October 10, 2017

To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: AEA Elections and Other Announcements


AEA Officer Election Results. The American Economic Association is pleased to announce the results from the 2017 Election for Officers of the American Economic Association for 2018: Ben S. Bernanke (president-elect), Susan C. Athey and Pinelopi Goldberg (vice-presidents), Adriana Lleras-Muney and Betsey Stevenson (members).

The AEA's 2018 Continuing Education Program will be held at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown on January 7-9, 2018, immediately following the close of ASSA. Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics and speakers will include Matching Market Design - Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke), Nikhil Agarwal (MIT), and Parag Pathak (MIT); Machine Learning and Econometrics - Guido Imbens (Stanford) and Susan Athey (Stanford); and DSGE Models and the Role of Finance - Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern) and Thomas Philippon (NYU). Find more information and register at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/cont-ed/.

The JOE Network is the "go-to" recruiting tool for the annual economics job market, matching thousands of candidates with jobs all over the world. Job seekers, hiring managers, and reference letter writers share materials, communicate confidentially, and easily and securely work with their files and data. This year, the JOE listings pages are updated to be more responsive for browsing on the go. Search and filter options are also updated and refined, and the file manager interface for candidates has been improved. Employers are able to request reference letters through JOE as optional or required, to include additional information for applicants in optional fields, to designate any questions to candidates for administrative access only (not shared with the hiring committee), and to print receipts for listings directly from the employer dashboard. See the latest jobs at https://www.aeaweb.org/joe.

The LGBTQ Economics Working Group provides support for LGBTQ economists and economic research relevant to LGBTQ populations.  The inaugural issue of the LGBTQ newsletter titled "Maynard's Notes" is now out. To learn more about the working group or read the newsletter, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aealgbtq.

Stay current on the intriguing economics research emerging from the AEA Journals through the Research Highlights series. This feature on the AEA website includes accessible articles, videos, data visualizations, and audio interviews with some of the world's top economists. Have them sent straight to your inbox every month by subscribing to our Research Highlights digest. For more frequent updates, subscribe to our RSS feed, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.

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