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Coping without benefits

September 30, 2019

What happens to household spending when unemployment insurance dries up?

Research Highlights Article

Pay the women

September 27, 2019

Why do many female entrepreneurs in developing countries have lower returns on capital than men?

Announcement

2020 John Bates Clark Medal Nominations

September 27, 2019

Economics Departments invited to submit nominations for the 2020 John Bates Clark Medal.

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: Final report on AEA professional climate survey now available

September 26, 2019

View the member announcements from September 26, 2019.

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Coming off the sugar high

September 25, 2019

What are the potential effects of a soda tax?

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Reshaping financial networks

September 23, 2019

Civil War-era legislation helped usher in a period of top-down banking panics. Are there lessons for today’s economies?

Research Highlights Podcast

The case for paying college athletes

September 18, 2019

The AEA interviews Allen Sanderson and John Siegfried about why they believe the NCAA's current model is broken.

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Less talk. More work.

September 16, 2019

What does socializing on the job do to productivity?

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Scientific progress one funeral at a time

September 13, 2019

What happens to a research field when it loses its leader?

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The lessons of 9/11

September 11, 2019

Have counter-terrorism efforts by the US protected its interests?