By digging through old bank ledgers, SIEPR Faculty Fellow Chenzi Xu reveals the lasting impacts of financial crises.
News Archive
November 17, 2021
Lawmakers have long debated a federal paid family leave law, and now, as the issue hits a critical moment of decision on Capitol Hill, new research by SIEPR's Maya Rossin-Slater indicates support for paid leave among small employers has increased.
November 16, 2021
As Congress prepares to vote on a social spending bill, SIEPR’s Jacob Goldin explains why economists are rallying behind the child tax credit.
November 12, 2021
Phillip Swagel discussed the need for more research on policy-relevant topics and the importance of keeping the agency above the political fray during his daylong meetings with students and researchers.
November 10, 2021
SIEPR's Mark Duggan squares off against Andrew Yang, whose call for a universal basic income was the cornerstone of his 2020 presidential bid.
October 29, 2021
SIEPR's Muriel Niederle is recognized for research on experimental economics and gender.
October 11, 2021
SIEPR Senior Fellow Guido Imbens gets a round of congratulatory greetings from Stanford colleagues for his Nobel win.
October 11, 2021
His scholarship helped change how social scientists do their work. Here's how.
October 11, 2021
Imbens and his co-winners were awarded the prize for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.
October 11, 2021
SIEPR's Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova find that — on average — doctors and their close relatives adhere to medical guidelines just over 50 percent of the time. Meanwhile, the average patient complies slightly more than 54 percent of the time.
October 7, 2021
In plumbing the repercussions of America's medical debt crisis, SIEPR's Neale Mahoney examines the impact of a hospital financial assistance program and finds that people saddled with unpaid medical bills are less likely to seek needed health care.
October 5, 2021
Two SIEPR senior fellows will serve executive posts at the AEA in 2022 — Susan Athey has been named president-elect, and Caroline Hoxby, co-vice president.
September 30, 2021
Jonathan Levin has been tapped to join the White House advisory panel on science and technology.
September 27, 2021
SIEPR’s fall Policy Forum went beyond the rhetoric of the rivalry between the Golden and Lone Star states to provide a closer examination and lively discussion of their economic policies.
September 6, 2021
A new study by SIEPR senior fellow Tom Dee shows students assigned to an ethnic studies course had longer-term improvements in attendance and graduation rates.
August 27, 2021
Using data science and machine learning concepts, SIEPR Senior Fellow Daniel Ho and a team of Stanford researchers identified disparities in COVID-19 testing and helped expand door-to-door outreach in a local Latinx community affected disproportionately by the pandemic.
August 10, 2021
As health care delivery evolves from the pandemic, SIEPR’s Liran Einav and his colleagues find that concerns over higher costs and lower-quality care from telemedicine may well be overblown.
August 9, 2021
SIEPR’s undergraduate research assistants and predocs don’t have to be committed to a career in economics. They just need to be curious and open to learning about the research process and the opportunities open to them.
August 9, 2021
SIEPR's Thomas S. Dee discusses new research examining the impact of school policies to go remote or in-person in 2020-21.
July 27, 2021
Consumer prices are rising and so are fears of inflation. SIEPR’s Monika Piazzesi weighs in on the pricing surge and potential warning signs.
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.
