From SIEPR's Luigi Pistaferri, evidence of how parents support their children financially after a job loss. Exact response depends on whether their kids' unemployment is temporary or long-lasting. 👇

A paper on child-care subsidies, drafted in 1988 by the late health economist Victor Fuchs, is now seeing the light of day. It’s part of a promise, says co-author @HershShefrin. Read the story ➡️ bit.ly/4hCTlrR on the enduring voice of the SIEPR fellow, @healthpolicy.stanford.edu affiliate. #EconSky

New in #QJE: How state-level policies inadvertently fueled the opioid epidemic, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Matthew Gentzkow and @MIT.edu coauthors. MIT news summary👇 #OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionResearch #EconSky

The ghost of #SiliconValleyBank returns in this must-read on fresh signs of trouble in U.S. banking and what regulators should be doing, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru. 👇 #EconSky #FinancialCrisis

Study finds positive economic effects for American universities after China grew college enrollment and sent more master's students to the U.S., co-authored by Hongbin Li, director of the SIEPR-sponsored Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. Key takeaways 👇👇 tinyurl.com/yedeauev

Important evidence 👇 in the debate over how best to address homelessness. Study by Mark Duggan, SIEPR senior fellow, and Derek Christopher, SIEPR research scholar, finds that investments in homeless shelters pay off, not just for unhoused individuals but adjacent and regional communities.

📚 Public education made America great. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @lalthoff.bsky.social describes what research, including his own, says about universal schooling's vital role in enabling the #AmericanDream and why renewed investment is critical. tinyurl.com/3czmc49t #EconSky #EduSky

Is #AI the century's third speculative bubble? Yes, say SIEPR's @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @weakinstrument.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com op-ed. They lay out the reasons and examine whether the fallout could be better or worse than the internet, housing bursts. Free link 👇 tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v

Congratulations to Adrien Auclert @aauclert.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow and the recipient of the San Francisco Fed's inaugural Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research for his early-career work on monetary economics! Link 👇 on Auclert's path into economics. #MonetaryPolicy #EconSky

Evidence 👉 Black patients in nursing homes receive ~30% lower-quality "value added" care than whites within the same facility, from SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Liran Einav, with @mit.edu coauthors, in a novel study of 6.2M patients across 8,000 facilities. Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e

New paper from SIEPR's Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and Daniel Posthumus delves into U.S. manufacturing's slide and what to do about it. Key insights: The 2000s China Shock tells only part of the story, and Trump tariffs will only make the underlying problem worse. tinyurl.com/bbrmb28f

What’s next for Fannie and Freddie: SIEPR’s latest Policy Brief, from fmr NEC deputy director Daniel Hornung and Stanford econ PhD student Ben Sampson, looks at 3 potential reforms and introduces a framework for assessing their possible impacts on mortgage rates, homebuyers. tinyurl.com/35mxsnrf

How could AI transform creativity, jobs, education and public policy? SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and @susanathey.bsky.social, and @drfeifei.bsky.social, share their insights in this special episode of the Stanford Engineering's "Future of Everything" podcast. 👇 tinyurl.com/4wn3ekyz

Women and men almost always feel differently about the economy, SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social find in a new analysis of University of Michigan consumer sentiment data. 👇

Please join us in celebrating Nick Bloom on his Clarivate Citation Laureate recognition for his work measuring economic uncertainty! Bloom joins a distinguished list of Stanford economists who have previously been honored, including Nobel Laureates Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson & Paul Romer. Link ⬇️

🧵 The affordability squeeze in this country is real. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social introduce a 3-legged framework for addressing the problem of rising costs for basic necessities, from health care to housing. tinyurl.com/f5hb93u5

Lots of ideas in this proposed research agenda for economists thinking about the effects of #AI on the #economy, including implications for #innovation and #geoeconomics. Courtesy of @erikbryn.bsky.social, @akorinek.bsky.social and Ajay Agrawal. tinyurl.com/ycxjx4ah

This is startling. The number of deaths every year tied to wildfire smoke now outnumber traffic fatalities, according to @washingtonpost.com coverage of a new @nature.com study from @marshallburke.bsky.social and others.

An extraordinary new tool from @marshallburke.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow @stanforddoerr.bsky.social, and Andrew Wilson. If you've got the evidence they're looking for, they want to hear from you. 👇

This just in: @economist.com cites research by SIEPR's Chad Jones and @nickbloom.bsky.social in examining if a shrinking world really would be catastrophic and whether #AI could help with one possible downside: fewer new ideas. #innovation #globalpopulation. Gift link: tinyurl.com/3de7bf5x

📣 Applications open for the 2026 SIEPR Predoctoral Research Fellows Program. This is a great opportunity for college grads to learn how the economy works and explore careers in economic policy research. Deadline is Sept. 19 for a guaranteed full application review. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2p8x9nta

Don't miss this terrific profile of Guido Imbens, SIEPR senior fellow and 2021 Nobel Prize winner, in the September issue of the IMF's Finance & Development Magazine. tinyurl.com/bde7d3dj

Key insight from SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Caleb Brobst, a SIEPR predoctoral fellow:

Great example of how AI is advancing economics research, from SIEPR Senior Fellow @jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social:

🧵 Is the American dream a mirage? Shocking new @wsj.com poll finds that 70 percent of Americans now think so. In exploring this and other findings, the WSJ begins with a quote from SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social, lamenting the loss of Americans' "relentless optimism." tinyurl.com/mryzy2ny

This just in from SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Adam Shaw: New #tariffs on small shipments, set to take effect Aug. 29, are a terrible idea for a lot of reasons. 👇

Some warning signs in this timely look at the country's No. 1 job engine, from SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Caleb Brobst, SIEPR predoctoral research fellow. #EconSky #LaborMarket

As China tries to lock down control over global supplies of rare-earth minerals and other critical resources amid its trade war with the U.S., @economist.com speaks to SIEPR Senior Fellow @mmaggiori.bsky.social about the challenges of wielding geoeconomic power.

