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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·Jan 7, 2025

Unlocking Higher Education: Undergraduate Re-Enrollment and Graduate Student Lending

Tess Vigeland and Lesley Turner
Why do so many students leave college before completing their degree, and how can we help them return? Lesley Turner,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
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·Aug 6, 2024

The Graduation Part II: Graduate School Graduation Rates

Jeffrey T. Denning and Lesley J. Turner
Graduation rates from graduate programs increased from 58% for students entering in 2003-04 to 68% for students entering in 2012-13,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Podcasts episode·Jul 23, 2024

What Went Wrong With Federal Student Loans?

The United States is in the midst of a student loan crisis, with over 45 million borrowers owing more than...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
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·Jun 4, 2024

What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?

Constantine Yannelis and Adam Looney
The increase in aggregate student debt and the struggles of today’s borrowers can be traced to changes in federal policies...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
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