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Economics needs more women as field impacts public policy
鈥淲e cannot make progress on some of the most important issues facing our society today without a diverse set of voices contributing to the research and discussion."
December 08, 2020
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鈥淭here will definitely be more digital nomads鈥 as remote work becomes widespread, says SIEPR senior fellow Nicholas Bloom.
December 07, 2020
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As COVID-19 cases surge again, SIEPR Senior Fellow Caroline Hoxby discusses the latest unemployment numbers and stimulus proposal.
December 03, 2020
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Trailblazing economist and presidential adviser Edward Lazear dies at 72
The SIEPR senior fellow founded the field of personnel economics.
November 24, 2020
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鈥淲e have gotten half of a bounce,鈥 SIEPR鈥檚 Nicholas Bloom says of the initial economic recovery. 鈥淭he rest of it is probably going to take another two years or longer.鈥
November 09, 2020
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"The economy is being held back by the election in the short run, and by not having a vaccine in the medium run,鈥 Senior Fellow Nick Bloom says in this article.
October 22, 2020
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Zoom and gloom
Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom and colleagues predict that one-third or more of all job losses during the pandemic will be permanent.
October 08, 2020
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Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom writes in this op-ed, 鈥淔or many, working from home has been a productivity disaster."
October 07, 2020
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As the pandemic drags on in the U.S., Senior Fellow Ed Lazear discusses the S-shaped recovery ahead and gains in the employment rate in September.
October 02, 2020
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To generate the kind of innovation that drives real growth at a company, people need a certain amount of face-to-face contact with their colleagues, says Senior Fellow Nick Bloom.
September 24, 2020
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The robot revolution is a tsunami that's yet to come, Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson says in explaining his research on automation adoption.
September 23, 2020
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The pandemic has led to a broad workforce upheaval not seen since World War II, says Erik Brynjolfsson, SIEPR Senior Fellow and director of the 黄色电影 Digital Economy Lab [...]
September 17, 2020
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Ed Lazear鈥檚 recently published research found flaws in long-held theories of how immigrants with varying education levels manage to migrate to the US & other advanced countries.
September 15, 2020
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SIEPR Director Mark Duggan makes the case in this op-ed for reforms that can soften the blow of tax hikes needed to finance state unemployment benefits.
September 13, 2020
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As policymakers consider economic recovery strategies, Susan Athey tells Congress that worker training is a crucial part of addressing the instability & job loss brought on by AI.
September 10, 2020
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SIEPR Director Mark Duggan says California is "in for a lot of pain" with unemployment rates over 13 percent.
September 02, 2020
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A SIEPR policy brief on working from home written by Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom informs this story on the pandemic's effect on the workplace.
September 02, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Joseph Grundfest discusses the constitutional issues raised by legislation that uses race or gender as a basis for a quota.
August 31, 2020
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The dream of intergenerational mobility is alive: children of immigrants generally experience greater socioeconomic success than they themselves do, according to Ran Abramitzky.
August 13, 2020
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鈥淭here鈥檚 a spectrum of possible work relationships. And we want to both protect workers along that spectrum, but also allow some amount of flexibility," says Paul Oyer.
August 11, 2020