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July 25, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
July 25, 2017
Why There Are So Few Female CEOs

Asking why the number of female CEOs remains low, we can look at the gender balance in workforce pipelines to the top of different industries.

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July 19, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and Hollywood gender gap Star Wars Monopoly game
July 19, 2017
The Hollywood Gender Gap

Excluding Rey from its newest Star Wars Monopoly game, Hasbro added to a Hollywood gender gap described in a new study from USC Annenberg.

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July 17, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and minimum wage hike
July 17, 2017
How to Upset the Minimum Wage Debate

Economists on one side of the minimum wage debate just got some extra ammunition from the results of a University of Washington study.

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July 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
July 7, 2017
Fracking, Fertility and Families

By comparing manufacturing and fracking communities, economists are trying to figure out why the number of single parents is soaring.

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June 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
June 29, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Traditional First Date

Only several decades ago, the dating norms that said who paid for a meal were much clearer than they are today because of women's new economic role.

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June 6, 2017
ice cream consumption
June 6, 2017
The Exciting Side of Vanilla Economics

If your ice cream cone costs more this summer, just think of supply and demand and Madagascar's soaring vanilla bean prices.

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June 2, 2017
weekly economc news roundup and misleading statistics
June 2, 2017
Questions About Popeye and Misleading Statistics

Precise numbers can become misleading statistics when politicians, journalists and scholars use them for jobs projections and GDP totals.

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May 31, 2017
defining old
May 31, 2017
A Reality Check For Pension Recipients

Shown through grades that are mostly Cs and Ds, state pension problems display unrealistic fiscal policy decisions for an aging population.

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May 29, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and American made Toyota Camry
May 29, 2017
Why Toyota is an American Car

A source of jobs and economic growth, the leading manufacturer of American made cars is not a U.S. firm because of globalization.

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May 22, 2017
economic news roundup and assortative dating
May 22, 2017
Why Marriage Extends the Gender Pay Gap

We can see that the gender pay gap is about so much more than the firm when we look at marriage, children, home responsibilities, and education.

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May 14, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
May 14, 2017
The Significance of a Baby’s Name

As a signal from parents, popular baby names can convey a quest for individuality as well as a liberal or conservative message.

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May 2, 2017
defining old
May 2, 2017
A New Kind of (Japanese) Stress

Requiring shorter refrigerators and adult diapers, Japan's aging population is creating demographic stress as their numbers grow.

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