Helping students master data
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
Honored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention
Study: Consumers avoid high-deductible plans if they expect to reduce their use of medical care.
From ‘Main Street’ firms to multinationals, improvements possible in funding of research, collaboration among manufacturers.
MIT researchers specializing in economics, mathematics, chemistry and physics are among 126 selected.
At MIT, experts say evidence shows the payoff from college education remains high.
EdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.
Study: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.
Economist Josh Angrist uses his meticulous methods to find out what makes some schools better than others.
Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.
Empirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of financial decision.
MIT senior Noam Angrist works to reform education and health care through youth mentorship and economics.
Mikusheva receives Elaine Bennett Research Prize; Petersen wins Distinguished Book Award; Helmreich wins Rachel Carson Prize.
An MIT economist’s path to the center of health-care policymaking in Washington.