2017 Elected AEA Officers Announced

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October 11, 2016

Congratulations to President-elect Olivier Blanchard and all the new AEA officers!

Call for Proposals for the Council of European Studies (CES) 2017 Conference

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October 13, 2016

The Council of European Studies invites panel submissions on the themes of Sustainability and Transformation

The far-reaching effects when a mother stops smoking

[Research Highlight]

October 07, 2016

A mom's decision to kick the habit while pregnant can reduce her child's sick days years later

AEA offers Continuing Education opportunities immediately following the Annual Meeting

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October 12, 2016

Come for the Annual Meeting...Stay for the Continuing Education!

Have green building codes succeeded in saving energy?

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October 04, 2016

Energy savings from efficiency requirements prove hard to find

How the 'Losers' in America’s Trade Policies Got Left Behind

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October 19, 2016

A recent piece in the Atlantic cited a study that appeared in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics in January

Call for Empirical Economic Papers on Children and Youth

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October 20, 2016

2nd Workshop of the Centre for Social Data Analytics welcomes paper contributions

A polluted mind

[Research Highlight]

October 14, 2016

Poor air quality on the day of a test can have big impacts on how well a student performs.

2017 Freeman Online

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High-tech finance, antibiotic resistance, and urbanization in Africa

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October 21, 2016

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

The level of religiousness has huge effects on how much men and women are paid

[News]

October 24, 2016

Business Insider cited a 2010 study appearing in the Journal of Economic Perspectives

Prepare for the next recession – while you can

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October 25, 2016

A column in the Guardian cited a study appearing in this month’s issue of the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Let’s take a minute to applaud a government program that works

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October 25, 2016

A column in the Washington Post about the effects of Head Start, a federal program for early childhood education, cited a 2009 study from the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Are Americans better off than they were a decade or two ago?

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October 26, 2016

A blog post for the Brookings Institution cowritten by former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cited a paper published in the September issue of the American Economic Review

A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

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October 31, 2016

The New York Times cited a paper that appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Journal of Economic Perspectives about for-profit colleges

12th Annual "Challenges of Europe" International Conference

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October 28, 2016

Conference to be held May 17-19, 2017

Cecilia Rouse and Marina Halac honored by CSWEP

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October 31, 2016

The AEA’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession has honored professors at Princeton University and Columbia University for their contributions to the economics field.