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Public schools dominate in a list of top 10 colleges that channel kids from low- or middle-income families to the top 20 percent of American wage earners in a study co-authored by Stanford economist Raj Chetty. The study examined the “mobility rate”
A new series from the National Academy of Sciences explores the broad role of social science research in benefitting society. This episode profiles a man named Fielding Daniel and his wife, Amy, who were told to wait years so that Daniel could get a
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Our colleague Ted Anderson passed away early Saturday morning, September 17 th , at the age of 98. Ted easily ranks as one of the most prominent and influential members of Stanford’s economics faculty over the past 50 years. Early in his career in
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Firms that set goals and hold workers accountable “clearly outperform,” said Nicholas Bloom, an economist at Stanford University and co-author of a recent paper that used Census data to examine more than 32,000 U.S. manufacturing plants. He said they
On Tuesday, the United States government kicked off the latest round in what might go down as the largest and most complex auction in human history. If you’ve never heard of this historic bidding war, that might be because the property that is now on
This New York Times editorial delves into two big health insurance mergers, and draws data from a study by SIEPR Director Mark Duggan. That study found that consolidation in the health insurance industry was responsible for an increase in premiums
Republicans and Democrats aren’t just polarized on policy. To an unprecedented degree, they also speak different languages. That is the conclusion of three economists who used computers to parse 136 years of transcripts of congressional speeches
Here’s a test for measuring partisanship in American politics today: Turn on C-SPAN and – without looking at the name of the lawmaker on screen – see how long it takes to tell whether the member of Congress is a Republican or a Democrat. Chances are
Jonathan Levin, the Holbrook Working Professor in Price Theory in the Department of Economics and a former chair of the department, will be the next dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, President John Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy