State and local governments invited to apply for support to develop rigorous evaluations
MIT’s J-PAL North America will provide funding and support to help selected partners test urgent and important policy questions.
Department
Economics
Study offers new view of how cartels work
Less data-sharing among firms can actually lead to more collusion, economists find.
What game theory tells us about politics and society
Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics.
Exploring school choice
MIT School Access and Quality Summit brings policymakers, educators, and researchers together to examine strategies and ways to measure effectiveness.
Analyzing the 2018 election: Insights from MIT scholars
SHASS faculty members offer research-based perspectives with commentaries, plus a Music for the Midterms playlist, and an election book list.
MIT alumnus William Nordhaus wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Scholar shares award for his work on climate economics.
Amy Finkelstein, Lisa Parks win 2018 MacArthur Fellowships
Health care economist and media studies scholar are the latest MIT faculty to nab prestigious “genius grant.”
J-PAL North America announces new partnerships with three state and local governments
New partners will work with J-PAL and its academic researcher network to develop randomized evaluations of programs and policies.
Learning to evaluate social programs
Flagship J-PAL course teaches policy leaders how, why, and when to evaluate social programs ranging from antiviolence interventions to housing mobility initiatives.
Turning an economics education into solutions with impact
MITx MicroMasters learner Alan Al Yussef is working to improve lives in the Middle East through a career in development economics.
Risk, failure, and living your life: The economics of being an early-career scientist
Doctoral student Ryan Hill studies factors that influence researchers’ professional paths, while lending his voice to support student families.
At MIT, Thomas Piketty calls for policies and collaborations to reduce income inequality
French economist was a keynote speaker at the 2018 World Economic History Congress.
A new way to measure women’s and girls’ empowerment in impact evaluations
Guide developed by J-PAL aims to improve women’s and girls’ empowerment worldwide and reduce bias and other gender-based inequalities.
Building the green
Ken Wang ’71, MIT Corporation member and former MIT Alumni Association president, developed one of America’s premier modern golf courses.