Mar 26 How candid should Janet Yellen be? Watching emerging markets overreact to Fed transparency By Simone Pathe When the Fed chair speaks, emerging markets take note. New research about their reaction to the Fed's early hints of tapering raises bigger questions about global financial integration and the Fed's transparency. Continue reading
Feb 26 A new study: How overpaid CEOs tank their firms By Simone Pathe Exorbitant CEO compensation has been blamed for the explosion of wealth at the top of the income gap. But could it also be hurting future stock prices?… Continue reading
Jan 03 How Paid Parental Leave Helps You, Your Newborn and the Job Market By Simone Pathe With the start of 2014, new parents in Rhode Island are eligible for paid family leave — the third state, after California and New Jersey, where such a right has been codified and enforced. At the national level, the… Continue reading
Nov 20 Why Some Women Try to Have It All: New Research on ‘Like Mother, Like Daughter’ By Simone Pathe Daughters' working decisions are influenced by their own mothers and the mothers of their friends. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fabio Trifoni. When Anne-Marie Slaughter first broached writing an op-ed about how women "still can't have it all,",… Continue reading
Oct 31 The Three Reasons Countries Get Rich: Location, Location and Location By Simone Pathe It’s an age-old question: why are some countries richer than others? And why are some countries still mired in poverty while the United States and Europe struggle with “first-world problems”? For decades, economists have pointed to the impact of political… Continue reading
Oct 30 Why Does the First Child Get the Gold? An Economics Answer By Simone Pathe First-born children, on average, do better in school, are less likely to have substance abuse problems and accumulate more wealth. But why? The answer may have a lot to do with a common complaint of eldest siblings. Photo courtesy of… Continue reading
Oct 24 Working More, Voting Less? How Employment Affects Turnout By Simone Pathe Fuller employment may reduce your tendency to vote in non-presidential contests. Above, voters in Boston, Massachusetts, look over ballot questions while waiting in line to vote in 2012. Photo courtesy of Mike Segar/Reuters. With the United States narrowly missing debt… Continue reading
Dec 01 Stocks Pummeled as Recession Becomes Official By Admin, PBS News Hour A group of academic economists confirmed on Monday suspicions that the troubled U.S. economy is in a recession, saying the economic downturn began in December 2007. Continue reading