This website uses cookies.

By clicking the "Accept" button or continuing to browse our site, you agree to first-party and session-only cookies being stored on your device to enhance site navigation and analyze site performance and traffic. For more information on our use of cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

  1. Home
  2. Research Highlights

Research Highlights

The AEA profiles research from all of its journals covering the wide range of topics that economists study. The entire archive of research highlights is below. A list of featured charts from AEA journals are also available.

Follow us for the latest updates:
X (formerly Twitter): AEAjournals
Facebook: AEAjournals
RSS: AEA RSS feed
Email: Research Highlights & Featured Charts Email Digest
Podcast: Subscribe to the AEA Research Highlights Podcast

Archive

Family ties

July 12, 2021
The relationship between kinship networks and war.

More than a few bad apples

July 7, 2021
Steven Mello discusses discrimination within the Florida Highway Patrol and what it reveals about racial bias in the US.

Persistent protesting

June 28, 2021
How do political movements sustain participation over the long run?

LGBTQ economics

June 23, 2021
Lee Badgett discusses her research on the effects of sexual orientation-based discrimination and how economists can engage in the fight for equality.

"Drowning in products"

June 14, 2021
Are consumers helped more by professional critics’ reviews or crowd-based ratings?