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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Less talk. More work.

September 16, 2019
What does socializing on the job do to productivity?
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The lessons of 9/11

September 11, 2019
Have counter-terrorism efforts by the US protected its interests?
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Newspapers and doing more with less

September 9, 2019
This video looks at how French dailies responded when commercial TV posed competition for ad revenue.
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Breaching the Great Firewall

September 4, 2019
What has censorship done to the Chinese public’s demand for politically sensitive news?
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"The curse of bigness"

August 30, 2019
The AEA interviews Naomi Lamoreaux about the history of Americans' response to dominant companies.
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A community college booster

August 28, 2019
A CUNY program was effective at increasing graduation rates at 2-year postsecondary institutions.
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Passing the buck

August 21, 2019
Who pays for a raise in the minimum wage and how does it affect job growth?