Research Highlights

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

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Market segmentation and housing prices

November 20, 2025

Did relaxed credit standards drive the housing boom that led to the Great Recession?

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Tariffs and local labor markets

November 13, 2025

The impact of the 2002 Bush steel tariffs on jobs in steel-intensive industries.

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Technological spillovers

November 5, 2025

Shawn Kantor and Alexander Whalley discuss the long-term effects of public R&D investment made during the Cold War–era space race.

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The stalled progress of gender equality in the US labor market

October 29, 2025

Life cycle profiles of wages help shed light on the economic progress of women relative to men.

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Gender and the macroeconomy

October 21, 2025

How has women's labor force participation shaped America's business cycles?

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Entertainment technology and work behavior

October 14, 2025

How did the rollout of broadcast television during the mid-twentieth century affect labor supply decisions in the United States?

Research Highlights Podcast

Housing supply skepticism

October 8, 2025

Christopher Elmendorf discusses the views of the US public on the housing market.

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Bias in academic networking

September 30, 2025

A social media field experiment suggests that gender, race, and university affiliation influence the formation of professional relationships among economists.