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New research by senior fellows Pascaline Dupas and Muriel Niederle, and their colleagues, adds to the growing evidence of gender bias in the economics profession.
February 23, 2021
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A new Stanford course—co-instructed by Daniel Ho—gathers researchers in economics, law, business, engineering and CS to develop a report that will inform a federal task force [...]
February 23, 2021
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"If Texas is already straining, think about all the strain on the horizon," Director Mark Duggan says.
February 20, 2021
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From India and Zimbabwe to the U.S. and Mexico, a growing body of COVID-era studies indicates the need for building trust in health systems and combatting misinformation [...]
February 15, 2021
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Neale Mahoney joins leading economists to discuss wasteful spending in health care. A study by Mahoney & Liran Einav shows the US could save $4B a year at long-term care hospitals.
February 11, 2021
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senior fellows Pascaline Dupas and Muriel Niederle join more than 90 other economists in producing a study showing how women economists are treated differently than men.
February 09, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses the pandemic’s effect on remote work, his research on the “donut effect” on city centers and more in this public radio discussion.
February 08, 2021
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As President Trump's second impeachment trial gets underway, SIEPR's Andrew Hall debunks claims of widespread election fraud and dead people voting, pointing to his research [...]
February 08, 2021
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SIEPR's Andrew Hall says a proposal in Georgia to roll back voting-by-mail is not the way to improve a system that voters just showed they liked in the 2020 election.
February 08, 2021
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New research by SIEPR's Maria Polyakova and her colleagues shows how the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been starkly uneven across race, ethnicity and geography.
February 01, 2021
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Director Mark Duggan outlines in this op-ed reforms needed for the VA's Disability Compensation program.
January 27, 2021
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In general, staying at home mechanically slows the pandemic, but the effect of curfews are unclear as other business restrictions are already in place to reduce public interactions
January 23, 2021
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As Janet Yellen's confirmation hearings for Treasury Secretary get underway, John Taylor provides his insights on how economic policy will look like under her tenure.
January 18, 2021
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On the issue of growing federal debt, SIEPR’s Michael Boskin warns, “At some point we’ll start paying a price for this.”
January 18, 2021
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Saumitra Jha draws historical parallels to what happened at the US Capitol in January and explains his research on how social networks of influential individuals can undermine[...]
January 17, 2021
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senior fellows John Taylor and John Cogan explain in this op-ed how stimulus checks will not promote economic growth.
January 13, 2021
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As Parler, a conservative social media platform, fights against getting cut off by various tech giants, Bloomberg taps Sr Fellow Alan Sykes for input on its antitrust claim.
January 11, 2021
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In this news story on his research on the cost of wildfires, SIEPR’s Marshall Burke describes how catastrophic fires are visible outcomes of climate change.
January 11, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom talks about "the donut effect"— or shift away from city centers — & how many firms are considering the hybrid system of working from home even after the pandemic
December 30, 2020
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SIEPR's John Taylor discusses the implications of corporate migrations to Texas and says it should serve as a wake-up call to make California more business-friendly.
December 29, 2020