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A journal ranking for the ambitious economist. 

The authors devise an "ambition-adjusted" journal ranking based on citations from a short list of top general-interest journals in economics....

A Winning Combination? Economic Theory Meets Sports 

Unlike researchers in the natural sciences, economists often lack the ability to conduct laboratory or controlled experiments to test theories or...

Extra Credit: The Rise of Short-term Liabilities 

The average American is carrying more debt than ever. According to the 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), the percentage of families holding...

A primer on the empirical identification of government spending shocks. 

The empirical literature on the effects of government spending shocks lacks unanimity about the responses of consumption and wages. Proponents of...

A primer on the empirical identification of government spending shocks 

A Primer on the Empirical Identification of Government Spending Shocks 

Changing Trends in the Labor Force: A Survey 

SPLITSVILLE: The Economics of Unilateral Divorce 

Studies have looked at the impact of easier divorce on a variety of things, including women working outside the home, children's education and...

Social Changes Lead Married Women into Labor Force 

The female labor force participation rate-the percent of civilian women who are in the labor force-has increased so much over the last 50 years in...

What's in a Name? 

Reconciling Conflicting Evidence on Ethnic Names Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that median weekly earnings for full-time workers in 2004...