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

The economics of autocratic legalism

September 20, 2023

How do modern autocracies immiserate their populace to satisfy the elite?

Learning the language

September 5, 2023

Blake Heller discusses the impact of adult English language training programs on immigrant earnings and civic engagement.

Concentrated spending

August 22, 2023

Why are US households spending more money on fewer products and showing increasing divergence from each other in their selections?

Transitional housing and recidivism

August 9, 2023

Logan Lee discusses the impact of residential housing programs on reincarceration rates.

Testing the “superstar hypothesis”

July 24, 2023

The historic rollout of television in the United States provides a natural experiment in scale-related technological change.

Economic questions raised by Alzheimer's disease

July 10, 2023

Corina Mommaerts discusses what economists can do to help policymakers address issues surrounding Alzheimer’s disease.

Market design and third-party certificates

June 28, 2023

How do certification thresholds impact quality and prices in markets?

Reconceptualizing the path to universal health insurance

June 12, 2023

Mark Shepard discusses the limitations of a “market failures” approach to achieving universal health insurance coverage in the United States.

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.