AEA in the news

Does diversity hamper economic progress?

May 2, 2016

Livemint cited a 2015 American Economic Review article in a summary of recent research about public goods

AEA in the news

When Discredited Policies Make Sense

April 20, 2016

A column appearing in Bloomberg View highlights a 2012 American Economic Review piece about economic policy during the Great Depression

AEA in the news

Tax transparency: when less is more

April 15, 2016

The Economist highlighted papers from the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy in an article about the promise of tax transparency laws

AEA in the news

What If We Just Gave Poor People a Basic Income for Life?

April 15, 2016

An article in Slate by the co-founders of Give Directly cited a study from this month’s issue of the American Economic Review

AEA in the news

Why crude oil prices keep taking us by surprise

April 14, 2016

Vox covered a paper on the difficulties of forecasting oil prices appearing in the Winter 2016 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

AEA in the news

Satellite Images Can Pinpoint Poverty Where Surveys Can’t

April 4, 2016

NYT Upshot blog covered a 2012 AER paper about novel ways of measuring economic growth

AEA in the news

The US economy does a lot better when Democrats are in the White House

March 29, 2016

Quartz covered an AER paper on on growth of GDP under different administrations.

AEA in the news

Can New York Fix Its Housing Crisis?

March 28, 2016

The Pacific Standard covered an AER paper about an experiment on housing opportunities.

AEA in the news

Election 2016: How too many Debates Contributed to the Rise of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders

March 4, 2016

The International Business Times covered a recent AEJ: Micro study in an article about the 2016 presidential race

AEA in the news

Is Blind Hiring the Best Hiring?

February 25, 2016

The New York Times Magazine covered a 2000 AER study in an article about hiring practices