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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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Can policing be reformed?

February 10, 2021
A series of experiments in India changed officer behavior with relatively modest interventions.
Research Highlights Article

Blossoming borders

February 8, 2021
Indonesia's efforts to redraw political boundaries shed light on factors affecting ethnic polarization.
Research Highlights Podcast

The consequences of school choice

February 3, 2021
Harvard professor Chris Avery discusses how allowing students to leave their neighborhood for their education may undercut policymakers' goals.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Immigrants and upward mobility

February 1, 2021
Children of foreign-born parents climb the income ladder faster than kids of US-born parents, especially among the poorest families.
Research Highlights Article

Mobilizing the masses to murder

January 29, 2021
How did political elites in Rwanda get civilians to participate in genocide?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Competition or creation?

January 27, 2021
Do immigrants hurt the job prospects of native-born workers?
Research Highlights Article

Danger lurks below

January 25, 2021
How much do leaky underground petroleum tanks harm our health and what should policymakers do about it?
Research Highlights Article

Mobile money and migration

January 15, 2021
An experiment in Bangladesh showed that its new urban workers can use mobile banking to help support their families in the countryside.