Most recent 40 articles: MIT - Economics
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Improving working environments amid environmental distress - MIT - Economics (Jun 7) |
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Jun 7 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning - MIT - Economics (Feb 14, 2024) |
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Feb 14, 2024 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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MIT researchers map the energy transition’s effects on jobs - MIT - Economics (Feb 05, 2024) |
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Feb 05, 2024 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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MIT Center for Real Estate advances climate and sustainable real estate research agenda - MIT - Economics (Mar 23, 2023) |
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Mar 23, 2023 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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From entrepreneur to climate policy advocate - MIT - Economics (Apr 19, 2021) |
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Apr 19, 2021 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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States of growth: When and where entrepreneurship has thrived - MIT - Economics (Dec 23, 2020) |
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Dec 23, 2020 · The year 1995 was a good time to be an entrepreneur. Especially a high-tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, with the internet boom starting, the economy growing, venture capitalists searching for new investments, and a whole horizon of novel business ideas to explore.
Indeed, a new study co-authored by an MIT professor shows that U.S. startups founded in 1995 enjoyed more growth than startups founded in any other year from 1988 to 2014. Other things being equal, the startups of 1995 were three times as likely to grow significantly as those from 2007, which had to battle through the 2008-2009 Great Recession.
As the study shows more broadly, ambitious startups remain a ... Read more ...
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Resolute anchors amid adversity - MIT - Economics (Nov 23, 2020) |
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Nov 23, 2020 · Graduate students credit MIT associate professors Anna Mikusheva and Kerri Cahoy for their uplifting and fierce support, which buttresses them during the trials of the PhD process. The faculty members have been honored as “Committed to Caring” (C2C) for their compassion and staunch advocacy for graduate advisees. They steadfastly guide students in developing research capabilities and launching careers.
Anna Mikusheva: respect first
Anna Mikusheva is an associate professor in the Department of Economics. As an econometrician, Mikusheva's research focuses on improving the reliability of estimation techniques that economists use. In particular, she develops new methods of ... Read more ...
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MIT forum examines the rise of automation in the workplace - MIT - Economics (Nov 20, 2020) |
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Nov 20, 2020 · “Pop culture does a great job of scaring us that AI will take over the world,” said Professor Daniela Rus, speaking at a virtual MIT event on Wednesday. But realistically, said Rus, who directs the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), robots aren’t going to steal everyone’s jobs overnight - they’re not yet good enough at tasks requiring high dexterity or generalized processing of different kinds of information.
Still, automation has crept into some workplaces in recent years, a trend that’s likely to continue. Throughout the daylong conference, the “AI and the Work of the Future Congress,” which convened speakers from academia, industry, and ... Read more ...
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Why we shouldn’t fear the future of work - MIT - Economics (Nov 20, 2020) |
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Nov 20, 2020 · The American workforce is at a crossroads. Digitization and automation have replaced millions of middle-class jobs, while wages have stagnated for many who remain employed. A lot of labor has become insecure, low-income freelance work.
Yet there is reason for optimism on behalf of workers, as scholars and business leaders outlined in an MIT conference on Wednesday. Automation and artificial intelligence do not just replace jobs; they also create them. And many labor, education, and safety-net policies could help workers greatly as well.
That was the outlook of many participants at the conference, the “AI and the Work of the Future Congress,” marking the release of the ... Read more ...
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Shaping universities to be engines of economic development - MIT - Economics (Nov 19, 2020) |
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Nov 19, 2020 · Universities perform best as engines of economic development when they systematically exchange knowledge with their partners in industry and government, according to a new book co-authored by an MIT professor and former university president.
At the moment, this “exchange” too often operates like a one-way street, the authors write, with universities sending graduates and research out into the world without considering how they can best contribute to the goals of accelerated innovation, economic growth, and recovery in the face of challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Universities as Engines of Economic Development” (Springer, 2020) is not a typical social sciences ... Read more ...
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Bhavik Nagda: Delving into the deployment of new technologies - MIT - Economics (Nov 18, 2020) |
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Nov 18, 2020 · “Academia,” “government,” “industry” - Bhavik Nagda squinted closely as his professor pointed to each word on the diagram of the American economy’s core components. Between each word sprouted dozens of arrows, illustrating the complex interactions between the three institutions.
