Fiona Burlig discusses an experiment in rural India that measured the value poor households place on potable water.Source: Srinivasan.ClicksMore than two billion people around the world do not have safe drinking water at home. Piped water infrastructure remains out of reach for much of the developing world, and cheaper alternatives like chlorine tablets ha...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Kristine EtterAmerican Economic AssociationPhone: (615) 343-0417Email: kristine.b.etter@Vanderbilt.EduNASHVILLE, TN (April 7, 2026) - The American Economic Association (AEA) announces recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal, Distinguished Fellows, Foreign Honorary Members, and the Best Paper Awards of the American Economi...
Common ownership between brand and generic pharmaceutical firms significantly reduces generic entry.Source: gogianWhen the patent expires on a brand-name drug, generic manufacturers are legally permitted to enter the market with cheaper, bioequivalent alternatives. This process is crucial to containing healthcare costs, with generic entry reducin...
As previously announced, EEA’s MinE Committee is launching a new mentoring programme for PhD students and early-career researchers (defined as having obtained their PhDs between 2021-2026) who identify as a minority in economics. This includes, but is not limited to, ethnic minorities in Europe , LGBTQ+ individuals, and ...
EEA’s Minorities in Economics Committee is pleased to announce its First Annual Minority in Economics Mentoring Workshop for Economics PhD students and Early Career Economists in collaboration with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom on July 13-14, 2026. The workshop aims to support late-stage economics ...
Launched in 2022, the Seedcorn Fund supports the development and implementation of small-scale, innovative projects aimed at enhancing higher education and the student learning experience. Funding is intended for short projects lasting one year or less.This year’s applications showcased a wide range of creative ideas. We are pleased to introduce the recip...
Francesco Caselli will give the 2026 JEEA-FBBVA lecture - Macroeconomic Implications of Executive Pay Caps. - at the FBBVA headquarters in Madrid on Thursday, April 23 at 18:00 CESTIn recent years political organizations in many countries have advanced proposals to cap the ratio of top-management pay to the...
The origins and consequences of zero-sum thinking in the United States.Source: cpenlerWhen Donald Trump entered the political scene, he relied heavily on rhetoric pitting one group against another—immigrants versus native-born citizens, China versus the United States, the Washington elite versus everyone else. Underlying this message is the idea that some...
In 1991, the EEA created a medal to be awarded once every two years (even years) to the author(s) of an outstanding article published in the Association’s Journal during the two preceding years. It is named Hicks-Tinbergen to make it clear that the EEA stands for both theoretical and empirical work in economics in Europe.The EEA is pleased to announce the...
Nonbinary and transgender workers face substantial earnings penalties relative to cisgender men.Source: QueerUpTheHistory, CC BY-SA 4.0Recognition of nonbinary and transgender identities by high-income nations is a relatively recent development. Only in the past few decades have economists begun to examine how such identities shape individuals' economi...
