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Podcasts episode·Oct 21, 2025

Moving to Opportunity: Together?

Tess Vigeland and Matthew Notowidigdo
When couples move for work, whose career takes the hit? UChicago economist Matt Notowidigdo discusses research showing that when heterosexual...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 13, 2025

Interactive Research Brief: Measuring the Characteristics and Employment Dynamics of U.S. Inventors

Ufuk Akcigit and Nathan Goldschlag
Innovation is a key driver of economic growth, and understanding the conditions that lead people to invent new technologies can...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Podcasts episode·Apr 1, 2025

Crypto’s Fatal Flaw: Trust, Scale, and the Economics of Blockchain

Tess Vigeland and Eric Budish
Crypto’s most groundbreaking innovation, permissionless consensus, may also be its greatest vulnerability. In this episode, Chicago Booth economist Eric Budish...
Topics: Financial Markets, Technology & Innovation
Research Briefs·Oct 2, 2024

Moving to Opportunity, Together

Seema Jayachandran, Lea Nassal, Matthew Notowidigdo, Marie Paul, Heather Sarsons, and Elin Sundberg
When heterosexual couples in Germany and Sweden relocate, men’s earnings increase by 5-10%, while women’s do not change. Couples are...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Jul 18, 2024

Historical Differences in Female-Owned Manufacturing Establishments: The United States, 1850-1880

Ruveyda Gozen, Richard Hornbeck, Anders Humlum, and Martin Rotemberg
During the late 1800s, manufacturing establishments owned by females were smaller than those owned by males and had lower capital-to-output...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 23, 2024

Can You Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation

Amanda Y. Agan,  Andrew Garin, Dmitri K. Koustas, Alexandre Mas, and Crystal Yang
Removing a previously obtained criminal record does not improve labor market outcomes, on average, with the notable exception of participation...
Topics: Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages
BFI Data Studio·May 14, 2024

Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution

Austin Wright, David Van Dijcke, and Florian Gunsilius
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates drive employees away from firms, with senior employees leaving at the highest rates, likely leading to significant...
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 6, 2024

Homelessness and the Persistence of Deprivation: Income, Employment, and Safety Net Participation

Alexa Grunwaldt, Bruce Meyer, Gillian Meyer, Derek Wu, and Angela Wyse
Homelessness occurs in the context of long-term, severe deprivation rather than large and sudden losses of income. Low permanent incomes...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 1, 2024

Access to Credit Reduces the Value of Insurance

Sonia Jaffe, Anup Malani, and Julian Reif
Insurance is less valuable when people can also smooth their spending using loans. Access to a five-year loan decreases the...
Topics: Financial Markets