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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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Representation matters

July 29, 2020
How much can role models help to diversify the economics profession?
Research Highlights Podcast

Building barriers

July 22, 2020
Benjamin Feigenberg discusses the effectiveness of border walls on deterring migration.
Research Highlights Article

Room to grow

July 17, 2020
Are social insurance mandates holding back entrepreneurs?
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Valuing past performance

July 15, 2020
How much do reference letters boost a job seeker's prospects for landing an interview?
Research Highlights Article

Promoting smaller families

July 13, 2020
Fertility rates are declining in poor countries. Family planning campaigns are part of the reason why.
Research Highlights Podcast

Autocracies in the information age

July 8, 2020
UCLA professor Daniel Treisman discusses how today’s dictators retain their power and how to fight back.
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The tyranny of the top five

July 6, 2020
Is there too much pressure to publish in the highest-ranked journals?