“There were just so many arrows,” says Nagda, recalling the presentation during MIT’s Science Policy Bootcamp. “I was blown away. It gave a voice to the way I think about systemic issues and how America has built its economy.”
A senior majoring in computer science, Nagda had always been fascinated by futuristic technologies. Upon coming to MIT he quickly took on research roles in everything from ... Read more ...
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3 Questions: John Van Reenen on the impact of technology on health care workers - MIT - Economics (Nov 13, 2020) |
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Nov 13, 2020 · Dramatic improvements in information technology have the potential to transform health-care delivery, and a key question is how such changes will affect the health-care workforce of the future. As part of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future’s recent series of research briefs, Research Affiliate John Van Reenen teamed with Ari Bronsoler, an MIT PhD student in economics, and Joseph Doyle, the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management, to explore the rapidly changing health-care landscape due to the greater availability and use of information and communications technology. John Van Reenen is a member of the MIT Task Force on ... Read more ...
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Every vote counts for this math student - MIT - Economics (Nov 02, 2020) |
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Nov 02, 2020 · Record voter turnouts are predicted in the U.S. elections this year, but will they arrive at the polls, or the early-voting ballot box, with informed opinions? And are more-informed voters more likely to vote? That’s a problem that math doctoral candidate Ashwin Narayan decided to work on this semester.
Narayan had moved home to New Jersey following MIT’s shutdown in the spring, and over the summer he started to look for work in progressive data science. “Because of all the Covid-related upheaval at MIT and in the world, I felt I would struggle with focusing on my thesis,” he recalls. Shifting the completion of his PhD to September 2021, he signed on at the nonpartisan ... Read more ...
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Accenture bolsters support for technology and innovation through new MIT-wide initiative - MIT - Economics (Oct 26, 2020) |
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Oct 26, 2020 · MIT and Accenture today announced a five-year collaboration that will further advance learning and research through new business convergence insights in technology and innovation. The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology, established within the School of Engineering, will aim to draw faculty, researchers, and students from across MIT.
MIT’s alliance with Accenture spans over 15 years and has proven to be paramount in establishing educational programming and training in technology advancement and data analysis. The industry leader has collaborated with MIT across areas including: MIT Professional Education, MIT Sloan Executive Education, MIT ... Read more ...
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Forging ahead with care and compassion - MIT - Economics (Oct 20, 2020) |
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Oct 20, 2020 · Amidst the uncertainty and stressors of the dual scourges of Covid-19 and structural racism, a number of MIT professors are forging thoughtful ways to support students’ well-being and scholarly development. Several Committed to Caring honorees shared their approaches for being proactive and including their research groups in decision-making, including Associate Professor Gene-Wei Li, Professor Paola Cappellaro, Professor Cathy Drennan, Professor Colette Heald, Professor Warren Seering, Associate Professor Anna Mikusheva, and Associate Professor Kerri Cahoy.
Transparency and collaborative approaches - at every level - are deeply beneficial in empowering students and building ... Read more ...
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3 Questions: Daron Acemoglu on the US tax system and automation - MIT - Economics (Oct 15, 2020) |
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Oct 15, 2020 · As part of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future’s new series of subject-specific research briefs by MIT faculty, Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu teamed with economics PhD student Andrea Manera and Boston University Assistant Professor Pascual Restrepo to examine the different forms of automation and examine how the U.S. tax system has led to excessive reliance on machines.
In their brief, “Taxes, Automation, and the Future of Labor,” Acemoglu and co-authors explain how the tax system evolved to favor capital relative to labor, and what U.S. policymakers could do to reverse this negative impact and level the playing field between the two. The brief argues that while ... Read more ...
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Beyond Bitcoin: A new case for novel payment systems - MIT - Economics (Oct 14, 2020) |
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Oct 14, 2020 · The cryptocurrency Bitcoin has become a center of excitement, mystery, and controversy. Boosters have viewed it as an investment opportunity, a financial innovation, and a rival to state-controlled currencies; skeptics think it is an energy-wasting market bubble.
MIT economist Robert Townsend sees things differently. To Townsend, Bitcoin, for all its novelty, is part of a larger family of financial innovations, known as “distributed ledgers,” which allow people to perform financial activities without requiring a central authority to keep a master copy of those transactions and while minimizing the need for individuals to trust each other.
