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When tasked to quantify potential pay gaps between gender or race groups, economists usually rely on multivariate regression analysis. In pay equity…

This entry introduces five papers published from January 16 to January 31 on various topics, including fuel subsidies, sovereign bonds, and refugees.

Social interactions through social commerce platforms empower consumers to share their personal experiences with others, but its role becomes more significant for societal protection during COVID-19. Numerous scholars have studied e-commerce extensively, but there is a lack of studies to identify social commerce characteristics to attract potential consumers during COVID-19. This study aims to examine the role of social commerce constructs by integrating social presence as a moderator in the mod...

But unemployment numbers, at the same time, look good, falling to 4.2%. president biden, not surprisingly, chose to focus on the good unemployment figure. >> were looking at the sharpest one-year decline in unemployment ever. simply put, america, america is back to work, and our jobs recovery is going very strong. >> joining me now is jason fuhrman, former chair of the counsel of economic advisers, currently a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. jason, make sense...

Abstract In any other circumstance, it might make sense to define the extent of the terrain (Data Science) first, and then locate and describe the landmarks (Principles). But this data revolution we are experiencing defies a cadastral survey. Areas are continually being annexed into Data Science. For example, biometrics was traditionally statistics for agriculture in all its forms but now, in Data Science, it means the study of characteristics that can be used to identify an individual. Example...

Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States Adolescents are slowly being recognized as a generation, worldwide, that may require different policy approaches to improve staggering statistics on their failing well-being, including mental health. By providing the support to allow the next generation to achieve better mental health outcomes, they are going to be more economically successful and the future economic growth of nations can be better assured. Adopti...

Responsible. we found there were essentially zero noncitizens who voted in recent elections. that was a different political scientist. so whats your response to the people who say that they could not -- that your findings didnt wash once they tried to re-create that? >> well, i appreciate that study. ive been sharing that study with other people as well as my response to it. i think that there is evidence of noncitizen participation in u.s. elections, even if you take their results very seriousl...

Shifting as we just looked at if ohio goes the other way? >> i suppose could you find one or two democrats that would are fearful. aim very confident in ohio. the president has maintained a relatively small but consistent lead in ohio for months. and i never thought that he would win ohio by ten points or even eight points. but most of the recent polls show the race close, but the president has a five to six point lead in ohio, well outside the measurement error. and so im very confident that oh...