Economics

“Contrary to the conjecture that Medicaid would get people to [move] out of the emergency room and to the primary care physician, we’re seeing a persistent increase in emergency room use,” says Amy Finkelstein, the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT.

Study: With Medicaid, ER visits remain high for two years

Acquiring health insurance does not lead to drop in emergency room usage.

October 19, 2016

“MIT is wonderful because in addition to [finding] an amazing home in economics, I can talk with and learn from a lot of people on the science side,” says Heidi Williams, the Class of 1957 Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Economics.
MIT professor Heidi Williams

Making a splash in health care economics

Heidi Williams builds all-new data sets to answer questions about innovation and biomedical research.

October 18, 2016

MIT's newest Nobel laureate, Bengt Holmström

Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues

Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.

October 14, 2016

MIT Professor Bengt Holmström speaks with reporters after a press conference describing his newly-minted status as a Nobel laureate.

Scene at MIT: New Nobel laureate

October 12, 2016

Rendering of United States filled up as thousands of people

Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars

Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.

October 12, 2016

MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize

Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.

October 10, 2016

A new study of rural India shows that modest levels of medical training can improve the quality of health care furnished by informal health care providers. The study was co-authored by Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT and a co-author of the study, pictured here on the right during a visit to India.

Provider, improve thyself

Study shows unlicensed health care practitioners in India improve with modest training.

October 6, 2016

“Right now, the best thing I can do is live the questions,” says Nils Wernerfelt, a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Economics.

Surrounded by questions

PhD student Nils Wernerfelt deploys the tools of economics to address his many questions about the world.

September 8, 2016

QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17

Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.

September 5, 2016

Inaugural J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition winners announced

Four organizations will partner with J-PAL North America to evaluate substance abuse treatment, care integration, social-service delivery, and patient-engagement programs.

August 18, 2016

After the financial-sector crisis in 2007 and 2008, a large portion of investments people had considered safe were suddenly understood to be risky. And yet, the ensuing flight to safe assets, such as U.S. debt, has come with its own cost.

The safety trap

Lack of secure investments is hindering growth globally, research finds.

August 5, 2016

Xian Village in Guangzhou, China, is a project under redevelopment.

DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.1 million in second round of faculty research funding

Nine grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers.

July 11, 2016

“There are some big unanswered questions in the policy debate of whether charter schools should be allowed to expand,” Elizabeth Setren says; key among these are questions pertaining to how well the schools serve special education students and English language learners, and what happened when charter schools expanded in 2010.

An economist delves into charter schools

PhD student Elizabeth Setren brings data to bear on questions about local education policy.

June 21, 2016

Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Five governments selected for J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative

Selected state and local governments will receive support from J-PAL North America at MIT to improve the effectiveness of social programs.

June 20, 2016

“Migrants continue to consume the foods that were popular in their origin states, after they moved,” David Atkin says.

Counting calories

Migrants pay more for their home region’s cuisine, even when on the edge of malnutrition.

May 4, 2016

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