Research Highlights Podcast

Why the United States has the best research universities

April 14, 2021

Miguel Urquiola discusses the history of higher education in America and why it surpassed Europe.

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The risk of research

April 12, 2021

How do companies weigh the tradeoffs with R&D investment?

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The long shadow of colonial medicine

April 9, 2021

To what extent did French health campaigns from 70 years ago feed modern day mistrust in Central Africa?

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Free movement and labor markets

April 7, 2021

A policy reform in Switzerland helped estimate the effect of foreign workers on native employment and wages.

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: Extended Submission deadline for AEA 2022 meetings

April 6, 2021

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Connecting buyers and sellers in the countryside

April 6, 2021

E-commerce development in rural China may not be as promising as many expected.

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Climate change and migration

March 31, 2021

Klaus Desmet discusses how accounting for spatial shifts changes estimates of how rising sea levels will affect the economy.

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Deadly deadlines

March 29, 2021

“Desk-clearing” by drug agencies has consequences for public safety.

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The Facebook filter bubble

March 26, 2021

Is social media making America more polarized?

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The top 10 percent through the ages

March 24, 2021

How unequal were the Middle Ages compared to today?