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Research Highlights

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

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

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2021 in Featured Charts

December 28, 2021
Economists tackled the gender wage gap, political corruption, innovation, and more.
Research Highlights Podcast

The long-run benefits of public preschool

December 22, 2021
Martha Bailey discusses the impact of Head Start on educational attainment and economic self-sufficiency in adulthood.
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Horizontal growth

December 20, 2021
How do innovative companies diversify their product portfolios?
Research Highlights Article

License to die

December 17, 2021
What impact does driving have on teenage mortality and risky behavior?
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A big push out of poverty

December 15, 2021
A program in India shows that helping the ultra poor can have long-lasting effects.
Research Highlights Podcast

Reimagining public safety research

December 8, 2021
Yale sociologist Monica Bell talks about why economists must change the way they study police.
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Regressive innovation

December 6, 2021
To what extent was the opioid epidemic driven by demand?
Research Highlights Article

Stopping the churn

December 3, 2021
Many eligible participants lose SNAP benefits due to the difficulties of recertifying.
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Patent disclosure

December 1, 2021
Does access to patent documentation spur follow-on innovation?