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Since 1950, every U.S. president outlines his economic agenda with an overview of the country’s current financial health. Think of it as the White House equivalent of a corporate annual report.

This year’s tackles a range of issues — from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine to cryptocurrency and labor shortages — and their effects on the U.S. economy. and timed to the release of the president’s proposed budget, the report relies heavily on economic policy research.

The 2023 report from President Biden credits studies by more than two dozen SIEPR scholars, showcasing the way in which the institute’s research directly informs policy discussions and decisions.

Some of the research — such as Gopi Shah Goda’s&�Բ�����;estimates of may be contributing to declines in the U.S. labor supply — is new scholarship that dovetails perfectly with urgent policy questions. Other work is decades old but still relevant in today’s economy, such as Timothy Bresnahan’s&�Բ�����; on the Microsoft antitrust case that was cited in this year’s report dealing with competition in the digital age.

Following are more examples of SIEPR affiliates — including senior fellows and pre- and postdoctoral fellows — and their studies cited in the report:

• Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow on and social media as a source of election news during the 2016 presidential election, and, along with , a former SIEPR graduate fellowship recipient, on the of staying off social media.
• Susan Athey on how a common practice used by technology platforms to reduce competition harms consumers and, along with Guido Imbens, on of measuring social safety net effects.
• Eric Bettinger on the college financial aid application process; on for different types of community college graduates; on the importance community college students with information on labor market outcomes; on improves college graduation rates; and, with Susanna Loeb, on by the least-academically prepared students who enroll in for-profit online schools.
• Jay Bhattacharya on to children of government-provided school breakfast.
• Nicholas Bloom on of rising Chinese imports on U.S. manufacturing jobs.
• Erik Brynjolfsson on like artificial intelligence will ignite a productivity boom; on that accounts for the value of digital markets; on the consumer value of online tools like internet searching and email services; on and in the early days of ecommerce; and, on the COVID-19 on remote work at the start of the pandemic.
• Marshall Burke on in GDP; on of floods; on of U.S. wildfires; on in wildfire smoke protection; on of rising temperatures; on of sudden, climate-related price shocks on property values; and, on existing research into in armed conflicts.
• John Cochrane on his new theory of the role of government debt in inflation’s rise, as detailed in his new book, .
• Thomas Dee on understanding and ; on of school ratings in early childhood education; and, on of a college degree.
• Rebecca Diamond on  U.S. innovation, co-authored with, among others, , a former SIEPR predoctoral research fellow, and , a SIEPR graduate fellowship recipient.
• Mark Duggan on the increase in Social Security Disability Insurance claimants and a decline in unemployment.
• Caroline Hoxby on how high-achieving, low-income students to selective colleges; on or earnings advantages from online postsecondary education programs; on between education and economic growth; and, on how increases in government support during the Great Recession at public universities. 
• Matthew Gentzkow (in addition to research, with Allcott, cited above) on of access to free online news articles; and, on between higher rates of internet use and increased political polarization, co-authored with Levi Boxell, a former SIEPR predoctoral research fellow.
• Pete Klenow and Charles “Chad” Jones on in Black and white women and Black men in high-skilled jobs has played a key role in rising worker productivity.
• Charles Kolstad on his model the economic impacts of climate change.
• David Lobell on climate change’s harmful effects .
• Susanna Loeb (in addition to research, with Bettinger, cited above) on in quality among providers of early childhood education and on how in low-performing schools exacerbates disparities in student achievement.
• Maya Rossin-Slater on for children who receive Food Stamp benefits before the age of five.
• Alan Sykes on how most economic arguments to support industries are weak.
• , a former SIEPR postdoctoral fellow, on her SIEPR policy brief and analyzing the difficulties of reforming natural disaster insurance markets as the climate changes.
• Gavin Wright, co-editor-in-chief of — and contributor to — the millennial edition of the “.”