Deforestation in the tropics will be a key issue at the upcoming @UN.org climate conference ‪@cop30brazil.bsky.social‬. In our latest policy brief, SIEPR Senior Fellow @bardharstad.bsky.social outlines ways to strengthen a proposed global fund designed to help finance conservation. ⤵️ bit.ly/4ouaEyB

People can no longer pay for basics like a home, health care and groceries. @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social explain why there's an affordability crisis and what can be done about it: tinyurl.com/4hs3dmxj #Housing #AbundanceAgenda #BuildMore

In our latest policy brief, Andrew Biggs and John Shoven of SIEPR make the case for 2 steps that could go a long way toward solving the looming crisis. bit.ly/3HinGhJ

An evidence-based call to action, from SIEPR’s @marshallburke.bsky.social and Solomon Hsiang, his @stanforddoerr.bsky.social colleague, as President Trump takes his biggest step yet to undo climate change policy.

‪Some red flags in today's jobs report. Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social‬, SIEPR policy fellow and former Council of Economic Advisers chairman, breaks it all down here:

Great roundup of the important work that SIEPR's @marshallburke.bsky.social is doing.

Terrific summary in @economist.com of ongoing work by SIEPR’s Matteo Maggiori @mmaggiori.bsky.social, along with his @gcaproject.bsky.social ‪co-founder @chris-d-clayton.bsky.social ‪and @jesseschreger.bsky.social into how the U.S. and China use economic coercion #geoeconomics. Story link follows.

Managing remote workers is tricky. Among other insights, study from SIEPR Senior Fellows @nickbloom.bsky.social and Steven Davis speaks to the value of starting off with in-person training.

San Francisco is reinventing city government, with help from SIEPR's Dan Ho and his AI work with @stanfordlaw.bsky.social RegLab. @pahlkadot.bsky.social and Robert Gordon write in today’s @nytimes.com about this and other city and state efforts to modernize the public sector. bit.ly/46S13Lu

Grateful to @morganemrichard, 2024-25 SIEPR postdoc, for her evidence into how #WFH #RemoteWork drive up #HousingMarket prices, increasing inequality over time.

Spoke with @ayeletsheffey.bsky.social at @businessinsider.com about how the cancellation of "click to cancel" will waste people's time, increase switching costs, and make markets less competitive. www.businessinsider.com/ftc-blocks-s...

Watch @Susan_Athey’s talk on the implications of AI on the organisation of industry and work at #G20SouthAfrica www.youtube.com/watch?v=okDG...

Debt collectors win, medical debtor holders lose, as SIEPR Director @nealemahoney.bsky.social explains. #EconSky

Risk to the U.S. economy or healthy innovation? With the rapid rise of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) loans, SIEPR’s @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Adam Shaw take a deeper look and offer 3 theories as to why they’ve grown in popularity and who benefits the most from them. (link at end) 🧵1/4

What if Meta had to sell Instagram? SIEPR scholar Hunt Allcott has new research on what might happen for Facebook and Instagram users and advertisers if the Federal Trade Commission wins its antitrust case against Meta, forcing a breakup of the social media platforms. Our story 👇 bit.ly/3GrbQ4F 1/2

Now's the time to worry about a fiscal debt crisis, says @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, a Distinguished Policy Fellow at SIEPR. In our latest Policy Brief, the former chief economist for Biden and SIEPR’s Adam Shaw & Daniel Posthumus break down the budget math that point to trouble ahead. bit.ly/45Vtl7s

🚨New research insights as Congress debates tax cuts A study by SIEPR's Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato sheds light on how a cost-shifting maneuver used by U.S. multinationals to reduce taxes ends up inadvertently boosting R&D investments. Read more about it here: 👇 bit.ly/44bS2vf #EconSky #TaxStrategy

📣Introducing the Industry Data Navigator … an app for sizing up the U.S. economy. In the crowded landscape of U.S. government reports on labor, capital investment, manufacturing and trade, the IDN is a new tool to help policymakers and researchers turn heaps of complex data into useful insights.

🚨New research from SIEPR Senior Fellow @tomdee.bsky.social finds that student absences rose amid intensified immigration enforcement, indicating lost learning opportunities. 👇 bit.ly/3I1vGDJ

💡🌎The U.S. is at risk of falling behind other countries in innovation. Why? Our latest policy brief co-authored by SIEPR Senior Fellow Rebecca Lester highlights how U.S. tax incentives for research and development are now much more limited than those offered by foreign nations.

🧵 As our housing panel begins at SIEPR's #AbundanceAgenda Policy Forum, here’s some context on how policy choices shape what gets built — and why that matters for economic opportunity and equity.

On a Stanford @siepr.bsky.social abundance panel today, I offered this analogy for how US generator interconnection works outside ERCOT, which I was told was helpful: 🔌💡