Functionally, distributed ... Read more ...
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David Autor receives Heinz Award - MIT - Economics (Oct 13, 2020) |
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Oct 13, 2020 · MIT economist David Autor has been named the recipient of the Heinz 25th Special Recognition Award, as part of the 25th anniversary of the Heinz Awards, in a distinction announced today.
The honor, granted by Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation as part of its set of prominent annual awards, is for Autor’s research on labor, trade, and economic security, “and for transforming our understanding of how globalization and technological change are impacting jobs and earning prospects for American workers,” according to the foundation’s citation.
“I’m honored and flattered to be receiving this award,” Autor told MIT News. “It makes me feel my work has an an impact in ... Read more ...
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Three alumni awarded 2020 MacArthur “genius” grants - MIT - Economics (Oct 08, 2020) |
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Oct 08, 2020 · Three MIT alumni have won a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, a prestigious honor unofficially known as the “Genius Grant.”
“In the midst of civil unrest, a global pandemic, natural disasters, and conflagrations, this group of 21 exceptionally creative individuals offers a moment for celebration,” says Cecilia Conrad, managing director of the 40-year-old fellowship program. Each recipient will receive a $625,000, no-strings-attached award.
Learn about the MIT-affiliated recipients:
Isaiah Andrews PhD ’14, professor of economics at Harvard University
As an econometrician, working in the subfield of economics that develops new statistical tools, Andrews is developing ... Read more ...
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Industry and scientific leaders examine Covid-19-era inequities, emphasize rapid testing - MIT - Economics (Sep 28, 2020) |
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Sep 28, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Diverse international cohort first to earn MIT master's degrees in data, economics, and development policy - MIT - Economics (Sep 18, 2020) |
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Sep 18, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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How tutoring programs can combat the “Covid-19 slide” - MIT - Economics (Sep 17, 2020) |
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Sep 17, 2020 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Uncertainty, belief, and economic outcomes - MIT - Economics (Aug 25, 2020) |
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Aug 25, 2020 · In late 1994 Mexico suffered a severe currency crisis, with attacks on the peso by international traders that led to inflation, bailouts, and macroeconomic woes. Some experts had thought Mexico was ripe for a currency crisis a couple of years before it happened. So if the peso was already vulnerable to attack, why didn’t that occur earlier?
Stephen Morris has some ideas about that. Influential ideas. The MIT economist is the co-author of “Unique Equilibrium in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Currency Attacks,” a widely cited 1998 paper co-authored with economist Hyun Song Shin, who is now at the Bank of International Settlements. The paper changed the way many people in economics ... Read more ...
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Economist Antoine Levy is all over the map - MIT - Economics (Aug 20, 2020) |
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Aug 20, 2020 · Media can only be downloaded from the desktop version of this website.
Some of the stereotypical differences between the United States and France do check out, according to Antoine Levy: The weather and the food are much worse in New England, he says, and the people are much more welcoming. But for Levy, who is about to start the fifth year of his MIT PhD program in economics, the U.S. is starting to feel like his native France in some ways.
“For a long time, I thought France was obsessed by politics and the United States was not,” he recalls. However, his impression has changed over the last five years. In France, from urban neighborhoods to small villages, he says ... Read more ...
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MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab to launch research center at American University in Cairo - MIT - Economics (Jul 15, 2020) |
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Jul 15, 2020 · The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT is launching a new regional research center in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to focus on innovative research and policy engagement to reduce poverty.
Policy challenges in the MENA region are complex and interconnected: Children in the region have among the lowest learning outcomes, youth and women struggle to find quality employment, women’s agency is among the lowest in the world, environmental and energy resources are strained in many countries, and conflict has left many communities facing displacement and in need of humanitarian assistance.
Between 2011 and 2015, extreme poverty rates in MENA ... Read more ...
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QS ranks the world’s No. 1 university for 2020-21 - MIT - Economics (Jun 09, 2020) |
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Jun 09, 2020 · MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the ninth year in a row MIT has received this distinction.
