Four from MIT named Meta Fellows for 2022
The honorees include four MIT graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, economics, and media arts and sciences.
The honorees include four MIT graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, economics, and media arts and sciences.
J-PAL North America publication highlights the promise of sectoral employment programs in combating US wage inequality.
Early-career researchers honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Low-wage workers, who vote infrequently, gain a participation boost when their salaries increase.
MIT field experiment from India finds a one-time economic boost helps the very poor fare better for at least a decade.
Five new state and local government partners will work with J-PAL North America to develop rigorous evaluations of policies and programs related to environment, education, economic security, and housing stability.
In 14.009, a first-year class taught by Nobel laureates, MIT students discover how economics helps solve major societal problems.
MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.
Combining computer science, data science, and economics, Course 6-14 prepares students to address thorny quandaries in many fields.
A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.
An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.
Honor recognizes professors who went the extra mile advising during the pandemic’s disruptions.
Professors Linda Griffith and Feng Zhang along with Guillermo Ameer ScD ’99, Darrell Gaskin SM ’87, William Hahn, and Vamsi Mootha recognized for contributions to medicine, health care, and public health.
Cited for work building the foundations of “natural experiments” in economic research, Angrist is honored along with David Card and Guido Imbens.
The prestigious prize honors leadership in advancing the status of women in the economics field through example, scholarship, achievements, and mentoring.