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In 1956, the US government settled an antitrust lawsuit against Bell whereby the telecom giant could remain a monopoly in telecom but had to make all of its existing patents royalty-free

3 years ago aeaweb.org lawsuit patent

Undocumented immigration to the United States has a beneficial impact on the employment and wages of Americans

3 years ago aeaweb.org

Simply giving cash with a few strings attached could be one of the most promising ways to reduce poverty and insecurity in the developing world

3 years ago aeaweb.org

Firms that delegated more power from central headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great Recession outperformed their centralized counterparts in sectors that were hardest hit by the subsequent crisis

3 years ago aeaweb.org

Study: Issues aren’t with the farmers or the consumers—it’s with the intermediaries connecting the two

3 years ago aeaweb.org

The introduction of mobile banking to very poor rural Bangladeshi households (and family members who had migrated to the city) led to increased remittances by 26%, increased consumption by 7.5%…

3 years ago aeaweb.org

In the US, admission into selective high schools is as difficult to achieve as admission into top universities

3 years ago aeaweb.org

Affirmative-action policies in Chicago high schools were a mixed bag

3 years ago aeaweb.org

Since 2000 income inequality in the United States has shifted more to the top of the income distribution and that income from capital has grown more important

3 years ago aeaweb.org

When politicians have hiring discretion, public sector jobs often go to the least capable but most politically connected applicants

4 years ago aeaweb.org