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Marta Serra-Garcia discusses whether individuals seek to limit or enable their ability to distort beliefs, and how these choices affect behaviour.

Nicola Mastrorocco discusses how the organization of the state evolves over the process of development of a nation, using data from the U.S. in the 19th century.

Soledad Giardili discusses the causal effect of plant managers on productivity in the automobile industry.

J. Carter Braxton examines the role of technological change in explaining the large and persistent decline in earnings following job loss.

Kailing Shen discusses the consequences of preventing employers from specifying gender requirements in job ads.

Daniela Vidart discusses how electrification triggered a rise in female labour force participation by increasing market opportunities for skilled women, using microdata from the United States.