The AEA Executive Committee consists of the president, president-elect, two vice-presidents, the two most recent former presidents, six elected members, AEA journal editors, and the secretary-treasurer. All are interested in making contributions to the economics profession through their AEA leadership responsibilities, and many have come from, or move into...
Remote work can help develop a sense of safety in some workers that encourages them to speak their minds and contribute to discussions in meetings. Source: ShutterstockMany leaders and managers might reasonably believe that employees need a return to the office in order to feel safe enough to speak up with their best ideas and to point out problems. But fo...
New devices have created a new mode of surgery, where surgeons control robotic arms from a console and view the process through high-res cameras. Source: ShutterstockAlmost every career or profession has a subreddit or Facebook group dedicated to it. In some cases, online forums where professionals solicit and give advice, peer to peer, make for an invalua...
Understanding why people working on aircraft carriers make relatively few errors could unlock potential for improvement for a variety of industries. Source: ShutterstockWhat can doctors and hospital administrators learn from the crews of aircraft carriers and nuclear power plants? How to make fewer mistakes.The latter two are what management researchers ca...
Deadline: September 20, 2026The annual Elaine Bennett Research Prize supports, encourages, and recognizes outstanding contributions by young women in the economics profession. Nominees should be at the beginning of their career, normally within ten years of completing their dissertation and earning their PhD. However, adjustments will be made for nom...
Deadline: September 20, 2026The annual Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service is given to a senior economist for exemplary public service. The award honors leadership that advances the public good through service in government, university administration, or the private sector, and complements CSWEP’s existing portfolio by recognizing contr...
Diversity doesn’t matter in the way that most people think it matters. Source: ShutterstockThe value of diversity within an executive team goes far beyond quarterly earnings. Research by Academy of Management Scholar Sekou Bermiss of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has found no reliable evidence that financial performance...
The effects of land ownership on wages in Japan, 1600–1870Source: Katsushika Hokusai, Public domainOne of the central questions in economic history is why the Industrial Revolution began in England rather than somewhere else. East Asian societies during the eighteenth century were equally, if not more, sophisticated by many measures. One prominent explana...
In developing countries, delayed school entry may lead to long-term gains.Students sit in classroom in Malealea, Lesotho.Source: Reinhold LeitnerPrevious research in high-income countries suggests that children who enter primary school at younger ages accumulate more total years of education and have better outcomes in adulthood, but these results may not ...
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...
