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      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...
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      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.
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      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.
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      Expanding Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
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- - - The Economics of Healthcare Fraud
      The Economics of Healthcare Fraud Jetson Leder-Luis and Anup Malani
      Healthcare fraud imposes a sizable cost on U.S. public healthcare budgets and distorts health care provision. We examine the economics of health care fraud and enforcement using theory and data and connect to a growing literature on the topic. We...
      Credit Card Entrepeneurs
      Ufuk Akcigit, Raman S. Chhina, Seyit Cilasun, Javier Miranda, and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde
      Beginning in January 2021, over less than two years, credit card usage by small U.S. businesses nearly doubled, interest payments rose by 60%, and delinquencies reached 2.8%. In this paper, we utilize near real-time QuickBooks data from over 1.6 million...
      The Impact of Employment on Partnerships: Evidence from a Refugee Settlement
      Yueh-ya Hsu, Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory Lane
      We measure the impact of employment by assessing its effect on the individual and their marital partnership in the Rohingya refugee camps. To do so, we randomly assign either the husband or wife to a six-week job. We find that...
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      How Costly Are Business Cycle Volatility and Inflation? A Vox Populi Approach
      Boosting Young Children’s Math Skill with Technology in the Home Environment; A Digital Library for Parent-Child Shared Reading Improves Literacy Skills for Young Disadvantaged Children; Priming Parental Identity: Evidence from Experimental Data
      Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry
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      Trace the Historical Origins of Today’s Federal Student Loan Crisis
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      2025 IOG Spring Conference
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      Development Lunch Workshop – Spring 2025
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      Spring 2025 Behavioral Economics Seminar Series
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Leland Crane is a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board. Crane is interested in labor markets, machine learning, firm dynamics, search theory, and economic measurement.

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About
- - - About the Becker Friedman Institute
      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...
    - Our Legacy
      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.
  - - Pre-Doctoral Research Professionals
      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+
      Expanding Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Network
Scholars
Research
- - - The Economics of Healthcare Fraud
      The Economics of Healthcare Fraud Jetson Leder-Luis and Anup Malani
      Healthcare fraud imposes a sizable cost on U.S. public healthcare budgets and distorts health care provision. We examine the economics of health care fraud and enforcement using theory and data and connect to a growing literature on the topic. We...
      Credit Card Entrepeneurs
      Ufuk Akcigit, Raman S. Chhina, Seyit Cilasun, Javier Miranda, and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde
      Beginning in January 2021, over less than two years, credit card usage by small U.S. businesses nearly doubled, interest payments rose by 60%, and delinquencies reached 2.8%. In this paper, we utilize near real-time QuickBooks data from over 1.6 million...
      The Impact of Employment on Partnerships: Evidence from a Refugee Settlement
      Yueh-ya Hsu, Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory Lane
      We measure the impact of employment by assessing its effect on the individual and their marital partnership in the Rohingya refugee camps. To do so, we randomly assign either the husband or wife to a six-week job. We find that...
- - - View All
Insights
- - - Research Briefs
      How Costly Are Business Cycle Volatility and Inflation? A Vox Populi Approach
      Boosting Young Children’s Math Skill with Technology in the Home Environment; A Digital Library for Parent-Child Shared Reading Improves Literacy Skills for Young Disadvantaged Children; Priming Parental Identity: Evidence from Experimental Data
      Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry
    - View All
  - - BFI Data Studio
      Local Economies, Global Perspective
      Lessons from the Biggest Business Tax Cut in US History
      Trace the Historical Origins of Today’s Federal Student Loan Crisis
    - View All
  - - Podcasts
      Will They or Won’t They? A Former Fed Official on This Week’s Interest Rate Decision
      Partner Episode: Should Performance Reviews Be Scrapped?
      The Future of U.S. Energy Policy Under Trump
    - View All
  - - Videos
      
      BFI Youtube Channel
      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.
Events
- - - Upcoming Events
      Mar 28
      2025 IOG Spring Conference
      Mar 28
      Development Lunch Workshop – Spring 2025
      Mar 31
      Spring 2025 Behavioral Economics Seminar Series
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