Research Highlights Article

The view from 2 million feet

October 28, 2016

How ultra-detailed satellite data are opening up new frontiers for economists

Recommendations for Further Reading

Catastrophe insurance, housing discrimination, and tuned-out voters

October 28, 2016

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

Announcement

12th Annual "Challenges of Europe" International Conference

October 28, 2016

Conference to be held May 17-19, 2017

AEA in the news

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

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

AEA in the news

Prepare for the next recession – while you can

October 25, 2016

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

AEA in the news

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

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

Research Highlights Article

A polluted mind

October 24, 2016

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

AEA in the news

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

October 24, 2016

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

Research Highlights Article

Have green building codes succeeded in saving energy?

October 19, 2016

Energy savings from efficiency requirements prove hard to find

AEA in the news

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

October 19, 2016

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