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Congratulations to HCEO member Climent Quintana-Domeque, who was recently named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom. His research explores health, family and household economics, development, inequality, and public policy evaluation.

The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship in autumn 2026 – Academy of Social Sciences News 03 September 2026 The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship in autumn 2026 Fellows News, General News, Press Releases The Academy of Social Sciences is delighted to welcome a new cohort of outstanding social scientists to our Fellowship this autumn....

Learn about the legacy of maternal-child health policy that continues to influence American families today. Join The Heckman Equation Tuesday, Sept. 29 for this webinar:
"Making Babies Count: Lessons of Hope from 20th Century Early Childhood Policy”
4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Making Babies Count: Lessons of Hope from 20th Century Early Childhood Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. When the Sheppard-Towner Act passed in 1921, it helped lay the foundation for maternal and child health policies that continue to influence American families today. Its story offers lessons of hope for policymakers navigating similar challenges a century later. Join author Michelle Bezark (EC*REACH)...

https://www.nber.org/papers/w35740

When Resources Meet Relationships: The Returns to Personalized Supports for Low-Income Students Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

New work from HCEO members Manasi Deshpande and Alessandra Voena shows disability income boosts children's human capital -- and parental work that increases household resources also improves children's outcomes. (with Jason B. Weitze).

How Disability Benefits in Early Life Affect Adult Outcomes Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

A new working paper from HCEO members Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque and colleagues calculates the impact of laws banning non-fatal strangulation on reducing intimate partner homicide.

Disrupting Violence, Protecting Lives: Strangulation Laws and Intimate Partner Homicides | HCEO Author(s) Dercio de Assis Arpita Ghosh Sonia Oreffice Climent Quintana-Domeque Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) is a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) and a strong predictor of intimate partner homicide (IPH). We compile NFS statute data, link them to homicide reports, 1990–2019, and estimate e...

What does decades of research tell us about the value of investing in early childhood? And what do policymakers sometimes get wrong? In this video interview from The Heckman Equation , HCEO member Jorge Luis Garcia of Texas A&M reflects on what we can learn from long-term studies of the impact of influential programs such as the Carolina Abecedarian Project, HighScope Perry Preschool Study, and Infant Health and Development Program.

An Economist's Perspective on Early Childhood Policy, with Jorge Luis García Do early childhood programs really pay off? In this conversation, e...

HCEO member Bertil Tungodden and coauthors surveyed attitudes toward competition across 62 countries. They found that willingness to compete and the importance attached to boys' and girls' willingness to compete varied with economic and social environment factors, such as exposure to inequality.

A Competitive World | HCEO Author(s) Thomas Buser Alexander Cappelen Uri Gneezy Bertil Tungodden We provide globally representative evidence on two attitudes toward competition: individuals’ willingness to compete and the importance they attach to boys and girls being willing to compete, using a novel survey module that we ...

New work from HCEO member Pamela Giustinelli and colleagues reveals knowledge gaps and biased beliefs about climate change among teachers and students, and shows that climate education can address them at scale. https://hceconomics.uchicago.edu/research/working-paper/climate-change-classroom

Exposure to air pollution is associated with reduced learning -- and the effects are three times larger among disadvantaged students.

Air Pollution and Learning Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

New work from HCEO member Abdoulaye Ndiaye and colleagues shows that low property taxes amplify lock-in among elderly homeowners; raising them reallocates housing toward young families.

Property Taxes and Housing Allocation Under Financial Constraints | HCEO Author(s) Joshua Coven Sebastian Golder Arpit Gupta Abdoulaye Ndiaye Low property taxes amplify lock-in among elderly homeowners, limiting housing access for young families. Raising them reallocates housing toward the young through two channels: capitalization into lower prices reduces required down...