Research Highlights Podcast

The consequences of school choice

February 3, 2021

Harvard professor Chris Avery discusses how allowing students to leave their neighborhood for their education may undercut policymakers' goals.

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Immigrants and upward mobility

February 1, 2021

Children of foreign-born parents climb the income ladder faster than kids of US-born parents, especially among the poorest families.

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: Call for Papers and Other Announcements

February 1, 2021

Research Highlights Article

Mobilizing the masses to murder

January 29, 2021

How did political elites in Rwanda get civilians to participate in genocide?

Call For Papers

Call for Papers: The Journal of Government and Economics (JGE)

January 27, 2021

Call For Papers

Call for Papers: Second Conference on the Interconnectedness of Financial Systems

January 27, 2021

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Competition or creation?

January 27, 2021

Do immigrants hurt the job prospects of native-born workers?

AEA in the news

AEA congratulates Janet Yellen on becoming treasury secretary

January 26, 2021

Past-president of the AEA becomes first woman to oversee Treasury in its 232-year history.

Research Highlights Article

Danger lurks below

January 25, 2021

How much do leaky underground petroleum tanks harm our health and what should policymakers do about it?

Research Highlights Podcast

Rereading "The Road to Serfdom"

January 20, 2021

Bruce Caldwell discusses Friedrich Hayek and the history of economic ideas.