Announcement

Rachel Croson receives 2017 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

November 14, 2017

Michigan State University dean lauded for devoting "an enormous amount of energy" to mentoring women in the economics profession.

Announcement

PCAOB Economic Research Fellowships for the 2018-2019 Academic Year

November 13, 2017

Learn about topics of interest and how to apply

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Use it or lose it

November 13, 2017

Expiring budgets lead to wasteful year-end spending.

Research Highlights Article

A long-term investment in education

November 10, 2017

How far-reaching are the impacts when schools spend more on students?

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Animal sacrifice

November 8, 2017

China's collectivization movement in the 1950s is a stark example of the power of incentives.

Research Highlights Article

Breaking taboos and making policy

November 6, 2017

The Netherlands' legal prostitution zones reduced citywide crime.

Call For Papers

2018 Pennsylvania Economic Association Annual Conference

November 3, 2017

Call for papers for PEA 2018 Conference, to be held May 31-June 2, 2018

AEA in the news

Planet Money cites Richard Thaler's JEP column "Anomalies"

November 2, 2017

The popular NPR radio show and podcast dedicates an entire episode to Thaler's contributions to behavioral economics.

Announcement

National Academy of Sciences call for research ideas in the social and behavioral sciences

November 2, 2017

The National Academy of Sciences' Committee for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security (SBS Decadal Survey) invites all members of the SBS research community to join a virtual town hall on IdeaBuzz

Recommendations for Further Reading

Collective bargaining, getting over globalization, and urbanization in Africa

November 1, 2017

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives