AEA Summer Training and Scholarship Program

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CSMGEP: Programs

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The Mentoring Program, the Summer Training Program, and the Summer Economics Fellows Program

Predictably Unpredictable Inspections

By Ashvin Gandhi, Andrew Olenski, and Maggie Shi

American Economic Review

Inspections are a common tool for acquiring information and incentivizing compliance. Though typically unannounced, they often follow a predictable schedule. We study how this predictability shapes firm effort and patient outcomes in U.S. nursing homes...

2027 ASSA Annual Meeting: Save the Date!

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July 06, 2026

Mark your calendars for the premier economics event of the year.

Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta

By Joseph R. Mason

Journal of Economic Literature

AEA Initiatives for Diversity and Inclusion

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Small Group Breakfast Meeting for Underrepresented Scholars

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EconTrack: The AEA's Job Market Information Board

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The long shadow of infant illness

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Danish data reveal how viruses brought home by older siblings influence lifetime income.

American Economic Association

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The Causal Effects of Global Supply Chain Disruptions on Macroeconomic Outcomes: Evidence and Theory

By Xiwen Bai, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Yiliang Li, and Francesco Zanetti

American Economic Review

We study the causal effects of global supply chain disruptions by constructing a new index of real-time port congestion using Automatic Identification System data from container ships and a spatial clustering algorithm. We develop a model with search f...

The Inflation Attention Threshold and Inflation Surges

By Oliver Pfäuti

American Economic Review

The recent inflation surge brought inflation back on people’s minds. I quantify when and how much attention to inflation changes and derive the macroeconomic implications of these attention changes. I estimate an attention threshold at an inflation r...

Social Push and the Direction of Innovation

By Elias Einiö, Josh Feng, and Xavier Jaravel

American Economic Review

What are the implications of unequal access to innovation careers for the direction of innovation and inequality? Leveraging novel linked datasets in the United States and Finland, we document that innovators create products more likely to be purchased ...

CTREE Conference 2026

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May 27–29, 2026 | Rio Hotel, Las Vegas

EconEdNews

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Our newsletter provides timely information about conferences and events sponsored by the AEA-CEE, highlights resources for educators, and shares economic education activities associated with organizations around the world.

2026 Election Candidates

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2026 Election Candidates

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2026 Annual Election

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July 24, 2026

View the AEA Member Announcement from July 27, 2026.

High School Effects on Civic Engagement

By Kirsten Slungaard Mumma

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Preparing young people for citizenship is a foundational purpose of public education, yet little is known about whether or how K-12 schools impact civic engagement. Using education, birth, and voting records for nine cohorts of students in Indiana, I e...

Health Insurance and Access to Care for the Near Elderly

By Michael Anderson, Carlos Dobkin, Nicole Maestas, and Liam Rose

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

The vast majority of Americans become eligible for Medicare at age 65. This results in 7 percent of the near elderly transitioning from uninsurance to insurance and 60 percent switching from some source of insurance to Medicare. We develop an extension...