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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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Back to work

December 8, 2017
The U.S. labor market is not as flexible as once thought.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

A better way to feed the poor

December 6, 2017
A national nonprofit develops a more efficient system to allocate food donations.
Research Highlights Article

Why do people give?

December 4, 2017
An interview with Lise Vesterlund on how economics can help us better understand altruism.
Research Highlights Article

From RCT to Policy

November 29, 2017
Scaling up RCTs involves countless challenges. One NGO overcame all of them.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Refusing the power to choose

November 22, 2017
Why are consumers slow to change energy providers even when they have a less expensive option?
Research Highlights Article

The power of Papal persuasion

November 20, 2017
How much did Pope John Paul II influence the beliefs and actions of Catholics?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Use it or lose it

November 13, 2017
Expiring budgets lead to wasteful year-end spending.