American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

2009 - 2025

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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 Marie 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 K. 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

Volume 16, issue 4, 2024

The Curse of Plenty: The Green Revolution and the Rise in Chronic Disease pp. 1-33

Sheetal Sekhri and Gauri Shastry

Optimal Sin Taxation and Market Power pp. 34-70

Martin O'Connell and Kate Smith

Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement pp. 71-108

Maria Paula Gerardino, Stephan Litschig and Dina Pomeranz

Schoolgirls, Not Brides: Education as a Shield against Child Marriage pp. 109-43

Hélène Giacobino, Elise Huillery, Bastien Michel and Mathilde Sage

Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location pp. 144-60

Nils Braakmann, Arnaud Chevalier and Tanya Wilson

Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents pp. 161-85

Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø and Lars Højsgaard Andersen

When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health pp. 186-219

Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater

The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts pp. 220-56

Gaurav Kankanhalli, Alan Kwan and Kenneth Merkley

Preferences, Access, and the STEM Gender Gap in Centralized High School Assignment pp. 257-87

Diana Ngo and Andrew Dustan

Experience-Based Discrimination pp. 288-321

Louis-Pierre Lepage

Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity pp. 322-60

Joshua Dean

Independent Media, Propaganda, and Religiosity: Evidence from Poland pp. 361-403

Irena Grosfeld, Etienne Madinier, Seyhun Orcan Sakalli and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

Customer Capital Spillovers: Evidence from Sales Managers in International Markets pp. 404-43

Bérengère Patault and Clémence Lenoir

Family Formation and Crime pp. 444-83

Maxim Massenkoff and Evan K. Rose

The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks pp. 484-527

Ines Helm and Jan Stuhler

Working Remotely? Selection, Treatment, and the Market for Remote Work pp. 528-59

Natalia Emanuel and Emma Harrington

Volume 16, issue 3, 2024

Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany pp. 1-43

Sascha Becker, Volker Lindenthal, Sharun W. Mukand and Fabian Waldinger

Fighting for Tyranny: State Repression and Combat Motivation pp. 44-75

Arturas Rozenas, Roya Talibova and Yuri M. Zhukov

Activated History: The Case of the Turkish Sieges of Vienna pp. 76-112

Christian Ochsner and Felix Roesel

Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the United States pp. 113-41

Stefanie Fischer, Heather Royer and Corey White

The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health pp. 142-77

Diane Alexander and Molly Schnell

Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care pp. 178-218

Martin B. Hackmann, R. Vincent Pohl and Nicolas Ziebarth

Socioeconomic Disparities in Privatized Pollution Remediation: Evidence from Toxic Chemical Spills pp. 219-49

Justin Marion and Jeremy West

Civil Service Exams and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Pendleton Act pp. 250-91

Diana Moreira and Santiago Perez

When Individual Politics Become Public: Do Civil Service Protections Insulate Government Workers? pp. 292-322

Morgan Foy

Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections pp. 323-53

Abhijit Banerjee, Nils Enevoldsen, Rohini Pande and Michael Walton

The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity pp. 354-98

Cavit Baran, Eric Chyn and Bryan Stuart

The Evolution of Local Labor Markets after Recessions pp. 399-435

Brad Hershbein and Bryan Stuart

The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers' Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications pp. 436-81

Marika Cabral and Marcus Dillender

Spillovers without Social Interactions in Urban Sanitation pp. 482-515

Joshua Deutschmann, Molly Lipscomb, Laura Schechter and Jessica Zhu

The Human Capital Effects of Access to Elite Jobs pp. 516-48

Huayu Xu and Achyuta Adhvaryu

Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing pp. 549-79

Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Bradley Larsen and Erik Brynjolfsson

Volume 16, issue 2, 2024

Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe pp. 1-30

Robert Manduca, Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne Gielen, Hans van Kippersluis, Keunbok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman and Outi Sirniö

Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States pp. 31-65

Antoine Bozio, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret, Malka Guillot and Thomas Piketty

Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates across Time and Social Groups pp. 66-98

