Research Highlights

The AEA profiles research from all of its journals covering the wide range of topics that economists study. The entire archive of research highlights is below. A list of featured charts from AEA journals are also available.

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Archive

Growth by proximity

October 13, 2021

Enrico Moretti discusses the effect of high-tech hubs on innovation.

Barriers to expanding coverage

October 8, 2021

How can developing countries mitigate the challenges to universal health insurance?

Celebrity politics

October 4, 2021

The impact of television stardom on elections.

Going from gasoline to electric

September 29, 2021

Stephen Holland discusses the best strategy for transitioning to electric vehicles.

Slipping into a Kafkaesque state

September 24, 2021

To what extent is poorly written legislation causing bureaucratic nightmares?

Patterns of US migration

September 21, 2021

How do social networks influence where migrants choose to settle?

Consolidation and productivity

September 17, 2021

Should the United States be worried about its growing monopolies?

Demagoguery on the airwaves

September 15, 2021

Tianyi Wang discusses Father Coughlin’s populist radio broadcasts and their effects on public opinion during the Great Depression.

Shaping politics

September 7, 2021

Being exposed to greater diversity in elementary and middle school affects party registration in adulthood.

Work and childcare during the pandemic

September 1, 2021

Stefania Albanesi discusses the effects of the COVID-19 recession on the US labor market.