American Economic Journal Applied Economics
Last updated ISSN 1945-7782
American Economic Journal Applied Economics is published by American Economic Association in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in American Economic Journal Applied Economics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- School Choice and Performance
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Media Influence and Politics
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Global Health Care Issues
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | American Economic Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1945-7782, 1945-7790 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 844 |
| Publishing since | 2006 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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