Media Mentions

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.

CNBC reports that remote hiring is expanding beyond traditional strongholds, like India, creating new “Zoomtowns” overseas and in pockets of the U.S. SIEPR's Nick Bloom is quoted.

“If you are vulnerable and have to be outside, it’s a great day to take paid time off,” SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke says.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada brought record-breaking air pollution to the U.S. this spring, reports The Washington Post. Research by SIEPR's Marshall Burke is cited.

AI leaders like SIEPR's Daniel Ho are pointing to reasons there should be more regulation in tech. Read more on Bloomberg.

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.

Research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom shows around 40% of American employees work from home at least part of the week. More via Bloomberg:

According to SIEPR's resident hybrid work specialist Nick Bloom, employees value the ability to work from home as equivalent to an 8% pay raise. Read more in the Guardian.

According to SIEPR's Erik Brynjolfsson, AI can be used to help humans do things that have never been done before. Learn more via The New York Times.

“Some of it is that the most expensive places got really expensive. But also, the middle-tier places became more attractive,” SIEPR’s Rebecca Diamond tells The New York Times.

SIEPR's Nick Bloom addresses the increase in remote workers shifting their time and money to the suburbs from city centers. More via CNN:

New research by SIEPR's Sean Reardon demonstrates pandemic learning loss — and discusses what it may take to help children catch up. More via NPR.

This month marks the 30th anniversary of The Taylor Rule, named for its founder, SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor. Catch his recent interview on Bloomberg TV:

Remote work is here to stay, but why are some remote jobs disappearing while others are in high demand? SIEPR's Nick Bloom weighs in via CNBC.

"Our nation’s banking system is at a critical juncture," writes SIEPR's Amit Seru in a new op-ed for The New York Times.

“Even if interest rates went to 2.5% and miraculously inflation went down, this issue still lingers,” SIEPR's Amit Seru says. Read more via Bloomberg:

Consultancies hired “aggressively” because of “all the restructuring work coming out from the pandemic, which is now ending, says SIEPR's Nick Bloom. More via CNN:

“I don’t think the generative AI is going to replace workers, but workers who work with generative AI will replace those who don’t,” says SIEPR's Erik Brynjolfsson.

US inflation figures are the worst they have been since the early 1980s. SIEPR's Michael Boskin breaks down the economic warfront facing the nation in a recent Guardian op-ed.

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.