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August 24, 2021
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Seven new PhDs complete Ford School’s rigorous training program in causal inference research

The Causal Inference in Education Policy Research program trains doctoral students to apply the methods of causal inference to work in education research, policy, and practice. The program was launched in 2015 with funding from the U.S. Department of Education. More »

 
   


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Hidden costs for a clean energy transition

Energy economist Catherine Hausman and co-author Lucas Davis (UC-Berkeley) find poor urban and rural areas bear the financial burden of legacy natural gas. More »

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Can financial incentives help stop COVID?

Development economist Dean Yang and team find that teaching and financial incentives to learn are complementary methods to improve COVID knowledge in Mozambique. More »



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Why are we talking about sports? Panelists discuss issues and policies related to trans rights and why the freedom to compete is about much more than sports. More »



In the news

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"When I look at this report, what I take away from it is the more we can do to limit how much warming we have, the fewer people die, the fewer wildlife will go extinct. There’s so much that we can make better or avoid making worse, but we have to act quickly." Jennifer Haverkamp on the IPCC climate change report.

Michigan Radio, NPR

 

"Soon after the U.S. pullout began, Afghan troops and officials began jumping ship, either to appease the Taliban or to retreat into old ethnic militias. The Taliban takeover will not bring peace. As the dust settles, many U.S.-trained fighters will likely regroup along ethnic lines to fight again." John Ciorciari on how Afghanistan fell so quickly.

CNBC

 

"People think that inflation erodes their purchasing power. On average, it doesn’t because on average it raises wages as much as it raises costs." Betsey Stevenson on why we shouldn’t be afraid of inflation.

Marketplace

 

"The two things I’m interested in … are number one, to see how this interacts with the other trade policies that are in place and that are being discussed and the other carbon pricing programs that are in place around the world. The other thing ... I want to look for whether this serves as a template for what other countries can do with similar border adjustments." Catherine Hausman on what to watch for with the EU’s carbon border price.

NPR Here and Now

 

"To say, you should be the source within the government of all of the death data, it’s like ‘Well that’s not really exactly what we were set up to do.’" Janet A. Weiss on the Social Security Administration and tracking American deaths.

Bloomberg

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