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

Good cop, bad cop

May 6, 2019

Can civilian allegations of officer misconduct be used to prevent future incidents?

Land reforms that left Indian girls behind

May 1, 2019

Why has economic growth not led to more gender equality in India?

The downsides of making benefits more flexible

April 22, 2019

For the neediest, giving in-kind may be better than giving cash.

Survey says?

April 17, 2019

Inaccurate Census data has led researchers to underestimate the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs.

Closing the tuition gap

April 12, 2019

Should out-of-state students pay more than in-state students?

Reassessing public health campaigns

April 8, 2019

Are we overstating the role that anti-TB initiatives played in driving down death rates in the 20th century?

Connecting Africa to the digital fastlane

April 3, 2019

How did high-speed, high-capacity Internet affect African businesses and workers?

The indirect effects of good teaching

March 29, 2019

An educator's value is greater than the impact they have on their own students.

As farmers go, so goes the nation

March 25, 2019

How did agriculture help the US recover from the Great Depression in the spring of 1933?

Inoculating adolescents, protecting the public

March 20, 2019

The AEA interviews Emily Lawler about vaccination mandates and their spillover effects.