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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

LGBTQ economics

June 23, 2021
Lee Badgett discusses her research on the effects of sexual orientation-based discrimination and how economists can engage in the fight for equality.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Variation in punishment

June 16, 2021
How much does racial heterogeneity affect the severity of criminal sentencing?
Research Highlights Article

"Drowning in products"

June 14, 2021
Are consumers helped more by professional critics’ reviews or crowd-based ratings?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Applying themselves

June 7, 2021
Could reframing offers of financial aid help close the college-going gap between high- and low-income students?
Research Highlights Article

Welfare generosity and work

June 1, 2021
How much does extending unemployment insurance affect employment?