About $400,000 in support is being given to 16 graduate students. The fellowships allow PhD candidates to conduct research and work on their dissertations without having to manage teaching responsibilities.
About $400,000 in support is being given to 16 graduate students. The fellowships allow PhD candidates to conduct research and work on their dissertations without having to manage teaching responsibilities.
SIEPR Faculty Fellow Marcella Alsan examines the relationship between the Tuskegee experiment and medical mistrust among African-American men in the years following the revelation of the study.
Total spending on health care will amount to $3.4 trillion, an average of more than $10,000 per person. But experts at a SIEPR Policy Forum said a third of those costs go to waste.
David Brady, a political scientist and SIEPR senior fellow, is drawing from polling research and voting patterns to understand a campaign he says “is not going to be pretty.”
Giorcelli’s research focuses on the determinants of firm productivity and innovation, by using historical natural experiments and new collected data.
Levin’s research has focused on auctions and marketplace design, the economics of organizations and consumer finance. His current interests include Internet platforms, the health care system and ways to incorporate new datasets into economic research.
SIEPR Faculty Fellow David Chan learns what happens when doctors determine whom among them is better suited to take on the next patient, rather than relying on triage nurses to make the assignments.
SIEPR’s Pascaline Dupas has focused much of her research on how to increase the use of insecticide-treated bed nets by making them inexpensive and easy to get.
Grant Miller, a SIEPR senior fellow and director of the Stanford Center for International Development, investigates how a change in laws affected women's contraceptive use.
Working with economists and computer scientists, SIEPR Senior Fellow Paul Milgrom developed a first-of-its kind system to help the FCC make more broadband spectrum available for mobile devices.
In a blunt, sometimes funny speech delivered in accepting the SIEPR Prize for her contributions to economic policy, Alice Rivlin let loose on the political gridlock she says is keeping the American economy from reaching its fullest potential.
Gaps in social science knowledge of climate change constrain the policy impact of natural science research, a Stanford team argues.
SIEPR Senior Fellow Raj Chetty found that the link between income and life expectancy varies from one area to another within the United States. His new study also shows the gap between the country's rich and poor widened during the 2000s.
As the topic of income inequality reverberates across America, Raj Chetty’s research is helping ground the political rhetoric.
Chetty’s work puts inequality and social mobility under a microscope and traces their roots and consequences. And he is making an impact in the worlds of academia...
The daylong event showcased a wide range of perspectives on topics like inequality, energy and productivity. We even drilled into the business of professional basketball.
SIEPR Senior Fellow Alison Morantz finds company costs drop by about 44 percent when they replace workers’ compensation with private plans for job-related injuries and illnesses.
A renowned economist and pediatrician come together to discuss the need to prepare for crises like Ebola and Zika.
Marshall Burke, a SIEPR faculty fellow, is studying how rising temperatures impact global output.
One of our graduate student fellows finds new applications for old lessons learned in the wake of World War II.
Climate change experts gathered at SIEPR to discuss ramifications of the historic accord reached in December.
Stanford economist and SIEPR Senior Fellow Raj Chetty finds that boys who grow up poor are less likely to work than girls who grow up poor.
SIEPR welcomes applications for research assistant positions. We currently have three openings for the spring and summer quarters.
Rivlin is the fourth recipient of the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. She was cited for her dedication to enhancing economic policy in order to improve people's lives.
When it comes to evaluating a country’s economic welfare, Pete Klenow suggests looking beyond how much people are producing and buying. You should also see how good their lives really are.
Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom shows there’s more to the income disparity story than the fat salaries of American CEOs.
HIV/AIDS is the number one cause of death in Kenya, and the country’s teen pregnancy rates are more than double the global average. SIEPR Senior Fellow Pascaline Dupas is trying to understand which policies may work best to curb the problems.
Lael Brainard spells out the “new normal” in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Peter Orszag answers the political threats to repeal the Affordable Care Act with a clear message: No matter the outcome on Election Day, the law is here to stay.
Mark Duggan’s years of academic research have translated into ideas for policy reforms. After his third testimony before Congress on SSDI, the director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research can point to the influence of his work.