Health
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Some states banned the use of food stamps to buy soda. Did it work?
The New York Times, writing about government efforts to lower sugar consumption, references new research by SIEPR's Hunt Allcott concluding that a nationwide ban on using SNAP funds to buy sugary drinks would provide about $1.1 billion a year in economic benefits, mostly through lower healthcare spending.
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New investments by Stanford Impact Labs to help support the work of SIEPR scholars
Research projects awarded 2026 funding include three led by SIEPR senior fellows Marcella Alsan, Arun Chandrasekhar, Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater.
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It failed in France. It would be a disaster in California.
Joshua Rauh, SIEPR senior fellow, argues in a New York Times op-ed against a California ballot initiative to levy a one-time tax on the state's resident billionaires.
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With millions expected to lose coverage, states look for new ways to prevent medical debt
Neale Mahoney, SIEPR director and a leading scholar on medical debt, discusses on the Tradeoffs podcast research into strategies for helping patients manage health care costs.
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Who gets to choose a 'good death'?
Alvin Roth, Nobel laureate and SIEPR senior fellow, appears on Freakonomics Radio, talking about his new book, "Moral Economics," and what it says about the "repugnant" market for assisted suicide, which New York State recently legalized.
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Can’t pay medical bills? Trump officials suggest getting a loan
Neale Mahoney, SIEPR's Trione Director, tells the New York Times that a Trump administration proposal to allow patients to take out loans from health insurers to pay for their rising medical costs "seems to be hugely out of touch with where people are" given strained household budgets.
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Your birth order affects your future, but not for the reason you think
The Washington Post features research by SIEPR's Maya Rossin-Slater showing that exposure to a respiratory illness before a baby's first birthday predicts reduced earnings, education and health later in life.
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How should economists treat morality?
The Economist showcases a new book, "Moral Economics," written by Alvin Roth, a SIEPR senior fellow and Nobel laureate, that examines collisions between morality and markets for, say, sex work, recreational drugs and horse meat..
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How a biased medical device is widening the racial health gap
A study by SIEPR Senior Fellow Marcella Alsan examines how racial bias in pulse oximeters leads to Black patients receiving less follow-up care than white patients.
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Did school cellphone bans work? New study finds mixed results.
New York Times exclusive features findings of the first large study of cellphone bans in U.S. schools, co-authored by SIEPR Senior Fellows Hunt Allcott, Thomas Dee and Matthew Gentzkow.
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Maria Polyakova wins health economics' coveted early-career honor
The Kate Ho ASHEcon Medal honors the nation's brightest emerging health economists.
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US has caused $10T worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
The Guardian features a new Nature study from SIEPR's Marshall Burke and Solomon Hsiang showing that the U.S. is the largest contributor to economic losses worldwide from rising temps.
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Trump’s E.P.A. has put a value on human life: zero dollars
Marshall Burke, SIEPR senior fellow, tells the New York Times that leaving out estimates of the value of human lives saved in cost-benefit analyses for new air pollution rules is a mistake.
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Study: Public preschool aids in developmental, learning-related diagnoses
New research by SIEPR scholars Adrienne Sabety and Maya Rossin-Slater shows how early exposure to public preschool benefits low-income children with behavioral and developmental conditions.
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When school shooting headlines fade, the trauma doesn't
Maya Rossin-Slater, SIEPR senior fellow, details in the Boston Globe what her research indicates could be "deep and lasting" emotional and economic consequences for the survivors of the Brown U. mass shooting.
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An economist asked, how much should we spend to avoid the A.I. apocalypse?
The New York Times highlights research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Charles "Chad" Jones into how much money the government would have to spend to mitigate AI's existential threat.
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Even in death, Victor Fuchs has a message to share
A working paper that the longtime Stanford health economist drafted more than 35 years ago tying child-care subsidies to women’s economic equality sees the light of day.
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See where wildfire smoke is getting worse in the U.S.
More Americans are dying from wildfire smoke than from traffic accidents, reports the Washington Post in covering a new Nature study from SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke.
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Another school shooting, another check — why Congress won't act on guns
Newsweek op-ed from SIEPR's John Donohue describes his new research showing that pro-gun groups significantly increase their political contributions following school shootings.
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A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The Economist cites work by SIEPR's Chad Jones and Nick Bloom in suggesting that AI could offset one potential downside to a shrinking world: fewer new ideas.
