The American Economic Review is a general-interest economics journal. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in the economics profession and is celebrating over 100 years of publishing! The journal publishes 6 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics as well as the Papers and Proceedings issue in May, which presents selected papers from the AEA's annual meeting along with the reports of officers and committees.
It's the height of summer break, and as students decompress from the school year, they also have more time for scrolling social media. What effect do these platforms have on the young people's mental health?
Aug 4, 2023
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The introduction of Facebook in American colleges led to a 9% increase in depression and a 12% increase in generalized anxiety disorder among students, according to a study by Luca Braghieri and colleagues. The likely cause: ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Increased competition can result in lower prices and better service, but two researchers from Singapore Management University have found that it can also lead to businesses engaging in practices which can be potential harmful ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Some countries with national health insurance plans face a basic problem: Not enough people sign up for those programs, and the ones who do tend to have worse-than-average health. That is a public health matter, but also ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Would you like to live longer? It turns out that where you live, not just how you live, can make a big difference.
Sep 1, 2021
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About 35 percent of women get annual mammograms from age 40 onward. But the value of those screenings has been much debated, because mammograms for people in their 40s catch relatively few cases of breast cancer, generate ...
Dec 17, 2020
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A new analysis of a randomized health insurance program in Oregon sheds light on the value the program has for enrollees and providers alike.
Dec 16, 2019
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When people die, they can become organ donors for a period of about 24 to 48 hours. But 20 percent of kidneys in the U.S. that could be transplanted in these situations are never used.
Nov 5, 2019
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Nearly a fifth of the respondents in a recent survey said they would reverse their opposition to compensating kidney donors if a form of non-cash payment led to a substantial increase in the supply of available organs for ...
Jul 12, 2019
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When a close relative dies, the stress can be overwhelming. But for many adults and children, mourning and grief often give way to healing.
Apr 6, 2018
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