Podcasts episode·May 5, 2026

Life as a Lab: John List on the Art and Ethics of Field Experiments

Tess Vigeland and John List
Have you taken a Lyft, shopped at Walmart, or used Facebook in the last decade? If so, you’ve likely been...
Research Briefs·Apr 29, 2026

The Rise of Healthcare Jobs

Joshua Gottlieb, Kevin Rinz, Neale Mahoney, and Victoria Udalova
Healthcare is the largest industry by employment in the United States; earnings for healthcare workers have risen nearly twice as...
Podcasts episode·Apr 28, 2026

Wealth of Institutions: Randall Kroszner on Why Markets Stayed Calm While the Fed Came Under Fire

Tess Vigeland and Randall S. Kroszner
Earlier this year, former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that political pressure on the Federal Reserve could turn the U.S....
Podcasts episode·Apr 21, 2026

A Conversation with Raghuram Rajan: Corporate Governance, Community, and Political Economy

Benjamin Krause and Raghuram Rajan
In this Extra Slice of The Pie, guest host Ben Krause sits down with Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished...
Research Briefs·Apr 17, 2026

Household Preferences for Women’s Employment: A Field Experiment in Bangladesh

Reshmaan N. Hussam, Yueh-ya Hsu, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory Lane
Married couples in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh jointly prefer that husbands work over wives, consistent with the fact that...
Research Briefs·Apr 15, 2026

Multidimensional Signaling and the Rise of Cultural Politics

Daron Acemoglu,  Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Though voters primarily care about economic issues, this paper offers a theoretical explanation for why cultural issues (immigration, nationalism, etc.)...
Podcasts episode·Apr 14, 2026

The Uneven Promise of School Choice: Who Applies vs. Who Benefits

Tess Vigeland and Christopher Campos
When public school districts offer options like magnet schools and dual-language programs, families who are richer, whiter, and higher-achieving are...
Initiative Insight·Apr 14, 2026

Digging Deeper Into The Human Side of Human Capital: Virginia Minni on Shaping Productivity Inside Firms

David Fettig and Sydney Turner
Virginia Minni studies employees and managers within firms, with a focus on corporate culture, meaning at work, and leadership. Though...
Research Briefs·Apr 13, 2026

Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods

Anjali Adukia, Sam Asher, Kritarth Jha, Paul Novosad, and Brandon Tan
This paper presents a novel national analysis of segregation and access to public services in India’s urban and rural neighborhoods,...