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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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Will work for insurance

June 23, 2017
Would expanding Medicaid make people less willing to hold a job?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Hiring at home

June 21, 2017
How Saudi Arabia boosted employment and why its success was so costly
Research Highlights Article

What's in a name?

June 19, 2017
Companies named for their founders do better. This video explains why more firms don't bear their owners’ names
Research Highlights Article

Why do mothers earn less?

June 14, 2017
An interview with Erik Plug about the "motherhood penalty" and what it means for working moms
Research Highlights Featured Chart

The resource curse in action

June 12, 2017
Violence in mineral-rich regions of Africa rose along with commodity prices