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Illustration of two hiking parents choosing different paths - the father continues on the upward path while the mother chooses the declining path
New moms “opt down” to lower-paying firms
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
August 21, 2025
Article
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How our peers influence marriage rates
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
August 12, 2025
Article
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Spatial Structural Change
Fabian Eckert | University of California, San Diego Michael Peters | Visiting Scholar, Institute
June 23, 2025
Research
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Saving for retirement in America
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
April 14, 2025
Article
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Year in review: Summary of 2024 Institute Working Papers
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
January 28, 2025
Article
Staff Reports
Large-Scale Public Hiring, Wages, and Community Outcomes: Evidence from the Works Progress Administration
Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
January 22, 2025
Research
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The Parenthood Gap: Firms and Earnings Inequality After Kids
Rebecca Jack | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Daniel Tannenbaum | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Brenden Timpe | Visiting Scholar, Institute
January 15, 2025
Research
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Institute update: The IDDA road show
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
September 25, 2024
Article
BRENDEN TIMPE, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Scholar spotlight: Brenden Timpe
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 25, 2024
Article
Illenin Kondo
Conversations with the Fed: Income Distributions and Dynamics in America
Illenin O. Kondo | Principal Research Economist, Institute
Event on September 30, 2024
Event
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Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Fabian Eckert | University of California, San Diego Sharat Ganapati | Georgetown University Conor Walsh | Visiting Scholar, Institute
July 24, 2024
Research
Group of African American workers talking around a table
The growing income gap for Black workers
Natalie Gubbay | Research Associate, Institute Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
July 24, 2024
Article