Announcement

Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer on Being Awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

October 14, 2019

AER editor Duflo, youngest ever to receive the award, lauded with Banerjee and Kremer for transforming developmental economics.

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Tariffs and tearing up trade agreements

October 11, 2019

What would ending NAFTA and Brexit do to car industries around the world?

Announcement

2020 Rand Summer Institute

October 11, 2019

The Summer Institute will be held on July 6-9, 2020 in Santa Monica, CA.

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The downside of universal child care

October 9, 2019

Plenty of research finds positive effects of early childhood education. But can it ever have negative consequences?

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: AEJ: Applied Economics Editor search -- request for suggestions

October 8, 2019

View member announcements from October 8, 2019.

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Bargaining the future

October 7, 2019

Unions provide protections for teachers, but how do they affect students over the long run?

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: AEA Elections and Other Announcements (October 4, 2019)

October 4, 2019

View the member announcements from October 4, 2019.

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Leave no neighborhood behind

October 2, 2019

Funding formulas for charter schools should be tied to the cost of educating students.

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Coping without benefits

September 30, 2019

What happens to household spending when unemployment insurance dries up?

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Pay the women

September 27, 2019

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