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.

Follow us for the latest updates:
X (formerly Twitter): AEAjournals
Facebook: AEAjournals
RSS: AEA RSS feed
Email: Research Highlights & Featured Charts Email Digest
Podcast: Subscribe to the AEA Research Highlights Podcast

Archive

A puzzling success

April 16, 2018
An entrepreneurship program in Chile worked, but not as expected.

What's best for the baby

April 6, 2018
The AEA interviews Maya Rossin-Slater and Petra Persson about the long-term impact of maternal stress during pregnancy.

Informing physicians

March 28, 2018
Would doctors prescribe different medications if they knew how much people had to pay for them?

Coarse Grades

March 19, 2018
Crude measures of quality are sometimes better for consumers.

Cite your sources

March 14, 2018
What can economists’ citations tell us about the field?