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Research Highlights

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

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2019 in Research Highlights

December 27, 2019
Economists tackled populism, minimum wages, censorship, and more.
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You can’t buy honesty

December 23, 2019
Boosting public sector wages might attract candidates more prone to corruption.
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The unintended effects of incentives

December 20, 2019
An experiment to get kids eating healthy shows how theories can miss key nuances in the real world.
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Putting forth their best effort?

December 18, 2019
US students are falling behind their peers in other countries on academic assessments. How much of the gap could be explained by lackluster effort?
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The forces that unite and divide us

December 16, 2019
A more nuanced understanding of diversity can help explain why some nations are better at fostering a common identity.
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Doctor diversity matters

December 11, 2019
Having more black physicians could lead to better health among black men.
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From start to finish

December 9, 2019
Preschool is more effective when paired with more K-12 spending. And vice versa.
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Kicking the can down the road

December 6, 2019
The AEA interviews Pierre Yared about why government debt keeps rising and how we can get it under control.
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Screened out

December 4, 2019
How do increased "application costs" for disability benefits affect who gets assistance?
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Embracing our differences

December 2, 2019
What effect does campus racial diversity have on the way whites act toward minority students?