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 Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Daniela Bresciani Andaluz, Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan E. Mayer, and Rohen Shah
Math skills in early childhood are correlated with future academic achievement. Caregiver engagement in math learning with their children contributes to the growth of children’s math skills. Providing high-quality math materials for caregivers to use in the home may help...
Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan Mayer, Derek Rury, and Rohen Shah
The literacy skill gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children emerges well before children begin compulsory schooling. The gap in reading to young children by parental education is the largest among a set of investment activities generally considered relevant for young...
Daniela Bresciani, Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, and Susan Mayer
Identity is a person’s sense of self, rooted in affiliations with social groups. It carries behavioral prescriptions and shapes decision-making. Only salient identities weigh in the decision-making at a given moment partially due to people’s inattention to all their identities....
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 Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Daniela Bresciani Andaluz, Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan E. Mayer, and Rohen Shah
Math skills in early childhood are correlated with future academic achievement. Caregiver engagement in math learning with their children contributes to the growth of children’s math skills. Providing high-quality math materials for caregivers to use in the home may help...
Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan Mayer, Derek Rury, and Rohen Shah
The literacy skill gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children emerges well before children begin compulsory schooling. The gap in reading to young children by parental education is the largest among a set of investment activities generally considered relevant for young...
Daniela Bresciani, Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, and Susan Mayer
Identity is a person’s sense of self, rooted in affiliations with social groups. It carries behavioral prescriptions and shapes decision-making. Only salient identities weigh in the decision-making at a given moment partially due to people’s inattention to all their identities....