Research Highlights

The pandemic exposed deep flaws in the sourcing and delivery of goods and services worldwide. SIEPR's Matthew Jackson explains what’s wrong and what needs to be done now.

When targeting viewers on TV and social media, eyeballs are not equal. SIEPR’s Matthew Gentzkow and his colleagues shed light on the competition dynamics of the advertising market.

Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova examines both the public and private impacts of infertility — from the toll on mental health to socio-economic dynamics.

As election battles heat up and political cash arsenals swell, SIEPR’s Greg Buchak delivers insights into the leveling effects of unlimited campaign donations.

In a study published in Nature, SIEPR's Nick Bloom finds employees who work from home two days a week are just as productive, likely to get promoted, and far less prone to quit.

SIEPR, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Stanford GSB co-hosted a workshop on AI to hear the views of top policymakers, industry leaders, scholars, and content creators.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Chad Jones takes a closer look at the two sides of advanced artificial intelligence: unprecedented growth and existential risk.

A new report coauthored by SIEPR Senior Fellow Alison Morantz examines California’s safety net of support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

In taking a look back at a temporary shutdown of the export crediting agency, SIEPR Faculty Fellow Chenzi Xu sheds light on the importance of trade financing.

A Stanford-led study into how quitting social media affected users’ political views in the runup to the 2020 presidential vote has implications for this year’s election.

Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund’s second-highest ranking official, discussed threats to the world economy during her visit to Stanford.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Sean Reardon and researchers at Stanford and USC launch the Segregation Explorer, a website providing data on segregation trends and patterns across the U.S.

SIEPR Senior Fellow David Chan receives the 2024 National Institute for Health Care Management Research Award.

During a Q&A at SIEPR, the longtime central banker talked about a wide range of economic policy issues.

Stanford economist Paul Milgrom won a Nobel Prize in part for his role in enabling today’s mobile world. Now he’s tackling a different 21st century challenge: water scarcity.

SIEPR Faculty Fellow Julian Nyarko discusses his latest research using an audit framework to probe for race and gender bias in chatbots.

A first-of-its-kind study from Stanford economist Neale Mahoney finds that efforts to help low-income Americans by buying up their medical debt aren’t going as planned.

President Biden’s assessment of the nation’s economic health and groundwork for what’s next relies heavily on academic research, including the work of several SIEPR scholars.

Research by SIEPR's Susanna Loeb and the National Student Support Accelerator shows the potential of a cost-effective tutoring model that can meet students’ varying needs.