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African manufacturing

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How has industrialization affected labor productivity in sub-Saharan countries?

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Basic income and welfare traps

February 28, 2022

Can replacing unemployment benefits with a basic income boost employment?

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The impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospital revenue

February 23, 2022

How did the Medicaid expansion affect the finances of health care facilities in California?

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Political turnover and education quality in Brazil

February 14, 2022

How does political turnover affect the government bureaucracy and its performance?

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Recessions and educational attainment

February 9, 2022

How does an economic downturn affect the likelihood that a child will go to college?

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Smoking bans and compensating differentials

January 31, 2022

How do workers’ wages react to a sudden improvement in conditions?

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The income gap in China

January 26, 2022

Is there a correlation between urban–rural income disparity and overall inequality?

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Fraud and the financial crisis

January 18, 2022

Were conflicts of interest the main driver behind the 2008 US housing bust?

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Making healthy practices habitual

January 3, 2022

An experiment in rural India boosted handwashing through social and financial rewards.

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2021 in Featured Charts

December 28, 2021

Economists tackled the gender wage gap, political corruption, innovation, and more.