American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

2009 - 2026

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Volume 18, issue 1, 2026

Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines: Evidence from COVID-19 pp. 1-43

Seth Freedman, Daniel W. Sacks, Kosali Simon and Coady Wing

From Immediate Acceptance to Deferred Acceptance: Effects on School Admissions and Achievement in England pp. 44-87

Camille Terrier, Parag A. Pathak and Kevin Ren

Breaking Bad: How Health Shocks Prompt Crime pp. 88-119

Steffen Andersen, Elin Colmsjö, Gianpaolo Parise and Kim Peijnenburg

Highway to Hitler pp. 120-59

Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth

Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and the Implications for Retail Markups pp. 160-94

Justin H. Leung and Zhonglin Li

Divine Policy: The Impact of Religion in Government pp. 195-247

Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, Alessandro Pizzigolotto and Lena Lindbjerg Sperling

The Returns to Physical Capital in Knowledge Production: Evidence from Lab Disasters pp. 248-85

Stefano Baruffaldi and Fabian Gaessler

Disadvantaging Rivals: Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Market pp. 286-304

Charles Gray, Abby Alpert and Neeraj Sood

Volume 17, issue 4, 2025

Labor Supply and Entertainment Innovations: Evidence from the US TV Rollout pp. 1-28

George Fenton and Felix Koenig

Home Sweet Home: Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration pp. 29-59

Olof Ejermo, Kerstin Enflo, Björn Eriksson and Erik Prawitz

Down to the Wire: Leveraging Technology to Improve Electric Utility Cost Recovery pp. 60-99

Husnain F. Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn C. Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang and Javed Younas

Labor Market Inequality and the Changing Life Cycle Profile of Male and Female Wages pp. 100-133

Richard Blundell, Hugo Lopez and James Ziliak

The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act pp. 134-54

Giovanni Facchini, Brian Knight and Cecilia Testa

Taxes Today, Benefits Tomorrow pp. 155-83

Thomas Le Barbanchon

Pulled In and Crowded Out: Heterogeneous Outcomes of Merit-Based School Choice pp. 184-222

Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kai Liu and Kjell G Salvanes

Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending pp. 223-59

Matias Giaccobasso, Brad Nathan, Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Alejandro Zentner

Volume 17, issue 3, 2025

The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions pp. 1-41

Sebastian Jävervall and Roza Khoban

Tax Incentives for Migrants with Mid-level Earnings: Evidence from the Netherlands pp. 42-79

Lisa Timm, Massimo Giuliodori and Paul Muller

Can Development Programs Counter Insurgencies? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan pp. 80-116

Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia and Ruben Enikolopov

Not Playing Favorites: Parents and the Value of Equal Opportunity pp. 117-60

James Berry, Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Maulik Jagnani

Food Transfers and Child Nutrition: Evidence from India's Public Distribution System pp. 161-207

Aditya Shrinivas, Kathy Baylis and Benjamin Crost

Skill Depreciation during Unemployment: Evidence from Panel Data pp. 208-35

Jonathan Cohen, Andrew C. Johnston and Attila Lindner

New Gig Work or Changes in Reporting? Understanding Self-Employment Trends in Tax Data pp. 236-70

Andrew Garin, Emilie Jackson and Dmitri Koustas

Voice at Work pp. 271-309

Jarkko Harju, Simon Jäger and Benjamin Schoefer

Preferences, Selection, and the Structure of Teacher Pay pp. 310-46

Andrew C. Johnston

Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark pp. 347-79

Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen and Alan Manning

Salary History and Employer Demand: Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit pp. 380-413

Amanda Y. Agan, Bo Cowgill and Laura Gee

Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence from the Bangladesh Civil Service pp. 414-45

Martin Mattsson

Volume 17, issue 2, 2025

The High and Falling Price of Cement in Africa pp. 1-40

Fabrizio Leone, Rocco Macchiavello and Tristan Reed

Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply pp. 41-74

Barbara Boelmann, Anna Raute and Uta Schönberg

Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda pp. 75-101

Kjetil Bjorvatn, Denise Ferris, Selim Gulesci, Arne Nasgowitz, Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Sustainable Poverty Reduction through Social Assistance: Modality, Context, and Complementary Programming in Bangladesh pp. 102-26

Akhter Ahmed, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Kolt, Shalini Roy and Salauddin Tauseef

Do Peers Matter in the Police Academy? pp. 127-64

Roman Rivera

The Long-Term Effects of Career Guidance in High School and Student Financial Aid: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment pp. 165-83

Laetitia Renée

The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China pp. 184-224

Gaurav Khanna, Wenquan Liang, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak and Ran Song

Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of ADHD pp. 225-56

Petra Persson, Xinyao Qiu and Maya Rossin-Slater

Volume 17, issue 1, 2025

Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon? pp. 1-40

Raphael Calel, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Matthieu Glachant

The Simpler the Better? Threshold Effects of Energy Labels on Property Prices and Energy Efficiency Investments pp. 41-89

Rodolfo Sejas-Portillo, Mirko Moro and Till Stowasser

Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices pp. 90-125

Joshua Blonz, Karen Palmer, Casey Wichman and Derek C. Wietelman

The Willingness to Pay for a Cooler Day: Evidence from 50 Years of Major League Baseball Games pp. 126-59

Kevin Kuruc, Melissa LoPalo and Sean O'Connor

Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation pp. 160-207

Clemence Tricaud

Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism pp. 208-38

Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal and Ryan Monarch

Trade Disruptions and Reshoring pp. 239-70

Anindya S. Chakrabarti, Kanika Mahajan and Shekhar Tomar

Staggered Difference-in-Differences in Gravity Settings: Revisiting the Effects of Trade Agreements pp. 271-96

Arne Nagengast and Yoto Yotov

Location, Location, Location pp. 297-336

David Card, Jesse Rothstein and Moises Yi

Media Coverage of Immigration and the Polarization of Attitudes pp. 337-68

Sarah Schneider-Strawczynski and Jérôme Valette

Changes in Family Structure and Welfare Participation since the 1960s: The Role of Legal Services pp. 369-401

Jamein Cunningham and Andrew Goodman-Bacon

Wealth Tax Mobility and Tax Coordination pp. 402-30

David Agrawal, Dirk Foremny and Clara Martínez-Toledano

Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility pp. 431-58

Catherine Haeck and Jean-William Laliberté

Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Market Choices pp. 459-500

Nicolas Bottan and Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Changes in Nutrient Intake at Retirement pp. 501-26

Melvin Stephens and Desmond Toohey

Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa pp. 527-66

Raissa Fabregas, Michael Kremer, Matthew Lowes, Robert On and Giulia Zane