Research Highlight

New research by SIEPR scholars reveals that while bans aren’t an instant panacea for problems in U.S. classrooms, schools can achieve positive outcomes with persistence.

Sky-high child care costs are contributing to America’s affordability crisis. A recent SIEPR policy forum focused on policies for bringing down costs while ensuring quality care.

A new study by SIEPR’s Michael Blank is among the first to examine an overlooked effect of generative AI: It’s significantly boosting how much people get done at home.

A new analysis by scholars at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research into the implications of higher gas bills is making waves. Here, two of the authors explain why.

SIEPR Faculty Fellow Antonio Coppola explores how regulators could use the predictive power of AI without injecting new risks into the financial system.

A new SIEPR policy brief unpacks the economic cost of California’s broken child care market and sheds light on the public investment needed for a universal child care program.

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.

There’s a lot of speculation about how AI will reshape the U.S. economy. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum convened experts to delve into what’s actually happening and what’s coming next.

In a Q&A, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru explains the risks of the investment rush in private markets.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke and colleagues are working to quantify the growing public health menace, using data-driven analysis to inform potential solutions.

SIEPR Faculty Fellow Juliane Begenau examines why public retirement plans have shifted more money to “risky” assets like private equity and hedge funds. In a word: advisors.

Meta could be forced to sell Instagram if a court rules it’s an illegal monopoly. New Stanford research into likely advertising effects suggests a split wouldn’t be good for users.