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OverviewThis project supports research on three central issues in transportation economics:The impact of the...
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The NBER Center for Aging and Health Research has three primary aims. The first is to coordinate research on health and...
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There are unique aspects and potential barriers to providing healthcare to people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and...

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 2025, 17th Annual Feldstein Lecture, N. Gregory Mankiw," The Fiscal Future"
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N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, presented the 2025 Martin Feldstein...
 2025 Methods Lecture, Raj Chetty, "Uncovering Causal Mechanisms: Mediation Analysis and Surrogate Indices"
  • Methods Lectures
SlidesBackground materials on mediationImai, Kosuke, Dustin Tingley, and Teppei Yamamoto. (2013). “Experimental Designs...
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  • Presenters: Molly Dahl, Sophie Shin, Mark Warshawsky, Sven Sinclair & Polina Vlasenko
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant #G-2023-19633, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation grant #20251294...