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From broken ankles to Alzheimer’s: “It doesn't have to be this hard”
SIEPR, in partnership with the Kitchen Table Project, convened a group of healthcare policy heavyweights and two senators to discuss what’s next in policy at a recent healthcare forum in Washington, D.C.
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Shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet is easier said than done
Darrell Duffie, emeritus professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business and SIEPR senior fellow, identifies ways the Federal Reserve can trim its $6.7 trillion balance sheet.
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The dollar's dominance is eroding
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig documents rising investor doubts about the U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds as safe-haven bets.
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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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How AI is helping states cut through decades of red tape
SIEPR Senior Fellow Daniel Ho and a Stanford team of researchers scanned 500 million words of state law to reveal the stunning growth of reporting requirements, and are now giving governments a tool to clean them up.
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At SIEPR, the Fed’s Philip Jefferson reflects on the central bank’s “delicate balancing act”
The Federal Reserve vice chair talks about the policy challenges of navigating economic shocks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
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Study: Lower-skilled workers earn more in an AI world
New research by Stanford economist Lukas Althoff finds that AI enables lower-skilled workers to compete for higher-paying jobs.
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Money moves faster than ever. Here’s what it means for the U.S. financial system.
A recent Policy Forum hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research focused on rapid advances in money flows and how best to maximize rewards while minimizing risks.
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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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Sex, drugs & surrogacy: When morality and markets clash
Stanford’s Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for improving how markets work. In a new book, he introduces a new way of thinking about society’s most controversial transactions, from sex work to drugs to assisted dying.
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U.S. student achievement was falling long before pandemic, study finds
SIEPR Senior Fellow Sean Reardon and research collaborators at Stanford, Harvard and Dartmouth identify what they call a “learning recession” before COVID, leading to new insights on both the problematic depth of learning losses and promise of progress.
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School cellphone bans deliver benefits – but not right away
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.
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The child care crisis: SIEPR shines a light on solutions
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.
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Ran Abramitzky awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Economist Ran Abramitzky, a SIEPR senior fellow, wins a prestigious fellowship that recognizes scholars and scientists for their outstanding achievements and exceptional promise.
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AI’s big productivity boost? It’s happening from the sofa
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.
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Pain at the pump: What spiking gas prices mean for consumers, the US economy
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.
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AI could spot the next financial crisis – but there’s a catch
SIEPR Faculty Fellow Antonio Coppola explores how regulators could use the predictive power of AI without injecting new risks into the financial system.
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SIEPR's Juliane Begenau, Shoshana Vasserman named Sloan Research Fellows
Begenau and Vasserman are among eight Stanford faculty whose early-career accomplishments mark them as the next generation of leaders.
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How to fix California's child care crunch
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.
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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.
