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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Economic Association, covering Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, School Choice and Performance. Over its lifetime it has published 844 papers, which have received 84,091 citations.

PublisherAmerican Economic Association
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago/AEA)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare School Choice and Performance Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
ISSN1945-7782
Citation impact (2-yr)6.93
h-index154
i10-index622
Top institutions publishing hereNational Bureau of Economic Research
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Papers published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics per year

35
2014
49
2015
40
2016
36
2017
48
2018
50
2019
56
2020
47
2021
67
2022
57
2023
65
2024
40
2025

Citation impact of American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by publication year

3.9K
2014
8.4K
2015
4K
2016
5.5K
2017
4K
2018
5.8K
2019
3.6K
2020
1.8K
2021
1.9K
2022
1.4K
2023
756
2024
87
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster et al. · 1 Jan 2015

This paper reports results from the randomized evaluation of a group-lending microcredit program in Hyderabad, India. A lender worked in 52 randomly selected neighborhoods, leading to an 8.4 percentage point increase in takeup of microcredit. Small business investment and profits of preexisting businesses increased, but consumption did not significantly increase. Durable goods expenditure increased, while…

1,461 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil

Eliana La Ferrara, Alberto Chong, Suzanne Duryea · 28 Sep 2012

We estimate the effect of television on fertility in Brazil, where soap operas portray small families. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into different markets of Globo, the main novela producer. Women living in areas covered by Globo have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and…

1,445 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors

Marianne Bertrand, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz · 1 Jul 2010

The careers of MBAs from a top US business school are studied to understand how career dynamics differ by gender. Although male and female MBAs have nearly identical earnings at the outset of their careers, their earnings soon diverge, with the male earnings advantage reaching almost 60 log points a decade after MBA completion. Three…

1,272 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession

Philip Oreopoulos, Till von Wachter, Andrew Heisz · 1 Jan 2012

This paper analyzes the magnitude and sources of long-term earnings declines associated with graduating from college during a recession. Using a large longitudinal university-employer-employee dataset, we find that the cost of recessions for new graduates is substantial and unequal. Unlucky graduates suffer persistent earnings declines lasting ten years. They start to work for lower paying…

1,263 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US

Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone · 1 Oct 2011

Using random year-to-year variation in temperature, we document the relationship between daily temperatures and annual mortality rates and daily temperatures and annual residential energy consumption. Both relationships exhibit nonlinearities, with significant increases at the extremes of the temperature distribution. The application of these results to “business as usual” climate predictions indicates that by the end…

1,054 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does American Economic Journal: Applied Economics use?
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics uses Author–year (Chicago/AEA) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12 (3): 45–58.
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