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

Expanding markets

January 30, 2024

What happens to incumbents when more sellers are added to online platforms?

Counselors matter

January 16, 2024

Christine Mulhern discusses the impact of high school counselors on students’ academic success.

2023 in Research Highlights

December 19, 2023

Economists addressed issues related to graduate student mental health, teacher diversity, the origin of government, and more.

Global trade and unionization

December 5, 2023

What role did the surge in China imports have on already declining union rates?

Shifting to work from home

November 20, 2023

How did work-from-home arrangements in the United States evolve during and after the pandemic?

Testing two theories of the origin of government

October 31, 2023

Leander Heldring discusses the formation of ancient states in Iraq.

Political leadership and anti-scientific messaging

October 18, 2023

Do populist challenges to scientific recommendations lead citizens to adopt risky behavior?

Ending school segregation for Mexican Americans

October 2, 2023

Francisca Antman discusses the impact of desegregating Mexican American schools on educational outcomes in California.

The economics of autocratic legalism

September 20, 2023

How do modern autocracies immiserate their populace to satisfy the elite?

Learning the language

September 5, 2023

Blake Heller discusses the impact of adult English language training programs on immigrant earnings and civic engagement.