As income inequality in the United States has reached an all‐time high, commentators from
across the political spectrum warn about the social implications of these economic changes …

This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We
first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender …

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic
inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global …

We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using 12
years of population data from Norway's administrative tax records. We document a number …

Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating
contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau …

Much of macroeconomics is concerned with the allocation of physical capital, human capital,
and labor over time and across people. The decisions on savings, education, and labor …

Measurement error in polygenic indices (PGIs) attenuates the estimation of their effects in
regression models. We analyze and compare two approaches addressing this attenuation …

We explore gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work with a focus on the UK. The
average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019; …

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from
families of high and low socioeconomic status (SES). We document that children from high …

We conducted a survey of high-ability college students and elicited beliefs about how their
choice of major, and of whether to complete their degree, would affect an array of future …