Past Event
September
25-26
2025
U.S. Economy
BPEA Fall 2025 Conference
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address urgent economic challenges of the day. Content of the Fall 2025 edition, including the conference page (where conference drafts, presentation slides, and recordings are posted) and final papers (along with discussion comments, appendixes, and replication files) can be found below.
Conference
Papers
Labor & Unemployment
Employment impacts of the CHIPS Act
U.S. Trade Policy
Trade war and the dollar anchor
Economic Indicators
What next for r*?
Labor & Unemployment
Technology and labor markets: Past, present, and future
Children & Families
Policy concerns in an era of low fertility
Climate Change
Who bears the burden of climate inaction?