Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

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Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
Featured Charts — Illumination of graphs from AEA journal articles.

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Research Highlights Podcast

Learning the language

September 5, 2023
Blake Heller discusses the impact of adult English language training programs on immigrant earnings and civic engagement.
Research Highlights Article

Concentrated spending

August 22, 2023
Why are US households spending more money on fewer products and showing increasing divergence from each other in their selections?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Social media and inflammatory rhetoric

August 1, 2023
Does animosity toward minorities on Twitter increase antiminority sentiment and lead to hate crimes?
Research Highlights Article

Testing the “superstar hypothesis”

July 24, 2023
The historic rollout of television in the United States provides a natural experiment in scale-related technological change.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Bonding with the boss

July 17, 2023
How much does socializing at work contribute to the gender pay gap?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Nation building and racial animus

July 5, 2023
What impact did racist narratives have on the reconciliation of the North and South after the US Civil War?