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Princeton PRI faculty continually publish new research in labor economics, development economics, higher education, income inequality, and global economics.

Working Papers

Labor Economics

Employment Protection Reforms: From Firm-Level Effects to Aggregate Outcomes

Pauline CarryPierre CahucFranck MalherbetPedro S. Martins

Economics of Education

The Meritocratic Consensus and Stratification in Higher Education

Zachary BleemerJesse Rothstein

Labor Economics

Minimum Wages and Informality

Ellora DerenoncourtFrançois GerardLorenzo LagosClaire Montialoux

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Published Papers

Empirical Economics

Correct (and Incorrect) Inference with a Single Instrumental Variable: Practical Takeaways from the Weak Instruments Literature

David LeeJack Porter

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Summer 2026

Gender Economics

Gender Differences in Economics Seminars

Pascaline DupasAmy HandlanAlicia Sasser ModestinoMuriel NiederleMateo SeréHaoyu Sheng...

American Economic Review

February 2026

Gender Economics

The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

Pascaline Dupas Seema JayachandranAdriana Lleras-MuneyPauline Rossi

American Economic Review

August 2025

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