A great economics paper does two things. It takes on a big question, and it finds a smart way to answer that question. But some papers go even further. The very best papers have the power to change ...

We at Planet Money are constantly reading the work of economists and other social scientists to glean ideas, evidence and insights about the economy, and, more generally, the confusing world around us ...

When David Autor co-wrote a paper on how computerization affects job skill demands more than 20 years ago, a journal took 18 months to consider it — only to reject it after review. He went on to ...

A new economic paper series argues that the H-1B visa program enables companies to pay highly skilled foreign workers significantly less than their American counterparts. The paper further suggests ...

In recent years, criticism has been levelled at economics for being insular and unconcerned about real-world problems. But a new study finds that the field increasingly overlaps with the work of other ...

NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Bank Al-Maghrib, the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF Economic Review conference organizers have decided to postpone until Summer 2021 the ...