Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

Podcasts — Interviews with AEA authors discussing their work.
Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
Featured Charts — Illumination of graphs from AEA journal articles.

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Noncompetes and the spread of ideas

October 22, 2026

Kate Reinmuth and Emma Rockall discuss the effects of labor mobility restrictions on innovation.

Research Highlights Featured Chart

The effects of the 2017 US corporate tax cut

October 15, 2026

Eighty-seven percent of the increase in personal earnings went to workers in the top of the income distribution.

Research Highlights Article

Who benefits from upzoning?

October 8, 2026

A 2016 zoning reform in São Paulo increased the ability of developers to supply housing units by lifting limitations on permitted densification on a block-by-block basis.

Research Highlights Featured Chart

The gap between statutory and actual tariff rates

October 1, 2026

US tariffs collected in 2025 were less than half of the announced rates.

Research Highlights Podcast

Violence against women

September 24, 2026

Manisha Shah discusses the factors that drive intimate partner violence and the impact of policies aimed at reducing it in low- and middle-income countries.