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The New Normal: Working from Home in 2023

Roughly a quarter of all paid workdays are now done from home, up from 7% in 2019. How did this shift unfold across different areas, industries, and worker demographics? Steven Davis, Professor Emeritus at Chicago Booth and work-from-home expert, joins The Pie to share his research.

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  Deadly Prescriptions: What Happens When Doctors Compete for Patients

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  An Extra Slice of the Pie, with James Robinson: History, Politics, and the…

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  Economics Meets Ecology: The Huge Costs of Ecosystem Declines

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  How Do Buyouts Impact Hospital Performance? Evaluating the Role of Private…

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  What Can the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905 Tell Us About Regulating Mo…

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  Understanding the Fed: How Perception Drives Market Reactions

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  Promises Delivered? The Economic Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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  Creative Destruction: Why Innovation is Crucial for Growth

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  Using Machine Learning to Predict—and Prevent—Police Misconduct

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  What Went Wrong With Federal Student Loans?

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  The Uncertainties of Climate Change

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  Using Cellphone Data to Observe Religious Worship in the United States

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  India’s Economic Future

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  ChatGPT: Who’s Adopting, Who’s Abstaining, and Why?

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  Is College Worth It? Measuring the Returns to Higher Education

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  Fighting Traffic in Chicago: Lower Fares, More Trains, Fewer Buses