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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

Demagoguery on the airwaves

September 15, 2021
Tianyi Wang discusses Father Coughlin’s populist radio broadcasts and their effects on public opinion during the Great Depression.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

The long story of industrial innovation

September 13, 2021
A new approach to identifying important patents helps shed light on technological breakthroughs since 1860.
Research Highlights Article

Shaping politics

September 7, 2021
Being exposed to greater diversity in elementary and middle school affects party registration in adulthood.
Research Highlights Article

Performance pay

August 27, 2021
How important is a compensation structure to attracting and retaining the best teachers?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Health Inequality and COVID-19

August 25, 2021
How have the effects of COVID-19 varied among different population groups in the United States?
Research Highlights Article

What drives drivers?

August 23, 2021
The preference for Uber's commission-based compensation over the fixed-fee arrangements of traditional taxis.