Research
Cleaning Up Contaminated Land Unlocks Local Economic Growth
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Cameron LaPoint finds that remediating contaminated “brownfields” creates jobs, encourages entrepreneurship, and increases home values in the surrounding community.
AI Evaluations Look Unbiased Without Being Fair
New research by Prof. Tristan Botelho and PhD student Qingyang Wang finds that LLMs avoid overt discrimination when evaluating candidates but still rely on racial and gender cues.
A Low-Tech Intervention Can Help Migrant Families Survive the ‘Lean Season’
In the latest in a series of studies devising solutions to seasonal poverty, Mushfiq Mobarak provided small loans to Nepali families in which one member migrated for work during the lean season.
How the New York Times’ Framing Shaped the Story of the Israel-Hamas War
In a new study, Professor Edieal Pinker argues that the Times’ coverage created a narrative in which Israel was the primary actor and Hamas’s continuing role in the conflict received relatively little attention.
Will AI Eliminate Jobs or Create New Ones? Probably Both.
When AI tools allow a task to be automated, found Yale SOM’s Menaka Hampole and her co-authors, it fades from job descriptions. But that often frees workers to focus elsewhere, while helping firms become more productive and expand their workforces.
Greater Transparency Brought Change to Police Departments—And Then a Reversal
A study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Minjae Kim finds that departments that published traffic-stop data initially reduced stops in Black neighborhoods—but soon exceeded previous levels.
How Cooling the Planet with Geoengineering Would Upend Climate Economics
In a new working paper, Yale SOM’s Kelly Shue and Samuel Hartzmark of Boston College show that the use of reflective aerosols to cool the plane would fundamentally shift the economics of climate change, altering incentives for renewable energy, fossil fuels, and carbon removal.
Can Investors Make a Profit by Saving Bats?
Restoring biodiversity around the globe will require financing from private investors. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Anya Nakhmurina, focusing on the restoration of bat populations, proposes a strategy that could allow investors to support conservation while also turning a profit.
How Much Is Crawling Your Content Worth to an AI Bot?
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Soheil Ghili proposes a scalable way for AI companies to pay publishers for crawling their content—and help sustain the information ecosystem that powers the technology.
To Reduce Emissions, the Carbon Offsets Market Needs One Crucial Fix
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Vahideh Manshadi and Faidra Monachou and Ilan Morgenstern of UC Berkeley lays out a framework to study the market for carbon offsets and their climate value.
