What are the latest advances in economic research on topics like AI, pricing, and econometric theory?
The Cowles Foundations Discussion Paper Series presents brand new, ungated research from Cowles Researchers: cowles.yale.edu/research/cow...
What barriers impede future progress in poverty reduction, and where will future growth in lower-income countries come from?
NEW in @nber.org, by Pascaline Dupas, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, & Rohini Pande: www.nber.org/papers/w34943
The @yalehealthlab.bsky.social, a new effort within the Tobin Center for Economic Policy and led by Yale Professor Zack Cooper, will produce rigorous scholarship, translate it into clear and accessible analysis, and work directly with policymakers to ensure research informs decision-making.
Why does health care in the U.S. cost so much, and what can be done to slow spending growth without harming quality?
Today we're launching the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale to connect policymakers with the best new evidence: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...
For #IWD2026, Yale researchers offer valuable perspectives on women’s economic empowerment around the world, from household dynamics to labor force participation, economic growth, and more:
egc.yale.edu/news/260306/...
The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale produces new evidence to guide policymakers and lower health care costs for individuals and the health care system.
👋We’re the Health Care Affordability Lab at @yale.edu — a new initiative that pairs rigorous academic scholarship with strategic policy engagement to curb rising health care spending at every level of government.
Read more: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...
"Our goal in this paper is to examine the extent of the inefficiencies arising from the perverse incentives created by information provision."
NEW in the March 2026 American Economic Review by Johannes Hörner and Larry Samuelson: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Join us TODAY at the Cowles Foundation at Yale for the Tjalling C. Koopmans Memorial Lecture with Charles I. Jones:
"Past Automation and Future A.I.: How Weak Links Tame the Growth Expansion"
More info here: cowles.yale.edu/events/tjall...
"We analyze a nonlinear pricing model where the seller controls both product pricing (screening) and buyer information about their own values (persuasion)."
NEW in @jpolecon.bsky.social by Dirk Bergemann, Tibor Heumann, and Stephen Morris: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Congratulations to John Eric Humphries for being named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow!
Humphries is one of three Yale faculty members honored this year by the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social. Learn more about his background & research in our Q&A: economics.yale.edu/news/260217/...
📢 📢 Calling all pre-doctoral fellows 📢 📢
The second annual Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference will be hosted by Yale University on Friday, June 5.
Please use this link to submit your research by April 6th: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/...
⚖️ What shapes public support for trade?
🇨🇷 EGC affiliate Diana Van Patten and coauthor Esteban Méndez analyzed a unique Costa Rican referendum to study popular attitudes towards trade, finding that economic factors play a significant role.
📚 Read the research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/wha...
New Summary: Forthcoming in Econometrica, How Does Informality Affect Gains from Trade?
@rafael-dix.bsky.social, Penny Goldberg, Costas Meghir & @gulyssea.bsky.social find in Brazil, ⬇️ trade barriers helps workers move to more productive formal sector & real income ⬆️
egc.yale.edu/research/how...
Yale welcomes pre-doctoral fellows from higher education institutions across the globe to share their individual research, meet fellow pre-doctoral researchers, & receive feedback from their peers. This event is hosted and organized by pre-doctoral fellows at Yale's Tobin Center for Economic Policy.
📢 📢 Calling all pre-doctoral fellows 📢 📢
The second annual Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference will be hosted by Yale University on Friday, June 5.
Please use this link to submit your research by April 6th: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/...
Why would a university ever prefer less information about its applicants?
That question lies at the heart of two new papers coauthored by Yale economist Navin Kartik with @wouterdessein.bsky.social (@columbiabusiness.bsky.social) & Alex Frankel (UChicago): economics.yale.edu/news/260206/...
"This chapter takes stock of what has been learned from the recent micro-development literature about wedges."
NEW in @nber.org by Lauren F. Bergquist, @ldaniall.bsky.social, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social: nber.org/papers/w34756
New at JIE: "Using satellite imagery to measure the impacts of new highways: An application to India" by Kathryn Baragwanath, Gordon H. Hanson, Amit K. Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social), Chen Liu, Hogeun Park
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
"We model how environmental quality affects health, productivity and well-being and how individuals privately adapt to environmental hazards."
NEW in @nber.org by B. Kelsey Jack & Nicholas Ryan: www.nber.org/papers/w34735
"This paper reviews recent developments in the economics of human development, focusing on the early years of life as a critical period for shaping long-term outcomes."
NEW in @nber.org by Orazio Attanasio: www.nber.org/papers/w34651
NEW in @jpolecon.bsky.social: "In this paper, we investigate the determinants and consequences of parental interference in their children’s peer relationships."
By Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Congratulations to Yale's Cormac O'Dea, & coauthors Taha Choukhmane / Lucas Goodman, for winning the 2025 TIAA Samuelson Award for their paper “Efficiency in Household Decision-Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples”
Full story here: www.tiaa.org/public/about...
Read the full paper, from the May 2025 American Economic Review, here: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Congratulations to Yale's Cormac O'Dea, & coauthors Taha Choukhmane / Lucas Goodman, for winning the 2025 TIAA Samuelson Award for their paper “Efficiency in Household Decision-Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples”
Full story here: www.tiaa.org/public/about...
Missed Leah Boustan's AEA Distinguished Lecture at the conference? Watch it here: www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/202...
Her new findings on recent immigrant assimilation patterns across Europe show some similarities, but also some critical differences compared to the US.
Recently back from the COP30 conference, EGC director Rohini Pande explains how a new plan for carbon emissions she presented there could offer a path to global net zero.
news.yale.edu/2025/12/16/w...
How can experiments give us a better understanding of human behavior?
Maria Kogelnik & Alejandro Martinez-Marquina discuss how the field has evolved & what their own research reveals about controversial policies like gender quotas.
From @yaleegc.bsky.social: egc.yale.edu/news/251201/...
We're launching the Tobin-Cowles Health Economics & Policy Program, a hub for policy-relevant health economics research at Yale.
Co-directed by Janet Currie & Zack Cooper, the Program will catalyze rigorous economic scholarship to directly inform policy: tobin.yale.edu/news/251117/...
We're launching the Tobin-Cowles Health Economics & Policy Program, a hub for policy-relevant health economics research at Yale.
Co-directed by Janet Currie & Zack Cooper, the Program will catalyze rigorous economic scholarship to directly inform policy: tobin.yale.edu/news/251117/...
This paper shows how exposure to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) during childhood affects women’s health outcomes in early-adulthood, as well as the health of their infants.
NEW in @nber.org by Janet Currie and Jessica Van Parys: nber.org/papers/w34464
