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

Colleges and local economic growth

May 31, 2023

What drives local innovation?

Gender bias in bank lending

May 16, 2023

Michelle Brock discusses discriminatory lending practices toward women in Turkey.

The impact of bubbly episodes

May 1, 2023

How do economic bubbles and crashes affect long-run economic growth?

The importance of local activism

April 17, 2023

Daniel Hungerman discusses the long-run effects of the first Earth Day celebration.

The power of word choice

April 4, 2023

Does slanted language affect public opinion?

Market design and live events

March 20, 2023

Eric Budish discusses the introduction of auctions to the primary market for tickets.

The economic fallout from environmental crises

March 6, 2023

The effect of the Flint water crisis on housing prices.

Graduate school and mental health

February 21, 2023

Valentin Bolotnyy discusses the state of student mental health in eight top-ranked economics programs.

Falling wages and discretionary pay-setting practices

February 6, 2023

A decline in the use of standardized pay rates contributed to stagnating wages from the 1970s to the mid-1990s.

Mental health therapy in the developing world

January 23, 2023

Nathan Barker discusses the impact of cognitive behavioral therapy in rural Ghana.