Public service is core to our mission of improving economic policymaking. Our SIEPR affiliates are often tapped to serve in presidential administrations and other government roles, bringing their academic expertise directly to decision makers.
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​Examples in FY2024-25 included how Adrien Auclert provided fiscal recommendations to the French Council of Economic Analysis; Annamaria Lusardi discussed financial literacy before the Minneapolis Fed, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and other government agencies; Hanno Lustig warned central bankers about debt risks; Joshua Rauh testified before the House Budget Committee on "The Fiscal State of the Nation," and Darrell Duffie testified before the House Financial Services Committee on strengthening the Treasury Market.

Our scholars make an impact when their research and expertise contribute to the public discourse and are shared among thought leaders and general audiences. A sampling of their op-eds and media mentions listed here on SIEPR's website, reflects the relevance of our scholarship on policy matters ranging from monetary and fiscal policy to labor market dynamics and hot-button election issues like immigration and inflation.

Meeting audiences where they are at is key in the digital age. Our scholars increasingly reach new and existing audiences on social media platforms, and SIEPR has long maintained a strong presence on the most popular services, including LinkedIn and X, to amplify their work. We continue to expand our outreach, and added, for instance, BlueSky to our social media universe in September 2024 as economists and policy experts also entered the space.

Graduate student work is supported by the George P. Shultz Dissertation Fund and by endowed fellowships. Examples of research topics from endowed fellowship recipients in FY2024-25 included pharmaceutical price controls and mobile sports betting to studies on global banking and the labor market for teachers.

Since its inception, 119 fellows have participated in the predoctoral program. Of these, 89 percent have continued on to pursue PhD degrees in economics, while most of the remaining fellows have embarked on new career paths in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors, or have taken on other research roles.
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​Paired with faculty mentors, predocs gain valuable research experience while at SIEPR. For instance, before completing the program this past year, Freek van Sambeek co-authored a paper with SIEPR Senior Fellows Shoshana Vasserman and Hunt Allcott on the impacts of congestion pricing in New York City, and Michelle Bronsard co-authored a study with SIEPR Faculty Fellow Adrienne Sabety that showed how millions were at risk of losing certain preventative health care services under a Supreme Court ruling.

Undergraduate fellows gained valuable hands-on research experience, working with 24 faculty mentors on projects that ranged from assessing the U.S. Treasury market's buyback policy design to examining the impact of school-based health centers on children with low-income families.
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In 2024-25, the Claire and Ralph Landau Best Paper Discussion Prize was awarded to two students.

• Shifrah Aron-Dine | "Rebuild or Relocate? Recovery after Natural Disasters"
• Adam Rosenberg | "Regulating Firearm Markets: Evidence from California"

The prize is a tribute to the Landaus and their countless contributions to SIEPR and Stanford's Department of Economics. It recognizes the best written student paper on any issue involving the formulation or evaluation of economic policy.

The Young Scholars program provides opportunities for early career economists to focus on their research without teaching and administrative responsibilities. They are also exposed to an expanded network of collaborators and mentors at Stanford. Our postdoctoral fellows in 2024-25 went on to join the faculty at Sciences Po Paris, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Department of Economics in the School of Humanities and Sciences.
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