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The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Pollution on Health
This working paper provides the first causal evidence on how long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at ambient levels affects health.
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Aligning Platform and User Incentives in Social Media Age Restrictions
Several countries are adopting social media bans for teenagers, yet early evidence suggests limited adherence to the age-based restrictions. Such bans ask platforms to
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Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025
This working paper examines whether higher taxes on business owners negatively impact business activity by limiting investment and causing capital flight, focusing on Norway from 2021 to 2025.
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Consumption, Savings, and Earnings Responses to Financial Windfalls
This working paper estimates the causal effects of financial windfalls on consumption, savings, and wage earnings using linked administrative data from a large sample.
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Labor Supply and Wages over the Life Cycle: Human Capital and Disability Benefits
Work experience is identified as a key factor influencing labor supply and wages for educated women, though its impact appears to be smaller.
Global
Soft Reserves, Learning and Bid Adjustment in Advertising Auctions
An advertiser in a second-price auction sees what it paid, not the rival bids that supposedly set the price. Akbarpour and Li (2020) show
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Which Workers Left the Labor Force Post-COVID Recession and Why?: Filing, Tax Credit Take-Up, and Labor Force Engagement by Occupation
This working paper analyzes tax data to examine which workers left the labor force after the COVID-19 recession and the reasons behind it, amid an initial spike in unemployment followed by a tight labor market.
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The Regulatory Burden of Licensure Sales Laws: New Evidence on Race and the U.S. Tobacco Market
Licensure sales requirements are justified as consumer protection regulations aimed at improving seller compliance and reducing harm from risky products.
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Financing the AI Buildout
Artificial intelligence is driving significant expansion in data center capacity, power infrastructure, and specialized computing equipment, with estimates related to a 1 GW AI buildout.
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Session 3 SAFE CEPR EFA RPN Webinar Series: What needs to be done to improve the efficiency of the resolution framework of the banking union
This SAFE-CEPR EFA RPN webinar concerns the efficiency of the banking union's resolution framework; dates and participation details are available from the original.
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19th Digital Economics Conference
This conference announcement describes an in-person digital economics event in Toulouse and explicitly states that it is not a hybrid conference.
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VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 84 with Selim Gulesci (Trinity College Dublin, BREAD and CEPR)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online series featuring invited speakers in Development Economics, established in the spring semester.
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CEPR IO Virtual Gathering 2026
The next CEPR-IO Virtual Gathering will take place on Friday, 20 November, 2026 at 1 PM CET. The Gathering is dedicated to showcasing PhD
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Terra Incognita: The Economics of a Shrinking World
This working paper explores the economics of a shrinking world, starting from the possibility that humanity's fertility has fallen below replacement level.
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CEPR-Tsinghua Conference – Global Imbalances: Origins, Consequences, and Policy
Global imbalances, persistent current account surpluses and deficits among major economies, have become a central topic on the international policy agenda again.
Asia Pacific
Do Social Norms Substitute for Enforcement? Evidence from Public Officials’ Home Purchases in Singapore
This study examines whether pro-integrity social norms can replace formal enforcement in preventing misconduct among public officials in Singapore.
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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once? Demography, Human Capital, and Economic Transformation
"Everything, Everywhere, All at Once? Aging, Human Capital, and Economic Transformation"Demographic Change as Systemic Transformation: Rethinking Growth, Work, and Well-Being1-2 October 2026World…
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3rd CEPR Applied Micro-Economic History Workshop
The 3rd CEPR Applied Micro-Economic History Workshop, supported by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), has been announced.
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International Macro History Online Seminar Series 119
The International Macroeconomic History Online Seminar Series is jointly organized by the Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
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The Macroeconomic Effect of AI: Sizing the Software Engineering Channel
This working paper uses financial-market information to measure AI's economic effects through software engineering productivity.
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