Sam Asher, Paul Novosad and Charlie Rafkin

Multigenerational Transmission of Wealth: Florence, 1403–1480 pp. 99-129

Marianna Belloc, Francesco Drago, Mattia Fochesato and Roberto Galbiati

Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Placing Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Housing Programs on Future Homelessness and Socioeconomic Outcomes pp. 130-75

Elior Cohen

The Short- and the Long-Run Impact of Gender-Biased Teachers pp. 176-218

Victor Lavy and Rigissa Megalokonomou

Private Input Suppliers as Information Agents for Technology Adoption in Agriculture pp. 219-48

Manzoor H. Dar, Alain de Janvry, Kyle Emerick, Elisabeth Sadoulet and Eleanor Wiseman

Does Promoting One Healthy Behavior Detract from Others? Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 249-77

Hannah Trachtman

SeaTE: Subjective Ex Ante Treatment Effect of Health on Retirement pp. 278-317

Pamela Giustinelli and Matthew Shapiro

How the Internet Changed the Market for Print Media pp. 318-58

Manudeep Bhuller, Tarjei Havnes, Jeremy McCauley and Magne Mogstad

What's behind Her Smile? Health, Looks, and Self-Esteem pp. 359-88

Francisco Gallego, Cristian Larroulet Philippi and Andrea Repetto

The Effects of Roads on Trade and Migration: Evidence from a Planned Capital City pp. 389-421

Melanie Morten and Jaqueline Oliveira

Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic pp. 422-55

Michael Vlassopoulos, Abu Siddique, Tabassum Rahman, Debayan Pakrashi, Asad Islam and Firoz Ahmed

The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics pp. 456-91

Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli and Sebastian Hohmann

The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being pp. 492-529

Anna Aizer, Sungwoo Cho, Shari Eli and Adriana Lleras-Muney

Maternal Dengue and Health Outcomes of Children pp. 530-53

Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner and Lívia Menezes

Volume 16, issue 1, 2024

Affirmative Action and Precollege Human Capital pp. 1-32

Mitra Akhtari, Natalie Bau and Jean-William Laliberté

Estimating the Distaste for Price Gouging with Incentivized Consumer Reports pp. 33-59

Justin Holz, Rafael Jiménez-Durán and Eduardo Laguna-Müggenburg

The Unintended Consequences of Test-Based Remediation pp. 60-89

David Figlio and Umut Ozek

Reversing the Resource Curse: Foreign Corruption Regulation and the Local Economic Benefits of Resource Extraction pp. 90-120

Hans B. Christensen, Mark Maffett and Thomas Rauter

The Impact of Youth Medicaid Eligibility on Adult Incarceration pp. 121-56

Samuel Arenberg, Seth Neller and Sam Stripling

Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria pp. 157-92

Oyebola Okunogbe

At What Level Should One Cluster Standard Errors in Paired and Small-Strata Experiments? pp. 193-212

Clément de Chaisemartin and Jaime Ramirez-Cuellar

Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China pp. 213-52

Sebastian Axbard and Zichen Deng

The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico's Telesecundarias pp. 253-85

Emilio Borghesan and Gabrielle Vasey

Is It Who You Are or What You Get? Comparing the Impacts of Loans and Grants for Microenterprise Development pp. 286-313

Bruno Crépon, Mohamed El-Komi and Adam Osman

Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts pp. 314-50

Elliott Ash, Daniel L. Chen and Arianna Ornaghi

The Value of Leisure Synchronization pp. 351-76

Simon Georges-Kot, Dominique Goux and Eric Maurin

Increasing the Cost of Informal Employment: Evidence from Mexico pp. 377-411

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra and Leon Fernandez Bujanda

What Impacts Can We Expect from School Spending Policy? Evidence from Evaluations in the United States pp. 412-46

C. Kirabo Jackson and Claire L. Mackevicius

Employer Concentration and Wages for Specialized Workers pp. 447-79

Anna Thoresson

The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States pp. 480-509

Filipe Campante, Emilio Depetris-Chauvin and Ruben Durante