The Visible Hand

The paper discussed in this episode is 'The Role of the Ask Gap in Gender Pay Inequality’

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Goldin, C., & Rouse, C. (2000). Orchestrating impartiality: The impact of “blind” auditions on female musicians. American economic review, 90(4), 715-741.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science’.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Azoulay, P., Fons-Rosen, C., & Zivin, J. S. G. (2019). Does science advance one funeral at a time?. American Economic Review, 109(8), 2889-2920.

Carmichael, H. L. (1988). Incentives in academics: why is there tenure?. Journal of political Economy, 96(3), 453-472.

Hill, R., & Stein, C. (2025). Scooped! Estimating rewards for priority in science. Journal of Political Economy, 133(3), 793-845.

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’Manufacturing Revolutions: Industrial Policy and Industrialization in South Korea’.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Juhász, R. (2018). Temporary protection and technology adoption: Evidence from the napoleonic blockade. American Economic Review, 108(11), 3339-3376.

Sant’Anna, P. H., & Zhao, J. (2020). Doubly robust difference-in-differences estimators. Journal of econometrics, 219(1), 101-122.

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture’, by Andrea Matranga.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Ashraf, Q., & Michalopoulos, S. (2015). Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(3), 589-609.

Braidwood, R. J. (1960). The agricultural revolution. Scientific American, 203(3), 130-152.

Armelagos, G. J., & Cohen, M. N. (Eds.). (1984). Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture (pp. 284-301). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

Diamond, J. M. (2010). The worst mistake in the history of the human race (pp. 64-66). Los Angeles: Oplopanax Publishing.

Milankovic, M. (1930). Mathematische Klimalehre und Astronomische Theorie der Klimaschwankungen. Gebrüder Borntraeger.

Flückiger, M., Larch, M., Ludwig, M., & Pascali, L. (2024). The dawn of civilization: metal trade and the rise of hierarchy.

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’The Law and Economics of Lawyers: Evidence from the Revolving Door in China's Judicial System’, by Shaoda Wang, Zhuang Liu, Wenwei Peng, and Daniel Yi Xu.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Blanes i Vidal, J. B., Draca, M., & Fons-Rosen, C. (2012). Revolving door lobbyists. The American Economic Review, 102(7), 3731.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Monitoring Harassment in Organizations’, by Laura Boudreau, Sylvain Chassang, Ada Gonzalez-Torres, and Rachel M. Heath.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Chassang, S., & Miquel, G. P. I. (2019). Crime, intimidation, and whistleblowing: A theory of inference from unverifiable reports. The Review of Economic Studies, 86(6), 2530-2553.