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.

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Archive

A stalled stimulus

July 26, 2017

Did the "Cash for Clunkers" program actually hurt automakers?

Tomorrow's Prices

July 21, 2017

An interview with Alberto Cavallo on why consumers have such a hard time thinking about inflation

Can temporary affirmative action policies have lasting effects?

July 17, 2017

Hiring regulations can lead to fundamental changes in how employers recruit

An A+ experiment

July 12, 2017

How report cards transformed Pakistan's educational market

Does educational choice lead to success?

July 6, 2017

An interview with Dennis Epple on what the evidence says about school vouchers

Our favorite data visualizations from the past year

July 3, 2017

Check out these graphics from the Research Highlight series

A “dark side” to the commodity boom in Africa

June 28, 2017

New evidence on the resource curse

Will work for insurance

June 23, 2017

Would expanding Medicaid make people less willing to hold a job?

What's in a name?

June 19, 2017

Companies named for their founders do better. This video explains why more firms don't bear their owners’ names

Why do mothers earn less?

June 14, 2017

An interview with Erik Plug about the "motherhood penalty" and what it means for working moms