New research shows that people are more likely to sign up for an employer-sponsored savings plan when urged to begin contributing a specific percentage of their income.
When survival over generations is the end game, researchers say it makes sense to undervalue long shots that could be profitable and overestimate the likelihood of rare bad outcomes.
International students drive creativity and innovation in the U.S. and help make American universities more competitive, according to Ran Abramitzky, an economic historian who studies immigration impacts.
Stanford Impact Labs provides an innovative research and development pipeline for the social sciences, connecting researchers with leaders in the public, social and private sectors to develop evidence-driven solutions to social problems.
Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom discusses the societal impacts of a new “working-from-home economy” and the challenges posed by the massive transition to widespread remote work.
Stanford economist Rebecca Diamond compiled a unique dataset to uncover fresh research insights into foreclosure’s effects on homeowners, landlords and renters.
Gross Domestic Product, the standard metric for measuring national economies, doesn’t account for the valuable services provided by nature. A new approach could help fill the gap.
Global thought leaders, including former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, will examine the future of energy in the new Stanford Global Energy Dialogues series.
