Congratulations to Janet Currie, this year's winner of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics! Read more here: www.ashecon.org/2026-ashecon...

Do elite colleges help talented students from modest backgrounds join the social elite or help incumbent elites retain their positions? NEW in the American Economic Review, by Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Christopher Neilson, and Seth Zimmerman: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Department of Economics is proud to recognize this year’s winners of the Yale Computer Science and Economics (CSEC) prizes, honoring seniors for outstanding coursework and senior essays. Learn more about the prize winners here: economics.yale.edu/news/260528/...

"This paper examines the theoretical and empirical consequences of rank-based reward systems in schools in which students’ performance and effort are evaluated relative to their peers." NEW in @nber.org by Mark R. Rosenzweig & Bing Xu: www.nber.org/papers/w31135

Yale-trained theorist Stephen Morris (’91 PhD) returned to campus this semester with a career that runs from Uganda’s foreign-exchange reforms to foundational work on how information and beliefs shape economic life. Learn more in our latest feature: economics.yale.edu/news/260521/...

As Commencement this week, the Department awarded prizes for academic excellence, outstanding research, and exceptional work in economics. Congratulations to all of these seniors, and learn more about the prize winners here: economics.yale.edu/news/260521/...

Congratulations to the Yale Economics PhD Class of 2026! At this week’s Commencement ceremony, the Department awarded 17 new PhDs—Welcome to the Yale alumni community! Meet the graduates, learn about their research, and see where they are headed next: economics.yale.edu/news/260519/...

🎉Congratulations to the Class of 2026, here’s a little about our graduates and what they’re doing next! egc.yale.edu/news/260518/...

What role did supply chains play in the ADHD medication shortage of 2022-2023? New research by Janet Currie & Anna Malinovskaya reveals vulnerabilities & highlights policy options to strengthen pharmaceutical supply chain resilience. NEW Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/adh...

NEW Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper: "Bootstrapping with AI/ML-generated labels" By Timothy Christensen, Sílvia Gonçalves, & Benoit Perron: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfd...

📢📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 📢📢 EGC/IGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development @yaleegc.bsky.social & @theigc.bsky.social invite paper submissions for a two-day in-person conference at Yale September 10-11, 2026 Submit papers by June 1 here: lse.tfaforms.net/f/FTDConfere...

New! Researchers Kexin Feng and Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere are using the tools of economic history to understand how governments can spur technological innovation and boost employment. egc.yale.edu/research/kex...

Since 2000, prices at hospitals have grown faster than prices in virtually any other sector of the economy. In the @nytimes.com, Zack Cooper explores the key drivers of hospital prices and what elected officials can do to address them: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...

This paper examines the impact of early childcare on academic achievement for children in grade 5 and 9. The authors find that starting childcare one year earlier increases math scores by 9.7% of a standard deviation (SD) in grade 9. NEW in @nber.org: nber.org/papers/w35109

👏 Congratulations to Professor Leah Boustan on her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, class of 2026! egc.yale.edu/news/leah-bo...

"This paper studies how new varieties enter markets and become locally available. We provide causal evidence of demand externalities that operate in two steps." NEW in @nber.org by David Argente, Esteban Méndez, & Diana Van Patten: www.nber.org/papers/w35104

The Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper Series presents brand new, ungated research from Cowles Researchers. Lots of new papers in April, covering AI, education, theory, trade, and more: cowles.yale.edu/research/cow...

"We build a general equilibrium model in which firms endogenously choose whether to target prices or quantities." NEW in @nber.org by Joel P. Flynn, George Nikolakoudis, & Karthik Sastry: nber.org/papers/w35099

Is there too little antitrust enforcement in the U.S. hospital sector? Who pays for rising healthcare prices? Check out the @yalehealthlab.bsky.social's latest research: healthcareaffordabilitylab.org

Join us in congratulating Donald Andrews for being recognized as an AEA 2026 Distinguished Fellow! His work has had a lasting influence on many topics in modern econometrics, and has repeatedly changed how econometric problems are understood. economics.yale.edu/news/260410/...

"In 2025, the U.S. raised average tariff duties from 2.4% to 9.6% ... We explore the structure of these tariffs, estimate their short-run impacts, and summarize the growing literature on their effects." NEW in @nber.org by Pablo D. Fajgelbaum & Amit Khandelwal: nber.org/papers/w35064

Join us in congratulating Donald Andrews for being recognized as an AEA 2026 Distinguished Fellow! His work has had a lasting influence on many topics in modern econometrics, and has repeatedly changed how econometric problems are understood. economics.yale.edu/news/260410/...

What would it take for public colleges to serve students better? PhD student Ryan Haygood’s research examines education markets and how colleges help or hinder students who arrive with very different levels of preparation, goals, and constraints: economics.yale.edu/news/260406/...

What happens when technology changes markets faster than the rules governing them can keep up? That question is at the heart of PhD student Kyungho Lee’s research, which explores how new technologies reshape competition & what policies help markets adapt: economics.yale.edu/news/260401/...

"This paper focuses on a set of domestic distortions that give rise to a phenomenon that is pervasive in developing economies: informality." NEW in Econometrica, by Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Pinelopi Goldberg, Costas Meghir, and Gabriel Ulyssea: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3982/...

