The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations: A Clustered Randomised Intervention’, by Sule Alan, Gozde Corekcioglu, and Matthias Sutter. The paper was published at the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2023.

The paper discussed in this episode is Agricultural Change in the United States: Evidence from the Golden Age of Radio, by Arthur Novaes de Amorim

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Gupta, A., Ponticelli, J., & Tesei, A. (2020). Information, technology adoption and productivity: The role of mobile phones in agriculture (No. w27192). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Olken, B. A. (2009). Do television and radio destroy social capital? Evidence from Indonesian villages. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(4), 1-33.

The paper discussed in this episode is Long-Term Relationships and the Spot Market: Evidence from US Trucking, by Adam Harris and Thi Mai Anh Nguyen

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Caliendo, L., Parro, F., Rossi-Hansberg, E., & Sarte, P. D. (2018). The impact of regional and sectoral productivity changes on the US economy. The Review of economic studies, 85(4), 2042-2096.

Kranton, R. E. (1996). Reciprocal exchange: a self-sustaining system. The American Economic Review, 830-851.

The paper discussed in this episode is “A Penny for your Thoughts", by Walker Hanlon, Stephan Heblich, and Ferdinando Monte, and Martin Schmitz.

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Biasi, B., & Moser, P. (2021). Effects of copyrights on science: Evidence from the WWII book republication program. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 13(4), 218-60.

Donaldson, D., & Hornbeck, R. (2016). Railroads and American economic growth: A “market access” approach. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(2), 799-858.

Iaria, A., Schwarz, C., & Waldinger, F. (2018). Frontier knowledge and scientific production: evidence from the collapse of international science. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(2), 927-991.

Steinwender, C. (2018). Real effects of information frictions: When the states and the kingdom became united. American Economic Review, 108(3), 657-96.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Making the Invisible Hand Visible: Managers and the Allocation of Workers to Jobs", by Virginia Minni.

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., & Nyshadham, A. (2022). Management and shocks to worker productivity. Journal of Political Economy, 130(1), 1-47.

Benson, A., Li, D., & Shue, K. (2019). Promotions and the peter principle. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(4), 2085-2134.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Worker Welfare in the Gig Economy", by Jack Fisher.

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Chen, M. K., Rossi, P. E., Chevalier, J. A., & Oehlsen, E. (2019). The value of flexible work: Evidence from Uber drivers. Journal of political economy, 127(6), 2735-2794.

Kolstad, J. T., & Kowalski, A. E. (2016). Mandate-based health reform and the labor market: Evidence from the Massachusetts reform. Journal of health economics, 47, 81-106.

Koustas, D. (2018). Consumption insurance and multiple jobs: Evidence from rideshare drivers. Unpublished working paper.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions", by Riley League

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Brot-Goldberg, Z., Burn, S., Layton, T., & Vabson, B. (2022). Rationing medicine through bureaucracy: authorization restrictions in medicare. Technical report, Working Paper.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Air Quality, High-Skilled Worker Productivity and Adaptation: Evidence from GitHub", by Beate Thies and Felix Holub.

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., & Nyshadham, A. (2022). Management and shocks to worker productivity. Journal of Political Economy, 130(1), 1-47.

Deryugina, T., Heutel, G., Miller, N. H., Molitor, D., & Reif, J. (2019). The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction. American Economic Review, 109(12), 4178-4219.

Kunn, S., Palacios, J., & Pestel, N. (forthcoming). Indoor air quality and strategic decision making. Management Science.

The paper discussed in this episode is “"Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery", by Elena Ashtari Tafti

The paper discussed in this episode is “Women in Economics. The role of gendered references at entry in the profession”, by Audinga Baltrunaite, Alessandra Casarico and Lucia Rizzica.