Health

Victor Fuchs, SIEPR Senior Fellow Emeritus, was among the first to offer a comprehensive explanation, and a possible solution, for the country’s rising health care costs.

Victor Fuchs, a pioneering Stanford University economist who sought to explain why Americans don’t live longer, healthier lives, died on September 16.

As Social Security celebrates its 88th birthday, SIEPR Director Mark Duggan unpacks the fate of the nation's most important government program in a new op-ed for The Hill.

“Our analysis shows that certainly physicians respond to earnings when choosing specialties,” SIEPR’s Maria Polyakova told the Washington Post. “There’s nothing wrong with that."

A new opinion piece co-written by SIEPR's Liran Einav in The New York Times argues that American insurance coverage is deeply flawed.

Hazardous smoke’s economic toll is probably enormous, but an alarming data gap masks its threat, reports Bloomberg. “The science is just catching up," SIEPR's Marshall Burke says.

SIEPR's Heidi Williams shares new ways to think about allocating research dollars. Read more about what this flexibility could mean for social impact via The Washington Post.

For years, the research picture on how social media affects teen mental health has been ambiguous. SIEPR's Matthew Gentzkow weighs in on recent developments via NPR.

"Capping the maximum benefit is a promising step toward solvency," writes SIEPR Policy Fellow Andrew Biggs in his latest Wall Street Journal feature.

Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson & Maya Rossin-Slater showing Black mothers and infants fare worse than the poorest white mothers & infants was featured in The New York Times.

A cure for homelessness? Research by SIEPR’s Jialu Streeter is cited in a discussion by NPR’s Planet Money regarding the link between health and socioeconomic condition.