Uncovering the Costs of Climate Mitigation
MIT investigators search for the most informative methods to measure the costs of mitigating climate change.
Polarized labor market leaving more employees in service jobs
Study: U.S. job market is putting more workers in positions with limited upside and leverage.
New medical operations
At MIT’s ‘Innovations in Health Care’ conference, industry experts discuss how to maintain quality while reining in costs.
3 Questions: Benjamin Olken on the economic impact of climate change
MIT economist has co-authored a new survey on the burgeoning research about the effects of the changing climate.
An economist with a goal
MIT senior Jonathan Tebes sees economics as a way to alleviate poverty in the US, Tanzania, and beyond.
A new path for growth
In a new book, MIT political scientist Ben Ross Schneider sets out an agenda for growth with greater equality in Latin America.
Emeritus: David Wilson was an early proponent of the concept of energy-use fees
System he hatched in the 1970s for curbing carbon emissions is finally getting some traction.
Doctor, doctor: Why the job market for married couples in medicine works well
New study in the growing ‘market design’ field of economics explains how a job-market algorithm helps land couples in the same locations.
Alumnus Robert J. Shiller wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Economist is honored for his work on the long-term fluctuations of asset prices.
Advantage, Arnaud
Economist Arnaud Costinot studies international trade — and has helped revive interest in economics’ venerable Theory of Comparative Advantage.
Study: Ethanol not a major factor in reducing gas prices
MIT economist finds that biofuels, contrary to claims, do not meaningfully affect what drivers pay at the pump.
An experiment puts auditing under scrutiny
Unique study reduces pollution in India while calling conventional auditing markets into question.