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Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

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Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
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Understanding "underemployment"

April 24, 2019
A new paper explores the dynamics when college graduates take jobs for which they are overqualified.
Research Highlights Article

Survey says?

April 17, 2019
Inaccurate Census data has led researchers to underestimate the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs.
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The elephant curve

April 15, 2019
How much has inequality grown around the world over the last forty years?
Research Highlights Article

Closing the tuition gap

April 12, 2019
Should out-of-state students pay more than in-state students?
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Curbing a desire to drink

April 10, 2019
An experiment measures how much Indian cycle-rickshaw drivers actually wanted to remain sober on the job.
Research Highlights Article

Reassessing public health campaigns

April 8, 2019
Are we overstating the role that anti-TB initiatives played in driving down death rates in the 20th century?