Research

Take a look at the latest research from MIT Economics faculty, including published work and newly-released working papers.

Working Papers

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Labor Economics

Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Maggie R. Jones, Bradley Setzler
March 2025
Labor Economics, Political Economy

The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform

Journal of European Economic Association, 23(1), pp. 119–158.
Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
February 2025
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Books

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Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
Health Economics, Public Economics

Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What To Do About It

Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein and Ray Fisman
January 2023
Cover of Cooking to Save Your Life with an illustration by Cheyenne Olivier of Abhijit cooking surrounded by others

Cooking to Save Your Life

Abhijit Banerjee
Illustrations by Cheyenne Olivier
November 2021
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Published Papers

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Health Economics

Diffusion and Percolation: How COVID-19 Spread Through Populations

Populations 1(1) Inaugural Issue, 20 February 2025
Jeffrey E. Harris
February 2025
Journal of Political Economy

Targeting Precision Medicine: Evidence from Prenatal Screening

Journal of Political Economy
Peter Conner, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Petra Persson and Heidi L. Williams
February 2025
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Economics Department students and faculty

Labs and Centers

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Research News

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