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Research Highlights
AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.
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Moving on up?
March 2, 2022
Ellora Derenoncourt discusses how economic prospects declined for the generations of African Americans that followed the Great Migration.
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Basic income and welfare traps
February 28, 2022
Can replacing unemployment benefits with a basic income boost employment?
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The impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospital revenue
February 23, 2022
How did the Medicaid expansion affect the finances of health care facilities in California?
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Quarters vs. semesters
February 21, 2022
How does switching to a different academic calendar impact students?
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Money well spent
February 18, 2022
Jason Baron discusses the effects of different types of school spending on student outcomes.
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Political turnover and education quality in Brazil
February 14, 2022
How does political turnover affect the government bureaucracy and its performance?
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Publishing the most valuable findings
February 11, 2022
What are the tradeoffs journal editors must weigh when choosing which papers to accept?
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Recessions and educational attainment
February 9, 2022
How does an economic downturn affect the likelihood that a child will go to college?
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