The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, Oluchi Mbonu, and Cole Scanlon
This study evaluates a large-scale SMS outreach program to engage caregivers of students in private primary schools in Kenya. Using a two-stage randomization design, we tested two types of weekly SMS messages: growth-mindset encouragement and personalized performance information. We find...
Electricity reliability is a central challenge for the energy transition, as growing energy demand, renewable energy integration, and natural disasters increase the risk of large-scale black-outs. However, the economic impacts of large-scale blackouts remain largely unknown. Com-bining electricity market data...
Deniz Dutz, Magne Mogstad, Morten Håvarstein, and Alexander Torgovitsky
We study the identification of labor supply elasticities from kinked budget sets in a model with income effects and individual heterogeneity in the elasticities. We provide point and partial identification results for compensated elasticities, uncompensated elasticities, and income effects. We...
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, Oluchi Mbonu, and Cole Scanlon
This study evaluates a large-scale SMS outreach program to engage caregivers of students in private primary schools in Kenya. Using a two-stage randomization design, we tested two types of weekly SMS messages: growth-mindset encouragement and personalized performance information. We find...
Electricity reliability is a central challenge for the energy transition, as growing energy demand, renewable energy integration, and natural disasters increase the risk of large-scale black-outs. However, the economic impacts of large-scale blackouts remain largely unknown. Com-bining electricity market data...
Deniz Dutz, Magne Mogstad, Morten Håvarstein, and Alexander Torgovitsky
We study the identification of labor supply elasticities from kinked budget sets in a model with income effects and individual heterogeneity in the elasticities. We provide point and partial identification results for compensated elasticities, uncompensated elasticities, and income effects. We...
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
