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.
Ran Abramitzky, Jacob Conway, Roy Mill, and Luke C.D. Stein
We study differences in economic outcomes by perceived skin tone among African Americans using full-count U.S. decennial census data from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Comparing children coded as “Black” or “Mulatto” by census enumerators and linking these children across...
Pablo A. Celhay, Nicolás Figueroa, Carla Guadalupi, and Benjamín Oteíza
Social insurance often relies on third-party gatekeepers to certify eligibility, but planners cannot easily verify whether those certifications are accurate. We study this problem in the market for medical sick leave using the universe of sick leave certificates in Chile...
Swaminathan Balasubramaniam, Jorge Sabat, and Soumyajit Ray
Using Reddit r/wallstreetbets posts, we compare the sentiment of AI-generated replies with actual human top-level replies to the same investor-authored posts. We find that counterfactual replies generated by a user-facing AI model are systematically more bullish than human replies. Prompting...
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.
Ran Abramitzky, Jacob Conway, Roy Mill, and Luke C.D. Stein
We study differences in economic outcomes by perceived skin tone among African Americans using full-count U.S. decennial census data from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Comparing children coded as “Black” or “Mulatto” by census enumerators and linking these children across...
Pablo A. Celhay, Nicolás Figueroa, Carla Guadalupi, and Benjamín Oteíza
Social insurance often relies on third-party gatekeepers to certify eligibility, but planners cannot easily verify whether those certifications are accurate. We study this problem in the market for medical sick leave using the universe of sick leave certificates in Chile...
Swaminathan Balasubramaniam, Jorge Sabat, and Soumyajit Ray
Using Reddit r/wallstreetbets posts, we compare the sentiment of AI-generated replies with actual human top-level replies to the same investor-authored posts. We find that counterfactual replies generated by a user-facing AI model are systematically more bullish than human replies. Prompting...
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.
