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Abigail Dow, an applied microeconomist and PhD candidate in economics at Boston University, underscored the correlation between childcare costs and people’s decisions to have children in a recent research paper.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Jesse Shapiro, 41, Providence, Rhode Island, applied microeconomist devising new frameworks of analysis to advance understanding of media bias, ideological polarization, and the efficacy of public policy interventions.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Among other issues, the paper reports outcomes only from former food stamp recipients who found jobs after they lost benefits, said Jeffrey Grogger, an applied microeconomist at the University of Chicago who has studied welfare.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2018

Angus Deaton, a British microeconomist and a professor at Princeton University, was awarded the prize today for “his analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2015

Photograph: Nobelprize.org The Nobel Prize has been awarded to Angus Deaton, the microeconomist born in Edinburgh!

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2015