Consumer prices are rising and so are fears of inflation. SIEPR’s Monika Piazzesi weighs in on the pricing surge and potential warning signs.
News Archive
July 20, 2021
SIEPR’s Neale Mahoney sheds new light on the troubling extent of America's medical debt and finds individuals in low-income areas and in the South – in states that didn’t expand Medicaid as allowed under the ACA – are hardest hit.
July 19, 2021
SIEPR and the the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (S-DEL) are conducting research that will help evaluate how artificial intelligence and machine learning will impact the future of work in California.
July 6, 2021
SIEPR senior fellows Heidi Williams and Neale Mahoney share this year’s award that recognizes young researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of health economics.
June 21, 2021
Social media and smartphone use rank above watching television, smoking and boozing in the top five things people think they ought to be doing less of.
June 14, 2021
Health economist and SIEPR senior fellow Maya Rossin-Slater is honored for outstanding work in supporting women at Stanford.
June 10, 2021
Goda, a senior fellow and deputy director of SIEPR, will serve as a senior economist as part of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers.
May 27, 2021
The annual Postdoctoral Fellows Conference, where up-and-coming economists present their work, is a hallmark of SIEPR's Young Scholars Program.
May 20, 2021
SIEPR's new Director of Partnerships will play an instrumental role in working with external groups and organizations to engage our community of faculty, visitors, students and supporters in pressing economic policy issues.
May 11, 2021
SIEPR senior fellow and law professor Mark Lemley discusses the wide implications of the trial now underway between the "Fortnite" game maker and tech behemoth Apple.
May 6, 2021
As the World Trade Organization considers waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, SIEPR Senior Fellow Lisa Larrimore Ouellette explains the proposal and how it relates to efforts to expand global vaccination.
May 5, 2021
Research by SIEPR's Maria Polyakova and Grant Miller underscores how individual perceptions of risk will play a role in the return to pre-pandemic norms and the effectiveness of COVID-related policies.
April 29, 2021
Research by SIEPR's Marshall Burke shows almost 4 million homes in floodplains have been overvalued, suggesting that improved disclosure on flood risks could influence housing market outcomes.
April 27, 2021
SIEPR's Matthew Jackson shows COVID-19 infection rates could be substantially lower with government policies that are more outward-looking and proactive.
April 12, 2021
New research from SIEPR’s Maya Rossin-Slater suggests that employers are not harmed when workers take paid leaves of absence to care for family members.
March 19, 2021
Faculty Fellow Jacob Goldin is among a group of Stanford scholars focused on increasing EITC participation.
March 15, 2021
The record number of absentee votes in the presidential election did not drive the extraordinary increase in the overall number of ballots cast, according to SIEPR's Andrew Hall.
March 10, 2021
Panelists at the 2021 SIEPR Economic Summit didn't shy away from talking about cutting teams, the prospect of unionized student athletes and the idea of nixing the NCAA.
March 10, 2021
Mellody Hobson, Raphael Bostic, Jeff Raikes and Satya Nadella were among the speakers at the 2021 Summit.
March 2, 2021
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab conducts critical research through a collaboration among academics, health-care providers and frontline trafficking experts and prosecutors, using promising innovations in modern data science.
February 7, 2021
George Shultz, a former U.S. secretary of state and SIEPR advisory board member who wielded profound influence on American public policy, died Feb. 6.
February 2, 2021
A new faculty fellowship at SIEPR recognizes George P. Shultz and his distinguished career in public service, business, academia and economic policy.
January 12, 2021
New Stanford research on ADHD diagnoses and drug treatment among youths highlights a significant issue in the diagnostic process and reveals how a single “marginal” diagnosis triggers more cases.
January 11, 2021
In a new analysis, SIEPR faculty fellow Marshall Burke and his colleagues attribute about one-third of the cost of flooding damages in the past 30 years to climate change.
January 4, 2021
Research from SIEPR’s Maya Rossin-Slater finds that students exposed to school shootings face 'lasting, persistent' adversity in their educational and long-term economic outcomes.
December 16, 2020
A new study by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova identifies one possibility for why homogeneity within the medical profession persists – and what the unintended consequences may be.
December 14, 2020
It’s been a long election season, and it’s still not over.
Two pivotal runoffs on Jan. 5 in Georgia will determine which party will control the U.S. Senate, as well as the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s political agenda.
December 8, 2020
“We cannot make progress on some of the most important issues facing our society today without a diverse set of voices contributing to the research and discussion,” SIEPR’s Maya Rossin-Slater said, in organizing a mentoring workshop for women and non-binary PhD students.
December 7, 2020
SIEPR’s Bradley Larsen wades into the policy debate over the value of teacher certification with evidence that tougher requirements can help weed out less-capable candidates.
November 24, 2020
The SIEPR senior fellow founded the field of personnel economics.
