Research Highlights Article

The long shadow of colonial medicine

April 9, 2021

To what extent did French health campaigns from 70 years ago feed modern day mistrust in Central Africa?

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Free movement and labor markets

April 7, 2021

A policy reform in Switzerland helped estimate the effect of foreign workers on native employment and wages.

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: Extended Submission deadline for AEA 2022 meetings

April 6, 2021

Research Highlights Article

Connecting buyers and sellers in the countryside

April 6, 2021

E-commerce development in rural China may not be as promising as many expected.

Research Highlights Podcast

Climate change and migration

March 31, 2021

Klaus Desmet discusses how accounting for spatial shifts changes estimates of how rising sea levels will affect the economy.

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Deadly deadlines

March 29, 2021

“Desk-clearing” by drug agencies has consequences for public safety.

Research Highlights Article

The Facebook filter bubble

March 26, 2021

Is social media making America more polarized?

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The top 10 percent through the ages

March 24, 2021

How unequal were the Middle Ages compared to today?

Research Highlights Article

The failure of “soft” affirmative action

March 22, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

Member Announcement

AEA Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination

March 22, 2021

See statement by AEA leadership.