papers/w34665
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Brexit functions as a structural regime shock that reorients, rather than reduces, the United Kingdom’s migration, from Assaf Razin www.nber.org/papers/w34665
Coining the term Global Stratification Economics (GSE) to extend Stratification Economics to diverse international contexts and offer a checklist for researchers to apply GSE, from Alan A. Aja, Anita Alves Pena, and Mary Lopez www.nber.org/papers/w34664
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Coining the term Global Stratification Economics (GSE) to extend Stratification Economics to diverse international contexts and offer a checklist for researchers to apply GSE, from Alan A. Aja, Anita Alves Pena, and Mary Lopez www.nber.org/papers/w34664
Shorter terms of parole supervision reduce prison re-entry rates without harming public safety, from Luke D. Brinkman, Andrew Jordan, and Derek Neal www.nber.org/papers/w34663
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Shorter terms of parole supervision reduce prison re-entry rates without harming public safety, from Luke D. Brinkman, Andrew Jordan, and Derek Neal www.nber.org/papers/w34663
Nuclear generation units, and wind and solar generation units can complement each other for a reliable, low-carbon electricity supply, from Nicolas Astier and Frank A. Wolak www.nber.org/papers/w34662
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Nuclear generation units, and wind and solar generation units can complement each other for a reliable, low-carbon electricity supply, from Nicolas Astier and Frank A. Wolak www.nber.org/papers/w34662
Using analytical and numerical general equilibrium models to investigate the channels through which microeconomic shocks affect the macroeconomy, from Marc A. C. Hafstead and @roberton.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34661
January 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Using analytical and numerical general equilibrium models to investigate the channels through which microeconomic shocks affect the macroeconomy, from Marc A. C. Hafstead and @roberton.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34661
Deploying LLM decision support for health workers in Nigeria finds that the health workers love it, but reviews by blinded physicians and objective testing suggest more mixed results, from Jason Abaluck, Robert Pless, Nirmal Ravi, Anja Sautmann, and Aaron Schwartz www.nber.org/papers/w34660
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Deploying LLM decision support for health workers in Nigeria finds that the health workers love it, but reviews by blinded physicians and objective testing suggest more mixed results, from Jason Abaluck, Robert Pless, Nirmal Ravi, Anja Sautmann, and Aaron Schwartz www.nber.org/papers/w34660
Household wealth begins to decline six years before the onset of dementia, largely because of poor financial decisions, from Jing Li, Kathleen M. McGarry, @lhnicholas.bsky.social, and Jonathan S. Skinner www.nber.org/papers/w34659
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Household wealth begins to decline six years before the onset of dementia, largely because of poor financial decisions, from Jing Li, Kathleen M. McGarry, @lhnicholas.bsky.social, and Jonathan S. Skinner www.nber.org/papers/w34659
A study of whether the world trading system promotes tariff cooperation finds that countries internalize most, but not all, of their impacts on one another and reciprocate altruistic behavior, from Rodrigo Adão, John Sturm Becko, Arnaud Costinot, and Dave Donaldson www.nber.org/papers/w34658
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A study of whether the world trading system promotes tariff cooperation finds that countries internalize most, but not all, of their impacts on one another and reciprocate altruistic behavior, from Rodrigo Adão, John Sturm Becko, Arnaud Costinot, and Dave Donaldson www.nber.org/papers/w34658
Motivated by evidence on payment linkages in supply chains, we introduce an endogenous payment-chain network in a business-cycle model where delays slow production and reduce TFP, from Saki Bigio, Esteban Méndez, and Diana Van Patten
nber.org/papers/w34631
nber.org/papers/w34631
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Motivated by evidence on payment linkages in supply chains, we introduce an endogenous payment-chain network in a business-cycle model where delays slow production and reduce TFP, from Saki Bigio, Esteban Méndez, and Diana Van Patten
nber.org/papers/w34631
nber.org/papers/w34631
Featured in the latest Digest: Cross-Country Redistribution from Eurozone Monetary Policy
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January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Featured in the latest Digest: Cross-Country Redistribution from Eurozone Monetary Policy
www.nber.org/digest/20260...
www.nber.org/digest/20260...