Unnatural selection
In a new book, “Risky Business,” Amy Finkelstein examines the core issue of the insurance industry: Who gets to be a customer?
In a new book, “Risky Business,” Amy Finkelstein examines the core issue of the insurance industry: Who gets to be a customer?
In his research, Josué C. Velázquez Martínez focuses on logistics sustainability and small firms in emerging markets.
Study: When adults gain access to Medicaid, they sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too — yet many more remain outside the system.
In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.
MIT experiment finds people will respond to cues from neighbors about activities and risk preferences.
An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.
Analysis of Medicare data finds location matters, not just past health behavior.
Study of Beijing’s car-restriction policy underscores value of regional coordination to meet transportation and emissions goals.
Kate Kellogg advocates for “experimentalist governance,” to find what works best for employees at all levels, then implement it widely.
JTL Urban Mobility Lab researchers examine the effects of protecting user data privacy on the efficiency and service quality of ride-sharing applications.
MIT Professor Sinan Aral’s new book, “The Hype Machine,” explores the perils and promise of social media in a time of discord.
Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral science to urban transportation.
In light of Covid-19, an MIT study looks at tradeoffs between economic value and public health, across different types of retail.
Study shows people prefer monthly payments in multiples of $100, even when it may cost them money.
MIT PhD student explores the impact of scientists being "scooped" when a competing research team publishes results first, a concern for many disciplines.