The Visible Hand

The paper discussed in this episode is 'The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility’ Papers mentioned in this episode include: Chetty, R., & Hendren, N. (2018). The impacts of neighborhoods on intergenerational mobility I: Childhood exposure effects. The quarterly journal of economics , 133 (3), 1107-1162. Greenstone, M., Hornbeck, R., &...

The paper discussed in this episode is 'The Role of the Ask Gap in Gender Pay Inequality’ Papers mentioned in this episode include: Goldin, C., & Rouse, C. (2000). Orchestrating impartiality: The impact of “blind” auditions on female musicians. American economic review , 90 (4), 715-741.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘ Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science ’. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Azoulay, P., Fons-Rosen, C., & Zivin, J. S. G. (2019). Does science advance one funeral at a time?. American Economic Review , 109 (8), 2889-2920. Carmichael, H. L. (1988). Incentives in academics: why is there tenure?. Journal of political Economy , 96 (...

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’ Manufacturing Revolutions: Industrial Policy and Industrialization in South Korea ’. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Juhász, R. (2018). Temporary protection and technology adoption: Evidence from the napoleonic blockade. American Economic Review , 108 (11), 3339-3376. Sant’Anna, P. H., & Zhao, J. (2020). Doubly robust difference-in-difference...

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’ The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture ’, by Andrea Matranga. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Ashraf, Q., & Michalopoulos, S. (2015). Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(3), 589-609. Braidwood, R. J. (1960). The agricultural revolution. Scientific Am...

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’ The Law and Economics of Lawyers: Evidence from the Revolving Door in China's Judicial System ’, by Shaoda Wang, Zhuang Liu, Wenwei Peng, and Daniel Yi Xu. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Blanes i Vidal, J. B., Draca, M., & Fons-Rosen, C. (2012). Revolving door lobbyists. The American Economic Review , 102 (7), 3731.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘ Monitoring Harassment in Organizations ’, by Laura Boudreau , Sylvain Chassang , Ada Gonzalez-Torres , and Rachel M. Heath . Papers mentioned in this episode include: Chassang, S., & Miquel, G. P. I. (2019). Crime, intimidation, and whistleblowing: A theory of inference from unverifiable reports. The Review of Economic Studies , 86 (6), 2530-2553.

Introducing a six-episode season devoted to the intersection between health and organisational economics.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation” by James Feigenbaum and Dan Gross. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2019). Automation and new tasks: How technology displaces and reinstates labor. Journal of economic perspectives , 33 (2), 3-30. Autor, D., Chin, C.,...

The paper discussed in this episode is “Drilling Deadlines and Oil and Gas Development” by Evan Herrnstadt , Ryan Kellogg , and Eric Lewis . Papers mentioned in this episode include: Hendricks, K., Porter, R. H., & Tan, G. (1993). Optimal selling strategies for oil and gas leases with an informed buyer. The American Economic Review , 83 (2), 234-239. Laffont, J. J., & Tirole, J. (1986). Us...

The paper discussed in this episode is “Violence Against Women at Work” by Abi Adams-Prassl , Kristiina Huttunen , Emily Nix , and Ning Zhang . Papers mentioned in this episode include: Folke, O., & Rickne, J. (2022). Sexual harassment and gender inequality in the labor market . The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 137 (4), 2163-2212.