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David Wilkinson and Ali Zaidi

What we need from economists on energy policy

From Tobin Center for Economic Policy

David Engerman with Apostles of Development book cover

From theory to practice: How six economists shaped international development in the Global South

Leah Boustan

Economic History

Leah Boustan on debunking immigration myths with data

From Yale Economic Growth Center

Illustration of hospital mergers

Hospital takeovers of physician practices drive up health care prices, study finds

Christina Kinane

Public Knowledge

Unconfirmed reports: Tracking 40 years of acting federal officials

From Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Evans Hall courtyard

Making a Difference

Yale SOM announces the 2025-26 cohort of the Fellowship for Public Education Leadership

From School of Management

Melody Huang

Beyond the lab: Helping social science experiments hold up in the real world

From Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Steven Berry

Berry named Sterling Professor of Economics

Illustration of a swaddled baby in an old manuscript.

Baby boxes may harm mothers and infants despite good intentions

From Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Janet Currie

A pioneer in the economics of children and families joins Yale

From Department of Economics

Bust of Caligula

Ancient Pharmacology

Was Caligula a madman? Maybe. But he also knew his medicine, scholars find

Three headshots: two are labeled "American," one "Foreigner"

Bias against non-Americans spans demographic and political spectrums

Evans Hall in morning light

Lessons learned

Yale Program on Financial Stability presents financial crisis-fighting playbook

From School of Management

Cash advance storefront

New tool moves to Yale to rethink how we measure economic success

From Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Elisa Wirsching presents her work on urban bureaucracies at ISPS.

Politics and Government

What crying, criminal records, and split-ticket voting reveal about U.S. politics

From Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Jonathan Feinstein

Yale’s Jonathan Feinstein wins Axiom Business Book Award for analysis of creativity

From School of Management

William Goetzmann

Yale’s William Goetzmann recognized for behavioral research

From School of Management

Larry Samuelson

‘Incentives matter’

Economist Larry Samuelson on pioneering game theory research at Yale

From Cowles Foundation

Detail of H. R. 40, Naturalization Bill, March 4, 1790

Studying American citizenship before the Fourteenth Amendment

From Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Samuel McDougle, Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, and Junliang Shen

Yale honors three early-career faculty members for ‘groundbreaking’ research