Data from a nationally representative sample are used to examine the link between credit scores, frequently used for job screening, and the probability of employment. This freely available survey contains information which closely approximates a standard FICO score. We model the probability of...

This paper investigates the political bias of French fact-checkers. I collect a dataset including all articles published by 7 fact-checkers until July 2021. I study the political orientation of politicians fact-checked. First, I document a selection bias: the right-wing fact-checker is less...

Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. payment system has undergone a transformation featuring a significant decline in the use of paper checks that is quite uneven across consumers and not well understood. This paper shows that characteristics of payment instruments are the most important determinants...