Stay-at-Home (SAH) orders had a large & sustained negative effect on the growth of #Covid cases in the US, causing a 44% - 54% reduction one month after implementation: cepr.org/content/covid-… Jaedo Choi, Elird Haxhiu, Thomas Helgerman, Nishaad Rao & Taeuk Seo University of Michigan U-M Economics

Happy #EqualPayAct Day! 60 years ago the EPA mandated “#equalpay for equal work” to combat sex discrimination. Many say it accomplished little. Our new paper shows it had some spectacular effects on wages but also some failures. A short 🧵 👇

There is a new NPR's Planet Money podcast episode on tariffs. Douglas Irwin appears in the episode talking about the history of tariffs. And towards the end of the episode, I talk about the current Biden-Trump tariffs. npr.org/2024/05/23/119…

#QJE May 2024, #9, “How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the Gender Gap in Pay,” by Bailey (Martha Bailey), Helgerman (Thomas Helgerman), and Stuart (Bryan Stuart): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…