J-PAL North America and the University of Chicago’s Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab will evaluate two approaches to text-based parental engagement programs that motivate two distinct kinds of learning interactions.
Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.
Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine. Why do the medically well-informed comply less often?
The new fellowship from the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, administered by Schmidt Futures, supports graduate education in STEM fields.
New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.
Committed to Caring program honors David Autor for his unique approach to graduate student mentorship and advocacy.
MIT alumnus and two others honored for research on the role of banks in the economy, including during financial crises.
Deeply respected advisor, educator, mentor, and former department head was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty.
Danielle Li takes a close look at scientific practices and organizational decisions — and provides data about improving them.
John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.
The alumni-founded GiveDirectly has delivered over $500 million in cash to impoverished people, letting recipients decide how best to meet their needs.
The faculty members will work together to advance the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Study: When adults gain access to Medicaid, they sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too — yet many more remain outside the system.
In collaboration with Community Jameel and Co-Impact, rigorous research will inform social policies and programs.
Evaluation Incubators to provide technical assistance, training, funding to help partners design randomized evaluations of housing stability strategies and state and local programs.