AEA in the news

New Orleans Times-Picayune features paper on Hurricane Katrina victims

June 14, 2018

Study in AEJ: Applied examined long-run economic impact on storm survivors.

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Empowering women, improving health

June 13, 2018

Legal systems that give women more rights lead to lower rates of female HIV.

Member Announcement

Let us know how you are using JEP articles in your classroom

June 12, 2018

Editors of JEP are currently collecting concrete examples of successful uses of JEP articles in classroom settings.

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There goes the neighborhood

June 11, 2018

Online platforms like Yelp can help economists learn about how gentrification happens in real time.

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Designing theories for the real world

June 6, 2018

The AEA interviews 2018 John Bates Clark Medalist Parag Pathak.

Announcement

Submissions open for the 2018 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award

June 5, 2018

The TIAA Institute invites you to submit an entry for the 2018 TIAA PAUL A. SAMUELSON AWARD

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A better understanding of food insecurity

June 4, 2018

A larger share of minorities lack access to healthy food than whites. But the severity of that poor access matters, too.

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What's it worth to you?

June 1, 2018

Evidence from the Canadian airline industry offers a nuanced view of how competition affects price discrimination.

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Economics (in space!)

May 30, 2018

Economists are well positioned to study the commercialization of space.

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Why may workers underinvest in their skills?

May 29, 2018

Big data can help incentivize human capital development.