The singular focus of public debate on the “top 1 percent” of households overlooks the
component of earnings inequality that is arguably most consequential for the “other 99 …

The model of compensating wage differentials is among the cornerstone models of
equilibrium wage determination in labor economics. However, empirical estimates of …

This article discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor
market in developing countries. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the …

Women engage in less commercial patenting and invention than do men, which may affect
what is invented. Using text analysis of all US biomedical patents filed from 1976 through …

We study how childhood exposure to a nontraditional family (a working married mother, a
married mother that is the primary breadwinner, or a non-married mother) affects gender role …

We answer three core questions about the hypothesized role of newly emerging job
categories (“new work”) in counterbalancing the erosive effect of task-displacing automation …

A renowned economic historian traces women's hundred-year journey to close the gender
wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples …

We characterize the factors that determine who becomes an inventor in the United States,
focusing on the role of inventive ability (“nature”) versus environment (“nurture”). Using …

Why do living standards differ so much across countries? A consensus in the development
literature is that differences in productivity are a dominant source of these differences. But …

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of
outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of …