Research Highlight

Educating more effective politicians

April 28, 2017

Video from the AEA about what happens when a better educated generation gets involved in local politics

Chart of the Week

Why prices didn’t plummet during the Great Recession

April 26, 2017

Searching for the “missing deflation”

Research Highlight

An interview with Dave Donaldson

April 24, 2017

The 2017 John Bates Clark Medalist speaks with the AEA about his career and offers advice for young economists

Research Highlight

From the archives: Do firms lobby politicians by patronizing their businesses?

April 21, 2017

In the 2017 AEJ:Applied Best Paper, the authors study how companies in Italy responded to the political rise of media mogul Silvio Berlusconi

Call For Papers

Call for Papers for Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Inaugural Conference

April 21, 2017

The conference will be held in Canberra, Australia, from December 7-9, 2017

Research Highlight

From the archives: Do intellectual property protections close off new research avenues?

April 20, 2017

In the 2017 AEJ:Policy Best Paper, the authors track thousands of lab mice to study scientific innovation

Research Highlight

Do expectant parents skew their babies’ birthdates for tax purposes?

April 19, 2017

How a late December baby can pay off in April

AEA in the news

How Germany became a global economic powerhouse

April 19, 2017

Bloomberg cites an article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives that examines how Germany's flexible labor contracts helped it thrive in difficult times.

Research Highlight

From the archives: The view from 2 million feet

April 18, 2017

John Bates Clark Medalist Dave Donaldson and co-author Adam Storeygard explain how economists are using satellite data in new ways

Chart of the Week

Lobbying politicians through their business interests

April 17, 2017

How much indirect lobbying happens when politicians retain a financial stake in private enterprise?