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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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Automating air pollution monitoring

March 14, 2022
Monitoring technology helped China crack down on cities that underreported air pollution.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

African manufacturing

March 9, 2022
How has industrialization affected labor productivity in sub-Saharan countries?
Research Highlights Podcast

Moving on up?

March 2, 2022
Ellora Derenoncourt discusses how economic prospects declined for the generations of African Americans that followed the Great Migration.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Basic income and welfare traps

February 28, 2022
Can replacing unemployment benefits with a basic income boost employment?
Research Highlights Article

Quarters vs. semesters

February 21, 2022
How does switching to a different academic calendar impact students?
Research Highlights Podcast

Money well spent

February 18, 2022
Jason Baron discusses the effects of different types of school spending on student outcomes.