Universal Academic Questionnaire

The UAQ is a survey of U.S. economics departments taken each fall. One survey is addressed to the chair of the Department of Economics of each institution.

The Association is frequently asked for information that is available from the UAQ. Therefore AEA annually publishes in the AEA Papers & Proceedings (May issue of the AER) a few pages of tables assembled from the latest UAQ responses. AEA has made every effort to maintain the confidentiality of responses from individual institutions. The usefulness of these tables depends on the cooperation of departments in completing the UAQ promptly each Fall.

Submit your questionnaire responses electronically or by mail.

UAQ Results for Previous Years

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

Contents of Current Issues

May 2013 AEJ: Policy

May 2013 AEJ: Micro

April 2013 AER

April 2013 AEJ: Macro

April 2013 AEJ: Applied

March 2013 JEL

Winter 2013 JEP

Virtual Field Journals

In the News:

The Huffington Post reports on a study addressing the influence of lifestyle factors on shrinking height in the elderly published in the April issue of AEJ: Applied Economics.

Michael Frakes' (Cornell Law School) article on medical liability standards from the February issue of the American Economic Review was discussed as part of a Bloomberg opinion piece on medical malpractice.

Slate Magazine recently discussed former AEA president, George Akerlof's classic behavioral research and a 2012 American Economic Review study conducted by German and Swiss researchers to explore how gifting can motivate some employees more than cash incentives do in the workplace.