Research Highlights Article

Are immigrants less likely to commit crimes when they gain legal status?

May 2, 2016

What happened when an EU expansion legalized thousands of immigrants in Italy

AEA in the news

Does diversity hamper economic progress?

May 2, 2016

Livemint cited a 2015 American Economic Review article in a summary of recent research about public goods

Announcement

The 2016 AEJ Best Paper Awards have been Announced

April 29, 2016

Learn more about the papers chosen as the 2016 AEJ Best Papers

Press Release

American Economic Association Announces Award Recipients for 2016

April 29, 2016

View recipients of the 2016 awards, including the Clark Medalist, Distinguished Fellows, Foreign Honorary Members, and AEJ Best Paper Prizes

Research Highlights Article

Is climate change turning Indonesian fishermen to crime?

April 27, 2016

Piracy spikes when fishing income deteriorates

Research Highlights Article

Are taxpayers well-informed about the taxes they pay?

April 20, 2016

What online searches reveal about how people think about taxes

AEA in the news

When Discredited Policies Make Sense

April 20, 2016

A column appearing in Bloomberg View highlights a 2012 American Economic Review piece about economic policy during the Great Depression

Announcement

Past AEA President William Nordhaus Named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

April 19, 2016

Congratulations to William Nordhaus on being named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

AEA in the news

Tax transparency: when less is more

April 15, 2016

The Economist highlighted papers from the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy in an article about the promise of tax transparency laws

AEA in the news

What If We Just Gave Poor People a Basic Income for Life?

April 15, 2016

An article in Slate by the co-founders of Give Directly cited a study from this month’s issue of the American Economic Review