The full 2019-20 rankings - published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing in education and study abroad - can be found at topuniversities.com. The QS rankings were based on academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, student-to-faculty ratio, proportion of international faculty, and proportion of international students. MIT earned a perfect overall score of 100.
MIT was also ranked the world’s top university in 12 of the subject areas ranked by ... Read more ...
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Recent political science graduates see brighter days ahead - MIT - Economics (Jun 04, 2020) |
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Jun 04, 2020 · Blindsided by a pandemic and hunkering down at home instead of celebrating spring on campus, MIT seniors might reasonably have felt blue. But a group of new political science alumni glimpse brighter days ahead, as they springboard from rewarding academic programs into meaningful careers.
“I feel prepared for the life in policy work I have been planning, one that's focused on energy and climate mitigation,” says Michelle Bai '20, a double major in economics and political science with a minor in energy studies. Bai spent last summer interning at the Council of Economic Advisors. Her first job out of college will be with Charles River Associates, a global consulting ... Read more ...
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Marshaling artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19 | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 19, 2020) |
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May 19, 2020 · Artificial intelligence could play a decisive role in stopping the Covid-19 pandemic. To give the technology a push, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is funding 10 projects at MIT aimed at advancing AI's transformative potential for society. The research will target the immediate public health and economic challenges of this moment. But it could have a lasting impact on how we evaluate and respond to risk long after the crisis has passed. The 10 research projects are highlighted below.
Early detection of sepsis in Covid-19 patients
Sepsis is a deadly complication of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. About 10 percent of Covid-19 patients get sick ... Read more ...
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Helping artisanal miners in Colombia face the Covid-19 crisis | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 18, 2020) |
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May 18, 2020 · Informal, small-scale gold miners extract 20 to 30 percent of all gold worldwide, and in Colombia, they produce 60 percent of all gold extracted nationally. As a rule, small-scale miners in remote communities face myriad challenges: Intermediaries demand low prices, there are few alternative ways to earn an income, and serious health problems related to mercury exposure plague miners.
Now, with the onset of Covid-19, these problems have compounded: The market for gold has ground to a halt, business closures have caused a breakdown in the food supply, and these small mining communities have few defenses against the novel coronavirus, which has arrived in Colombia with more than ... Read more ...
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The changing world of work | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 18, 2020) |
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May 18, 2020 · Media can only be downloaded from the desktop version of this website.
With 20.5 million jobs slashed from U.S. payrolls in April and a 14.7 percent unemployment rate, the Covid-19 pandemic has created workforce problems unseen since the Great Depression. These dynamics are being closely observed by MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future, which released a high-profile interim report last September, with a nuanced set of findings: Automation is unlikely to eliminate millions of U.S. jobs soon, but improved policies are needed to support many workers, who have been suffering from a lack of quality jobs and viable careers. The task force will issue its final report this fall. Read more ...
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Who gets ventilator priority? | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 13, 2020) |
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May 13, 2020 · When hospitals face ventilator shortages during the Covid-19 crisis, they often rely on state policies to determine which patients are assigned the equipment. In Michigan, for example, medical personnel who get sick have priority for ventilators. Many other states determine patient priority from a formula using a patient's prognosis and age.
Those rules address tough decisions, but as constituted they also raise questions about equity, since these policies prioritize particular groups - such as health care workers and younger patients. A new working paper co-authored by an MIT professor offers an alternative design: a "reserve system" that would allocate medical resources ... Read more ...
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An innovation plan to beat Covid-19 | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 08, 2020) |
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May 08, 2020 · For humans, the Covid-19 virus is a novel foe. And to combat a new pathogen, we need innovation: a new vaccine, new drugs, new tests, new clinical knowledge, and new data for epidemiology models.
In response to the current crisis, many private companies and some governments have been trying to generate a vaccine and other medical advances in short order. And yet, whatever progress is being made, we can do better, suggests an MIT professor who has spent two decades studying the foundations of life-science breakthroughs.
"There aren't many ways to escape the apparent choice between protecting public health and protecting the economy," says economist Pierre Azoulay. "There ... Read more ...
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Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 05, 2020) |
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May 05, 2020 · Media can only be downloaded from the desktop version of this website.
This is part 3 of a three-part series examining the effects of robots and automation on employment, based on new research from economist and Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu.
Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at their side. In other cases, forms of automation, from robots to phone-answering systems, have simply replaced factory workers, receptionists, and many other kinds of employees.
Now a new study co-authored by an MIT economist suggests automation has a ... Read more ...
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Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2020 | MIT News - MIT - Economics (May 01, 2020) |
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May 01, 2020 · On April 27, the National Academy of Sciences elected 120 new members and 26 international associates, including three professors from MIT — Abhijit Banerjee, Bonnie Berger, and Roger Summons — recognizing their "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Current membership totals 2,403 active members and 501 international associates, including 190 Nobel Prize recipients.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution for scientific advancement established in 1863 by congressional charter and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. Together, with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine, the ... Read more ...
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Workforce Education Project details how Covid-19 upends assumptions | MIT News - MIT - Economics (Apr 28, 2020) |
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Apr 28, 2020 · A reformed workforce education system might be the key to reversing growing income inequality, according to a new report from the MIT Open Learning Workforce Education Project.
Led by Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma and Senior Director of Special Projects William Bonvillian, the Workforce Education Project is a research effort to study the workforce education landscape in the United States. Megan Perdue from MIT Open Learning and the MIT Sloan School of Management's Jenna Meyers co-led the project, which received foundation support from Schmidt Futures. The preliminary report — a second, more detailed report will follow — examines the problems in the current U.S. ... Read more ...
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Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2020 | MIT News - MIT - Economics (Apr 24, 2020) |
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Apr 24, 2020 · Six MIT faculty members are among more than 250 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced Thursday.
One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and culture, and education.
Those elected from MIT this year are:
"The members of the class of 2020 have excelled in laboratories and lecture halls, they ... Read more ...
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Three from MIT awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships | MIT News - MIT - Economics (Apr 14, 2020) |
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Apr 14, 2020 · MIT faculty members Sabine Iatridou, Jonathan Gruber, and Rebecca Saxe are among 175 scientists, artists, and scholars awarded 2020 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the 2020 Guggenheim Fellows were selected from almost 3,000 applicants.
"It's exceptionally encouraging to be able to share such positive news at this terribly challenging time" says Edward Hirsch, president of the foundation. "A Guggenheim Fellowship has always offered practical assistance, helping fellows do their work, but for many of the new fellows, it may be a lifeline at a time of hardship, a survival tool as well as a ... Read more ...
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A business edge that comes with age - MIT - Economics (Mar 19, 2020) |
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Mar 19, 2020 · Two years ago, MIT economist Pierre Azoulay started a lively discussion when a working paper he co-authored, "Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship," revealed a surprising fact about startup founders: Among firms in the top 1/10 of the top 1 percent, in terms of growth, the average founder's age is 45. That's contrary to the popular image of valuable startups being the sole domain of twentysomething founders, such as Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook.
The paper, written with Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University, J. Daniel Kim of the University of Pennsylvania, and Javier Miranda of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, has now been officially published, in the journal American ... Read more ...
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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2020 - MIT - Economics (Mar 03, 2020) |
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Mar 03, 2020 · MIT has been honored with 12 No. 1 subject rankings in the QS World University Rankings for 2020.
MIT also placed second in five subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Biological Sciences; Earth and Marine Sciences; Economics and Econometrics; and Environmental Sciences.
MIT has been ranked as the No. 1 university in the world by QS World University Rankings for eight straight years.
Topics: Rankings, Computer science and technology, Linguistics, Chemical engineering, Civil and environmental engineering, Mechanical engineering, Chemistry, Materials science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, EAPS, Business and management, Accounting, Finance, DMSE, School of ... Read more ...
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The case for economics — by the numbers - MIT - Economics (Mar 03, 2020) |
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Mar 03, 2020 · In recent years, criticism has been levelled at economics for being insular and unconcerned about real-world problems. But a new study led by MIT scholars finds the field increasingly overlaps with the work of other disciplines, and, in a related development, has become more empirical and data-driven, while producing less work of pure theory.
The study examines 140,000 economics papers published over a 45-year span, from 1970 to 2015, tallying the "extramural" citations that economics papers received in 16 other academic fields — ranging from other social sciences such as sociology to medicine and public health. In seven of those fields, economics is the social science most ... | By Peter Dizikes MIT News Office Read more ...
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