Research Highlights

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

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Moral hazard and migration

June 5, 2024
Vikram Maheshri discusses unintended consequences of search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.
Research Highlights Article

Public works in the city

May 21, 2024
Do government employment programs boost the welfare of the urban poor in developing countries?
Research Highlights Article

Information inequality

April 24, 2024
Do US voters share a common baseline of political facts?
Research Highlights Podcast

Improving vaccine messaging

April 9, 2024
Sarah Eichmeyer discusses ways to increase vaccine take-up rates.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Medicaid spillovers

April 2, 2024
An expansion of Medicaid eligibility for children born after 1983 significantly reduced rates of adult incarceration.