Resources for Journalists
SIEPR experts produce monthly policy briefs and are available to provide insights on a vast array of economic policy topics organized in our Focal Areas. We also offer a Media Fellowship program for journalists working on reporting projects related to economic policy. For more information and for help reaching our faculty, please contact May Wong, Communications Manager, at mwong125@stanford.edu.
Focal Areas
Our faculty affiliates delve deeply into a dozen focal areas that go to the heart of the most pressing economic policy issues. But economic research doesn’t always fit into just one category. That’s why you’ll find plenty of overlap in our scholars’ interests that reflects novel collaborations and innovative research agendas.
Research Highlights and Media Mentions
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AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?
The Guardian relies on SIEPR's recent Policy Brief on AI's impact on the labor market for insights into why an AI-driven jobs apocalypse has not materialized.
August 12, 2026
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Will AI solve the productivity puzzle? With Nick Bloom
SIEPR Senior Fellow Nick Bloom appears on the Financial Times podcast "The Economics Show," where he addresses a broad range of issues about AI and its current and future effects on economic productivity, employee hiring processes, and approaches to student learning.
July 31, 2026
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The good news and the bad news about the new housing law
SIEPR's Jared Bernstein details in a New York Times guest essay how federal agencies with limited resources, and lacking Trump administration support, can implement parts of a sweeping new law aimed at increasing supply of affordable housing.
July 28, 2026
Policy Briefs
- Mahoney, N., McEntarfer, E., & Wahal, K. (2026). What is really happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality. Policy Brief.
- Bernstein, J. ., & Posthumus, D. (2026). The way we were: Price-level shocks and consumers’ memories. Policy Brief.
- Gibbs, C., Brobst, C., Ninan, T., & Sanchez, A. (2026). The economics of the market for early childhood care and education in California. Policy Brief.
