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.

Follow AEAjournals: X | Bluesky | Facebook

Subscribe to AEA Research Highlights: Digest Email | Podcast | RSS Feed

Show me

Research Highlights Article

Learning from Sesame Street

February 1, 2019
An interview with Melissa Kearney about the impact of educational television on young children.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Shipping may vary

January 30, 2019
How can differences in export costs explain cross-country income inequality?
Research Highlights Article

Expanding access vs. controlling costs

January 23, 2019
A new paper examines some of the factors that may drive patient choices to pursue expensive fertility treatments.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

City planning for retirement

January 22, 2019
Why do some cities have higher unfunded liabilities than others?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Encouraging innovation

January 16, 2019
What effect do patents have on the potential for a technology to be used in future product development?
Research Highlights Article

Boys' club

January 14, 2019
An elite education can propel someone into a top corporate job...if they are a wealthy man.