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Of Significance — 48 episodes

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49. Less Humans, Less Disparate Impact? The Problems of AI in Hiring (with Allan G. King of Littler Mendelson)

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48. W-2 Much? New (Old?) Rules for Independent Contractors

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45. Wage a Minute, What is a Prevailing Wage?

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44. Why 2>3 (Sometimes): Considerations for Maximizing Scoring in Basketball

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43. Momentum, Mo’ Problems: Can You Tell When Teams Will End a Winning Streak?

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42. The “Hot Hand” Caught Red-Handed: Debunking the Myths Around One of the Most Famous Sports Tropes

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41. It’s (Past?) Time to Do a Pay Audit in the EU (with Chris Jones of Paul Hastings)

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40. Unwrapping Spotify's Stats

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39. All the Same Post-Ames? What's New and What's Not for Pay Equity Analysis

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38. How to Make Thanksgiving Significant

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37. The Price of a Career Cut Short: Counting the Cost in the Skaggs Case

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36. Overeducated? Underemployed? The Post-College Reality Check

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35. Can You Trust the Numbers? What’s Behind DC’s Crime Stats

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34. A Major BLS Revision: Thinking About the New Job Numbers

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33. Jobs Data: First Draft or Final Word?

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32. The World Cup: Trophy or Trap for Host Nations?

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31. After Hours, After Taxes: Who Benefits from Tax-Free Overtime?

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30. The Transfer Price is Right? Valuing Multinational Company Economic Activity (w/Dr. George Korenko)

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29. Zooming into Tulsa: Analyzing the Economics of a Remote Work Migration

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28. How to Get Away With Merger: Economics of Merger Review with Dr. Craig Malam

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27. The Counterfactual Worker: Calculations in a But-For World

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26. Should Restaurants Sell Reservations? (with Dr. Jesse David)

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25. H-2B Continued! A Visa Conversation with Elliot Delahaye

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24. Regression Bites: Type 3 for Error

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23. Is the Cinderella Story Dead?: NIL, Player Portals and March Madness

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22. Donning, Doffing, Dillying, Dallying with John Lassetter

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21. (Oscar) Award, What is it Good For? (with Sush Jain)

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20. Drug Pricing is Even Messier Than You Think (Featuring Dr. Tram Nguyen)

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19. To H-1B or Not H-1B: That Visa Question!

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18. California's Minimum Wage: Minimum Change Means Minimum Effect

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17. Does Work From Home Work? Some New Evidence

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16. Interviews Of Significance: Mike Kheyfets - Can AI Collude to Hurt Consumers?

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15. Economists Don't *Get* Presents

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14. Regression Bites: Are You Thinking About Regressions Wrong?

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13. Should the NFL Be Thankful for Kickoffs?

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12. FTC You in Court! A Non-Compete Picture

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11. It's the Greater Than or Equal To Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

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10. Missed Your Survey Goes to Washington

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9. An Ample Ramble on Sampling

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8. Summer Jobs: Summer Great and Summer Not!

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7. Interviews Of Significance: Sush Jain - This Episode is All Natural!

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6. Correlation vs Causation: Which is Better?

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5. How Much Does Steve Know About the Unemployment Rate?

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4. Humans Capitalizing on Human Capital Theory, a Theory

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3. Don’t Miss the Mark!

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2. Muldrow v. St Louis: No Significant Harm Required

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1. Inaugural Episode: Now With 5% Less Insignificance!

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A Taste Of Significance