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

Public works in the city

May 21, 2024

Do government employment programs boost the welfare of the urban poor in developing countries?

The pace of economics publishing

May 7, 2024

Daniel Hamermesh discusses publishing in economics and how to speed it up.

Information inequality

April 24, 2024

Do US voters share a common baseline of political facts?

Improving vaccine messaging

April 9, 2024

Sarah Eichmeyer discusses ways to increase vaccine take-up rates.

Expanding public options

March 27, 2024

When should state-owned companies compete with the private sector?

A textbook bank run

March 12, 2024

Andrew Metrick discusses the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the government’s response.

Immigrant communities and economic development

February 28, 2024

The effect of established Danish settlements on the US dairy industry.

The roots of US innovation clusters

February 14, 2024

Daniel Gross and Bhaven Sampat discuss the impact of one of the largest shocks to federal R&D funding in US economic history.

Expanding markets

January 30, 2024

What happens to incumbents when more sellers are added to online platforms?

Counselors matter

January 16, 2024

Christine Mulhern discusses the impact of high school counselors on students’ academic success.