Dartmouth Department of Economics

09/10/2026

Prof Diego Comin and co-authors Xavier Cirera and Marcio Cruz have published "Technology Sophistication Across Establishments" in the August issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/141/3/2025/8537769

09/09/2026

"A study in Uttar Pradesh by Madeline McKelway of Dartmouth College finds that showing husbands and in-laws a six-minute video of women talking about their experience on a job-training programme made it 35-57% more likely that their wives would get jobs."

The love of money is the root of quite a lot of good

08/21/2026

In this episode of the Health Policy Podcast, Prof. Chris Snyder discusses the FDA's exploration of drug repurposing and the work of the Market Shaping Accelerator, an initiative aimed at enhancing innovation in public health.

Christopher Snyder of Dartmouth College discusses FDA drug repurposing and market incentives in this episode of the Health Policy Podcast.

08/18/2026

Research by Prof. Ethan Lewis and co-author Michael A. Clemens is the feature of this Research Highlights Article, "Winning the visa lottery" https://www.aeaweb.org/research/immigration-restrictions-firms-workers via

Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans.

08/18/2026

"A Jan 2025 working paper studying Dartmouth College applicants, co-authored by Dartmouth economics professor Bruce Sacerdote, found that standardized test requirements often help high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds."

Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere. 

08/13/2026

Prof. Maddie McKelway and co-author Namrata Kala write in VoxDev

A field experiment with Indian carpet firms finds that letting workers vote on rewards boosts attendance but enables collusion, while giving managers discretion boosts output but damages workplace cohesion.

08/05/2026

Prof. Doug Irwin talks tariffs with Bloomberg:

President Trump is rebuilding his tariff wall with sweeping new tariffs on imports from most major trading partners. Dartmouth College Professor of Economics Douglas Irwin breaks down what it means for the economy and global trade on Bloomberg Open Interest.

08/05/2026

Danny Blanchflower's research is cited here...

It’s a “high intent, low budget” generation, the Harris Poll’s Libby Rodney told Fortune. "We call it placing financial regret over FOMO."

07/14/2026

Prof Doug Irwin talks to the South China Morning Post about how President Donald Trump’s second-term tariffs differ from U.S. trade policy over the past 250 years, saying they “are definitely a break from the past.”

The US and China have secured a fragile truce, but analysts warn Washington’s protectionist pivot marks a structural shift likely to last.

06/26/2026

After more than three decades keeping the economics department running and guiding the thousands of students who pass through her office, Karen Pelletier retires this summer.

After more than three decades keeping the economics department running and guiding the thousands of students who pass through her office, Karen Pelletier retires this summer.