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Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

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Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
Featured Charts — Illumination of graphs from AEA journal articles.

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China’s Grand Canal

June 6, 2022
Does disruption of major trade routes fuel social unrest?
Research Highlights Podcast

The returns to an economics degree

May 31, 2022
Zachary Bleemer discusses why studying economics in college can lead to significantly higher career earnings.
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Childcare and inequality

May 23, 2022
How much time do parents of different socioeconomic status spend with their kids?
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Higher pay, fewer hours

May 9, 2022
How did increases in the minimum wage affect demand for low-wage workers in Seattle?
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Comparing 911 responses

May 2, 2022
CarlyWill Sloan discusses race and police use of force in two American cities.
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Local politics

April 25, 2022
How does geographic context influence voter behavior?
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Digging into an argument

April 7, 2022
Do people become more convinced of their own positions in the midst of a debate?