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A new working paper, Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars find that women economists are treated differently than men when presenting their research at seminars. Read more

The confirmation of a new VA secretary provides our nation with an excellent opportunity to embark on an ambitious reform effort to better serve America’s 18 million veterans and their families. Read the article.

Professor Neale Mahoney is interviewed on Arirang News about Biden's 1.9 trillion economic recovery plan.

Stanford Economist, John Taylor speaks on Bloomberg Markets: The Close about tech companies leaving the high-cost, high-tax, high-regulation Silicon Valley.

Bradley Larsen, a Stanford assistant professor of economics shows in a new working paper on how licensing rules affect who becomes a teacher — by deterring people who are the least academically qualified from entering the profession.

Edward Lazear was the Davies Family Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business by courtesy of Economics; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; chief economic advisor to

Well done Matthew on receiving the distinguished Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize awarded by the Toulouse School of Economics.

John "Jack" Gurley died on November 15 at age 100. Read John Shoven's tribute about this exceptional teacher and his extraordinary life

SIEPR Senior Fellow Matthew Gentzkow finds that social distancing clearly saves lives. And most social distancing early in the pandemic happened whether or not areas had mandated lockdowns.

"Matthew Gentzkow and his colleagues: Stanford PhD students Levi Boxell and Jacob Conway, and Professor James Druckman of Northwestern University find that negative sentiment between Republicans and Democrats decreased after the onset of the pandemic