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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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A shock to civility

November 5, 2018
When liberalized trade caused foreign competition to increase in Brazil, crime went up, too.
Research Highlights Article

Fragile innovation

November 2, 2018
This video explains how financial innovation helped cause the 2008 financial crisis.
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Paranormal stock activity

October 31, 2018
An old stock market puzzle is still stumping economists.
Research Highlights Podcast

How Democrats lost the South

October 29, 2018
The AEA interviews Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington about why Southern states turned Republican in the 1960s.
Research Highlights Article

Modern family

October 24, 2018
How do parental leave policies affect relationship stability at home?
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Hurt on the job

October 22, 2018
States are trying to rein in workers' compensation costs. How does that affect earnings for injured employees?
Research Highlights Article

Boosting mobile savings

October 19, 2018
Can automatic enrollments encourage saving in developing countries?
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On the wrong track

October 17, 2018
An education reform at the University of Cape Town offers lessons on grouping students by academic achievement.
Research Highlights Article

Cutting taxes, creating jobs

October 15, 2018
How would lowering the corporate tax rate affect entrepreneurial decisions and employment?