Research Highlights Article

Connecting buyers and sellers in the countryside

April 6, 2021

E-commerce development in rural China may not be as promising as many expected.

Research Highlights Podcast

Climate change and migration

March 31, 2021

Klaus Desmet discusses how accounting for spatial shifts changes estimates of how rising sea levels will affect the economy.

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Deadly deadlines

March 29, 2021

“Desk-clearing” by drug agencies has consequences for public safety.

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The Facebook filter bubble

March 26, 2021

Is social media making America more polarized?

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The top 10 percent through the ages

March 24, 2021

How unequal were the Middle Ages compared to today?

Member Announcement

AEA Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination

March 22, 2021

See statement by AEA leadership.

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The failure of “soft” affirmative action

March 22, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

Research Highlights Podcast

How much do local leaders matter?

March 17, 2021

Christian Dippel discusses the Forty-Eighters and their role in the US antislavery movement.

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Spending now or saving for later

March 15, 2021

How do lump-sum severance payments affect consumption for laid-off workers?

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Bringing financial markets together

March 12, 2021

Securities are typically traded separately from one another. Would it be better to combine those transactions?