Seven from MIT named 2022 Sloan Research Fellows
Early-career researchers honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Early-career researchers honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Low-wage workers, who vote infrequently, gain a participation boost when their salaries increase.
New research suggests ways to optimize US climate policy design for a just energy transition.
MIT field experiment from India finds a one-time economic boost helps the very poor fare better for at least a decade.
Five new state and local government partners will work with J-PAL North America to develop rigorous evaluations of policies and programs related to environment, education, economic security, and housing stability.
In 14.009, a first-year class taught by Nobel laureates, MIT students discover how economics helps solve major societal problems.
MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.
Combining computer science, data science, and economics, Course 6-14 prepares students to address thorny quandaries in many fields.
A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.
A new study finds that investments in R&D on materials and chemistry were key, while economies of scale contributed somewhat less.
The Common Ground for Computing Education is facilitating collaborations to develop new classes for students to pursue computational knowledge within the context of their fields of interest.
An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.
Honor recognizes professors who went the extra mile advising during the pandemic’s disruptions.
Professors Linda Griffith and Feng Zhang along with Guillermo Ameer ScD ’99, Darrell Gaskin SM ’87, William Hahn, and Vamsi Mootha recognized for contributions to medicine, health care, and public health.
Cited for work building the foundations of “natural experiments” in economic research, Angrist is honored along with David Card and Guido Imbens.