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Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

Podcasts — Interviews with AEA authors discussing their work.
Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
Featured Charts — Illumination of graphs from AEA journal articles.

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Research Highlights Article

Performance pay

August 27, 2021
How important is a compensation structure to attracting and retaining the best teachers?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Health Inequality and COVID-19

August 25, 2021
How have the effects of COVID-19 varied among different population groups in the United States?
Research Highlights Article

What drives drivers?

August 23, 2021
The preference for Uber's commission-based compensation over the fixed-fee arrangements of traditional taxis.
Research Highlights Podcast

The politics of tax evasion

August 18, 2021
Julie Berry Cullen and Ebonya Washington discuss the ways in which attitudes toward government affect how people report income.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Enfranchisement and education

August 16, 2021
How did women's suffrage affect educational outcomes for children?
Research Highlights Article

Weathering a sudden stop

August 13, 2021
What are the long-term effects of short-term financial crises?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Location and mortality

August 11, 2021
Why do people in some parts of the United States live longer than others?
Research Highlights Podcast

Military handoffs

August 4, 2021
Austin Wright discusses the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban's response.