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Research Highlights

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

Podcasts — Interviews with AEA authors discussing their work.
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

The costs of cultural traditions

November 15, 2022
Eduardo Montero and Dean Yang discuss the long-term economic consequences of religious festivals in Mexico that coincide with peak planting or harvest months.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Life cycle income profiles

November 9, 2022
Lifetime earnings data provide insights on how average earnings for men and women in the United States have changed over time.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Testing the pollution-haven hypothesis

October 11, 2022
Do tighter environmental regulations in developed countries shift polluting activities to developing countries?
Research Highlights Article

Local elections in China

October 3, 2022
Why do autocracies sometimes use democratic institutions?