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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 Great Divergence

July 18, 2018
This video explains how technology diffusion contributes to the growing productivity gap between rich and poor countries.

Get the lead out

July 13, 2018
How much can we mitigate the damaging effects of lead exposure in kids?

Putting a price on prejudice

June 29, 2018
Workplace discrimination is expensive. At what point does it become too costly for the discriminator?

Bias at the polls

June 20, 2018
Increased diversity of polling station administrators can influence bias on election day.

There goes the neighborhood

June 11, 2018
Online platforms like Yelp can help economists learn about how gentrification happens in real time.