"I estimate the effect of trade on local labor market concentration and its implications for wages using employer-employee linked data and tariff shocks from Brazil’s trade liberalization." NEW in @nber.org by Mayara Felix: www.nber.org/papers/w35018

📢 📢 Calling all pre-doctoral fellows 📢 📢 The second annual Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference will be hosted by Yale University on Friday, June 5. Use this link to submit your research by April 6th: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/...

"This paper shows that the pace of technology creation is a key driver of the skill premium." NEW Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, by Tarek Alexander Hassan, Aakash Kalyani, & Pascual Restrepo: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfd...

📢 📢 Calling all pre-doctoral fellows 📢 📢 The second annual Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference will be hosted by Yale University on Friday, June 5. Use this link to submit your research by April 6th: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/...

Join us today! In person or online: egc.yale.edu/events/simon...

This Thursday, Douglas Irwin (Dartmouth College) will present the 35th Kuznets Memorial Lecture on trade policy and exchange rate reform. Join us March 26 at 4pm ET, in person or online, for @yaleegc.bsky.social's annual event: egc.yale.edu/events/simon...

How have trade and immigration policy evolved over time — and what do today’s policy shifts mean for the global economy? Douglas Irwin joined Yale economists Amit Khandelwal and Leah Boustan to discuss: egc.yale.edu/news/260323/...

This Thursday, Douglas Irwin (Dartmouth College) will present the 35th Kuznets Memorial Lecture on trade policy and exchange rate reform. Join us March 26 at 4pm ET, in person or online, for @yaleegc.bsky.social's annual event: egc.yale.edu/events/simon...

A new model incorporates state-of-the-art climate + weather dynamics, allows economic impacts to depend on full dist. of weather outcomes, + captures spatial heterogeneity. NEW in Geoscientific Model Development, by Bjordal, Smith, Cornec, & Storelvmo: gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

What would happen if AI becomes capable of performing essentially all economically valuable work? In a wide-ranging Q&A, @Yale economist Pascual Restrepo dives into how economists view the future of labor markets: economics.yale.edu/news/260317/...

What would happen if AI becomes capable of performing essentially all economically valuable work? In a wide-ranging Q&A, @Yale economist Pascual Restrepo dives into how economists view the future of labor markets: economics.yale.edu/news/260317/...

The way the U.S. pays for health care is pushing up prices & exacerbating inequality. Put simply: Rising health care spending is killing the American Dream. The good news? We know how to reduce spending & provide families with relief. Our mission: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...

Since 2000, there have been > 1,300 mergers among the nation's approximately 5,000 hospitals. The FTC took enforcement action against just 13 of them. Use our interactive to see hospital consolidation across the country over the last two decades: markets.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/introduction

With test-optional admissions policies now widespread across U.S. higher education, new economic research explores why a university would ever prefer less information about its applicants. Read our latest research summary: economics.yale.edu/news/260206/...

What are the latest advances in economic research on topics like AI, pricing, and econometric theory? The Cowles Foundations Discussion Paper Series presents brand new, ungated research from Cowles Researchers: cowles.yale.edu/research/cow...

What are the latest advances in economic research on topics like AI, pricing, and econometric theory? The Cowles Foundations Discussion Paper Series presents brand new, ungated research from Cowles Researchers: cowles.yale.edu/research/cow...

What barriers impede future progress in poverty reduction, and where will future growth in lower-income countries come from? NEW in @nber.org, by Pascaline Dupas, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, & Rohini Pande: www.nber.org/papers/w34943

Why does health care in the U.S. cost so much, and what can be done to slow spending growth without harming quality? Today we're launching the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale to connect policymakers with the best new evidence: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...

For #IWD2026, Yale researchers offer valuable perspectives on women’s economic empowerment around the world, from household dynamics to labor force participation, economic growth, and more: egc.yale.edu/news/260306/...

👋We’re the Health Care Affordability Lab at @yale.edu — a new initiative that pairs rigorous academic scholarship with strategic policy engagement to curb rising health care spending at every level of government. Read more: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...

"Our goal in this paper is to examine the extent of the inefficiencies arising from the perverse incentives created by information provision." NEW in the March 2026 American Economic Review by Johannes Hörner and Larry Samuelson: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Join us TODAY at the Cowles Foundation at Yale for the Tjalling C. Koopmans Memorial Lecture with Charles I. Jones: "Past Automation and Future A.I.: How Weak Links Tame the Growth Expansion" More info here: cowles.yale.edu/events/tjall...

"We analyze a nonlinear pricing model where the seller controls both product pricing (screening) and buyer information about their own values (persuasion)." NEW in @jpolecon.bsky.social by Dirk Bergemann, Tibor Heumann, and Stephen Morris: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Congratulations to John Eric Humphries for being named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow! Humphries is one of three Yale faculty members honored this year by the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social. Learn more about his background & research in our Q&A: economics.yale.edu/news/260217/...

📢 📢 Calling all pre-doctoral fellows 📢 📢 The second annual Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference will be hosted by Yale University on Friday, June 5. Please use this link to submit your research by April 6th: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/...