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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Home security

February 9, 2018
How much did unemployment benefits stabilize the housing market during the Great Recession?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Moving up in the world

February 7, 2018
New research explains the link between redistributive preferences and perceptions of social mobility.
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What's in a name?

February 5, 2018
Two researchers propose a new standard for ordering coauthor names.
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Party schools and sexual assault

January 31, 2018
An interview with Isaac Swensen about college football, excessive drinking, and threats against women on campus.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Growth at the extremes

January 15, 2018
Polarization in the US job market may have begun decades earlier than previously believed.