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Conversations with the Fed Mariachristina De Nardi
Conversations with the Fed: The Complex Economics of Growing Old
Mariacristina De Nardi | Consultant, Institute
Event on August 31, 2022
Event
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020
Ellora Derenoncourt | Visiting Scholar, Institute Chi Hyun Kim | University of Bonn Moritz Kuhn | University of Bonn, CEPR, and IZA Moritz Schularick | University of Bonn and Sciences Po Paris
June 10, 2022
Research
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Can the minimum wage combat employers’ labor market power?
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
June 3, 2022
Article
Working Papers
Reparations and Persistent Racial Wealth Gaps
Job Boerma | University of Wisconsin-Madison Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
May 13, 2022
Research
Three generations of people sitting in a field, thinking about priorities
The complex economics of growing old
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 2, 2022
Article
two houses
Economic uncertainty hits home...ownership
Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Senior Research Economist, Institute Nina Leo | Creative Director
March 29, 2022
Data
Corina Boar photo
Scholar spotlight: Corina Boar
Alyssa Augustine | Content Strategy and Engagement Supervisor
March 29, 2022
Article
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Scholar spotlight: Marianne Bitler
Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Senior Research Economist, Institute
March 29, 2022
Article
How occupational licensing limits access to jobs among workers of color, key image
How occupational licensing limits access to jobs among workers of color
Tyler Boesch | Economist/Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Katherine Lim | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
March 11, 2022
Article
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Borrowed time: The lifesaving link between debt, distancing, and vaccines
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 3, 2022
Article
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The widely varied pain of inflation
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
February 16, 2022
Article
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Year in Review: Summary of 2021 Institute Working Papers
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
February 2, 2022
Article