Of Significance
By Edgeworth Economics
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Episodes: 58
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Engaging, insightful, fun! Say hello to a fresh perspective on numbers with our hosts, Edgeworth Economics experts Dr. Steve Bronars, Dr. Nathan Woods, and Brent Butgereit, as they break down what’s happening in our current economic landscape and what they think about the figures that are important in our work and daily lives. Twentyish minutes of navigating the madness in the methods, every two weeks. We hope you walk away a bit better informed for your work, in your studies, or even at your next party.
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Millionaire Movement: Are Taxes Driving Millionaires Out of NY?
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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56. Minimum Wage, Maximum Effect: Who is Helped or Hurt by the CA Minimum Wage Increases
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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55. Can Statistics Be Saved? Assessing the Data Landscape with John Johnson
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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54. A New Way to Think About Significance: Age Discrimination Analyses Are Being Put to the Test
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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53. Overgraduated and Underemployed: The Job Market Data for New Grads
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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52. Prescription for Competition: Biosimilars are Changing Antitrust
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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51. The Price of Doubt: How Important are Reliable Statistics?
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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50. Degrees of Debt: How Will Federal Graduate Loan Caps Change Education?
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May 19, 2026 |
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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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May 05, 2026 |
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48. W-2 Much? New (Old?) Rules for Independent Contractors
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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47. This Episode is Shorter Thanks to Inflation
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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46. AI Ought to Keep My Job
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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45. Wage a Minute, What is a Prevailing Wage?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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44. Why 2>3 (Sometimes): Considerations for Maximizing Scoring in Basketball
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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43. Momentum, Mo’ Problems: Can You Tell When Teams Will End a Winning Streak?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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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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Jan 28, 2026 |
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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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Jan 13, 2026 |
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40. Unwrapping Spotify's Stats
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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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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Dec 09, 2025 |
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38. How to Make Thanksgiving Significant
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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37. The Price of a Career Cut Short: Counting the Cost in the Skaggs Case
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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36. Overeducated? Underemployed? The Post-College Reality Check
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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35. Can You Trust the Numbers? What’s Behind DC’s Crime Stats
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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34. A Major BLS Revision: Thinking About the New Job Numbers
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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33. Jobs Data: First Draft or Final Word?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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32. The World Cup: Trophy or Trap for Host Nations?
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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31. After Hours, After Taxes: Who Benefits from Tax-Free Overtime?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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30. The Transfer Price is Right? Valuing Multinational Company Economic Activity (w/Dr. George Korenko)
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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29. Zooming into Tulsa: Analyzing the Economics of a Remote Work Migration
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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28. How to Get Away With Merger: Economics of Merger Review with Dr. Craig Malam
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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27. The Counterfactual Worker: Calculations in a But-For World
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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26. Should Restaurants Sell Reservations? (with Dr. Jesse David)
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May 27, 2025 |
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25. H-2B Continued! A Visa Conversation with Elliot Delahaye
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May 13, 2025 |
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24. Regression Bites: Type 3 for Error
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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23. Is the Cinderella Story Dead?: NIL, Player Portals and March Madness
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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22. Donning, Doffing, Dillying, Dallying with John Lassetter
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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21. (Oscar) Award, What is it Good For? (with Sush Jain)
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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20. Drug Pricing is Even Messier Than You Think (Featuring Dr. Tram Nguyen)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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19. To H-1B or Not H-1B: That Visa Question!
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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18. California's Minimum Wage: Minimum Change Means Minimum Effect
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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17. Does Work From Home Work? Some New Evidence
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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16. Interviews Of Significance: Mike Kheyfets - Can AI Collude to Hurt Consumers?
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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15. Economists Don't *Get* Presents
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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14. Regression Bites: Are You Thinking About Regressions Wrong?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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13. Should the NFL Be Thankful for Kickoffs?
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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12. FTC You in Court! A Non-Compete Picture
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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11. It's the Greater Than or Equal To Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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10. Missed Your Survey Goes to Washington
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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9. An Ample Ramble on Sampling
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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8. Summer Jobs: Summer Great and Summer Not!
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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7. Interviews Of Significance: Sush Jain - This Episode is All Natural!
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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6. Correlation vs Causation: Which is Better?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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5. How Much Does Steve Know About the Unemployment Rate?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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4. Humans Capitalizing on Human Capital Theory, a Theory
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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3. Don’t Miss the Mark!
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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2. Muldrow v. St Louis: No Significant Harm Required
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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1. Inaugural Episode: Now With 5% Less Insignificance!
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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A Taste Of Significance
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Jun 25, 2024 |