One third of US voters consider the other party to be a national threat. David Dorn’s research points to the economic decline of some American regions as a reason for political polarization, as he explains.
NEWS | Unemployment benefits have little influence on wages. Recent Paper in Quarterly Journal of Economics by Josef Zweimüller.
IN THE MEDIA | The long shadows of the past and why development aid should focus on building solid state structures. Opinion piece by Joachim Voth.
IN THE MEDIA | Armin Schmutzler, Florian Scheuer and Nick Netzer explain the relevance of the work of this year’s Nobel Laureates in Economics
IN THE MEDIA | Why jobs that are perceived as immoral, pay better. New study by Roberto Weber and Florian Schneider.
NEWS | Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia. New paper by David Yanagizawa-Drott in American Economic Review.
