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- - - The Rise of Healthcare Jobs
      Joshua Gottlieb, Neale Mahoney, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova
      Healthcare employment has grown more than twice as fast as the labor force since 1980, overtaking retail trade to become the largest industry by employment in 2009. We document key facts about the rise of healthcare jobs. Earnings for healthcare...
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      Mert Akan, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Tom Bowen, Shelby Buckman, Steven J. Davis, and Hyoseul Kim
      We use matched employer-employee data to study where Americans live in relation to employer worksites. Mean distance from employee home to employer worksite rose from 15 miles in 2019 to 26 miles in 2023. Twelve percent of employees hired after...
      The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India
      Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan
      Over 2 billion people lack clean drinking water. Existing solutions face high costs (piped water) or low demand (point-of-use chlorine). Using a 60,000 household cluster-randomized experiment we test an increasingly popular alternative: decentralized treatment and home delivery of clean water...
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Molly Schnell

Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Molly Schnell completed her PhD at Princeton University and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University.

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- - - 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 Rise of Healthcare Jobs
      Joshua Gottlieb, Neale Mahoney, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova
      Healthcare employment has grown more than twice as fast as the labor force since 1980, overtaking retail trade to become the largest industry by employment in 2009. We document key facts about the rise of healthcare jobs. Earnings for healthcare...
      The New Geography of Labor Markets
      Mert Akan, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Tom Bowen, Shelby Buckman, Steven J. Davis, and Hyoseul Kim
      We use matched employer-employee data to study where Americans live in relation to employer worksites. Mean distance from employee home to employer worksite rose from 15 miles in 2019 to 26 miles in 2023. Twelve percent of employees hired after...
      The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India
      Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan
      Over 2 billion people lack clean drinking water. Existing solutions face high costs (piped water) or low demand (point-of-use chlorine). Using a 60,000 household cluster-randomized experiment we test an increasingly popular alternative: decentralized treatment and home delivery of clean water...
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- - - Research Briefs
      Central Bank Communication with the Polarized Public
      The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
      Income Equality in the Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons
    - 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 24
      Spring 2025 Behavioral Economics Seminar Series
      Mar 28
      2025 IOG Spring Conference
      Mar 28
      Development Lunch Workshop – Spring 2025
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