TI Economics Lectures 2027
The Tinbergen Institute Lectures are an annual series of advanced PhD level courses. Participation is also open to PhD students and external research master's students.
Nathaniel Hendren will give the TI Economics Lectures 2027. He is a Professor of Economics at MIT, United States. Date: May 18-20, 2027.
Biography
He is a Founder and Co-Director of Policy Impacts, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of government decision-making and evidence-based policy-making. He is also a Founder and Co-Director of Opportunity Insights, which is dedicated to identifying barriers to economic opportunity and developing scalable solutions that will empower people throughout the United States to rise out of poverty and achieve better life outcomes.
His academic work seeks to understand how we can expand economic opportunity. His work quantifies lack of economic mobility and economic opportunity for those of different backgrounds. His work also aims to uncover why private markets fail to provide economic opportunity in settings ranging from insurance markets to investments in children's education. And, his work aims to provide new tools to evaluate the effectiveness of government policies aimed at expanding opportunity and improving societal well-being.
The title of the 2027 TI Economics Lectures will be 'The Welfare Impact of Government Policy Changes.'
During the Lectures recent advances in translating causal effects of policy changes into welfare statements about those policies will be discussed.
Registration will open during fall 2026.
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