American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

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Moving up in the world

February 7, 2018
New research explains the link between redistributive preferences and perceptions of social mobility.
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What's in a name?

February 5, 2018
Two researchers propose a new standard for ordering coauthor names.
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Reconsidering the poverty line

December 22, 2017
Is the World Bank underestimating the minimum income needed to survive?
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Job flexibility

December 13, 2017
A video about the value employees put on alternative work arrangements.
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Back to work

December 8, 2017
The U.S. labor market is not as flexible as once thought.
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Why do people give?

December 4, 2017
An interview with Lise Vesterlund on how economics can help us better understand altruism.
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Use it or lose it

November 13, 2017
Expiring budgets lead to wasteful year-end spending.