The @yalehealthlab.bsky.social just released 23 new briefs that outline steps to save approximately $450 billion annually. Each brief tackles a specific problem in the health care system that policymakers or purchasers could act on now. Explore the proposals here: onepercentsteps.com

Lower Health Care Costs | 1% Steps for Health Care Reform

Explore evidence-based policy proposals from leading scholars to lower U.S. health care spending without compromising quality or requiring sweeping reform.

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"We analyze consumer surplus when a monopolist can adjust both prices and product qualities across segments, engaging in second and third-degree price discrimination simultaneously." NEW in AER by Dirk Bergemann, Tibor Heumann, and Michael C. Wang: aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

WEBINAR on the Ph.D. admissions process, including program structure and the selection process, transcripts, GRE scores, CV (pre-doc or not?), rec letters (both for writers and students), the personal statement, and writing samples. Oct 19, register here: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In the short time since its founding, Yale Tobin Center research has been cited and shared by policymakers at all levels of government. Yale News just released a deep dive on the center's impact: news.yale.edu/2026/09/24/r...

From research to impact: Yale’s Tobin Center drives work that shapes policy and improves lives

In a new impact report, Yale’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy’s documents its work to reduce the time between top-flight research and policy impact.

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“It’s a mistaken idea that we didn’t have mental health problems in children until we had social media,” said Currie. @nbcconnecticut.com interviews Yale economist Janet Currie on her new three-part series on the children's mental health crisis: nbcconnecticut.com/video/news/l...

As of 2020, 13% of U.S. children aged three to 17 have a current diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition. In a new series, economist Janet Currie reviews what the evidence shows about the causes of the children’s mental health crisis: tobin.yale.edu/news/260903/...

Health insurance premiums rose from $4,008 to $7,151 per person between 2011 and 2024 - twice the rate of inflation. A new interactive @yalehealthlab.bsky.social tool illustrates how healthcare spending and premiums have grown together over time: premiums.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org

Xiaohong Chen, a renowned scholar who has made fundamental contributions to econometric methods, has been named the Tjalling C. Koopmans Professor of Economics. Read the full announcement here: news.yale.edu/2026/09/08/x...

The Department is pleased to welcome three new faculty members for fall 2026: ➡️ Hector Chade, Senior Research Scientist ➡️ Adam Kapor, Associate Professor ➡️ Sofia Moroni, Lecturer, Associate Research Scientist Read the full announcement here: economics.yale.edu/news/260908/...

The Department of Economics Welcomes New Faculty For Fall 2026

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NEW: a three-part series by economist Janet Currie on the children's mental health crisis, launching today along with a new op-ed by Currie in @ms.now. Explore the series: tobin.yale.edu/childrens-me... Read the op-ed: ms.now/opinion/meta...

NEW: The children's mental health crisis, a three-part series by Janet Currie. This series examines where the crisis comes from, which interventions demonstrably help, and what we still need to learn: tobin.yale.edu/childrens-me...

NEW: a three-part series by economist Janet Currie on the children's mental health crisis, launching today along with a new op-ed by Currie in @ms.now. Explore the series: tobin.yale.edu/childrens-me... Read the op-ed: ms.now/opinion/meta...

The Department of Economics is pleased to introduce its undergraduate Peer Mentors for the 26–27 academic year: Daisy Garcia, Ellie Jiang, Tiago Rocha Nogueira, Mathias Reimer, Matthew Sprintson, and Megan Wright. Learn more about the Peer Mentors here: economics.yale.edu/news/260901/...

Leah Boustan, a renowned scholar whose research lies at the intersection of economic history and labor economics, has been named the Malcolm K. Brachman Professor of Economics. Read the full announcement: news.yale.edu/2026/08/25/l...

Navin Kartik, a renowned microeconomic theorist and political economist, has been appointed the A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics. Read the full announcement here: news.yale.edu/2026/08/25/n...

FORTHCOMING in AER: "We analyze consumer surplus when a monopolist can adjust both prices and product qualities across segments.” By Dirk Bergemann, Tibor Heumann, & Michael Wang. Read it now as part of the Yale Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper Series: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfd...

"Using linked administrative data from South Carolina, we find that exposure to a peer's self-harm death increases the probability of a self-harm diagnosis by nearly 50%" NEW in @nber.org by Emily Cuddy, Janet Currie, Elisa Jácome, & Lucy Manly: nber.org/papers/w35603

The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee's RFI on lowering drug prices, with recommendations on the Orphan Drug Act, biosimilar competition, insulin cost-sharing, copay coupons and the Medical Loss Ratio. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/3aw3yjs6

This is probably the leading conference in the "firms and development" space. Hope to see many of you there.

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Registration for our Firms, Trade & Development conference w/@theigc.bsky.social is open! Including: @matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social, @amenjalal.bsky.social, @raamadhok.bsky.social, @tommasoporzio.bsky.social, @isaacahimbisibwe.bsky.social, @chatibbasri.bsky.social egc.yale.edu/events/2026/...

Registration for our Firms, Trade & Development conference w/@theigc.bsky.social is open! Including: @matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social, @amenjalal.bsky.social, @raamadhok.bsky.social, @tommasoporzio.bsky.social, @isaacahimbisibwe.bsky.social, @chatibbasri.bsky.social egc.yale.edu/events/2026/...

Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2026

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The International and Development Economics Master's is a one-year intensive program at @yaleeconomics.bsky.social combining advanced training in quantitative analysis, hands-on research experience, and access to the full campus community.

"We provide direct empirical evidence of unrealized gains from trade in an important dynamic assignment market—the market for primary care physicians—in Norway" NEW in the American Economic Review by Ingrid Huitfeldt, Victoria Marone, & Daniel Waldinger: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

What are the frictions hampering exchange over greater distance and to what extent do goods procured abroad compete with local workers? NEW in Econometrica by Jonathan Eaton, Samuel Kortum, and Kramarz Francis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Where are America's hospitals closing and opening? This new @yalehealthlab.bsky.social tool illustrates every hospital closure and opening over the past quarter century as well as changes to the number of beds per resident: www.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/commentary-p...

The data powering our research on hospital markets is now a public tool anyone can use. Hospital mergers, closures, and openings over the last 25 years. National, state, and community level — no PhD required. markets.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/closures-exp...

What are the latest advances in economic research on topics like econometrics, AI, and health economics? The Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper Series presents brand new, ungated research from Cowles Researchers. Check out the full database here: cowles.yale.edu/research/cow...

"This article provides a new theory of belief in rainmaking and an empirical analysis of rainmaking practice founded on newly collected data." NEW in @qjeharvard.bsky.social by José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Salvador Gil-Guirado, and Nicholas Ryan: academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

"Using 380 trillion tokens of realized AI consumption across more than four hundred large language models, we analyze how AI affects firms, markets, and workers." NEW in @nber.org by Nicola Borri, Aleh Tsyvinski, & Yukun Liu: www.nber.org/papers/w35451

"With uncertainty about persistence, we show that forecasts necessarily become more persistent and over-react at long horizons." NEW in @nber.org by Joel P. Flynn, Maksim Meinert, & Karthik Sastry: nber.org/papers/w35411

"This paper studies the implications of central bank credibility for long-run inflation and inflation dynamics." NEW in the July 2026 American Economic Review, by Hassan Afrouzi, Marina Halac, Kenneth Rogoff, and Pierre Yared: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...