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The past half-century has seen economic research become increasingly empirical, while the nature of empirical economic research has also changed. In the 1960s and 1970s, an empirical economist's typical mission was to "explain" economic variables like wages or GDP growth. Applied econometrics...
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I reflect on the role of modern economic history in economics. I document a substantial increase in the percentage of … past has contributed to economics by providing ground to test economic theory, improve economic policy, understand economic … those of other economists in the economics job market. I speculate how the increase in availability of high quality micro …
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Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The … Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) Challenge was begun in 2015 for one year as a randomized controlled trial with 20 treatment …
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