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CSWEP: Elaine Bennett Research Prize


Established in 1998, the Elaine Bennett Research Prize is awarded annually to recognize and honor outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman not more than ten years beyond her Ph.D. (adjusted for family responsibilities).  The prize is made possible by contributions from William Zame and others, in memory of Elaine Bennett, who made significant contributions in economic theory and experimental economics and encouraged the work of young women in all areas of economics.

2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize: Maya Rossin-Slater

Maya Rossin-Slater, 2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize RecipientMaya Rossin-Slater, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, is the recipient of the 2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize. Established in 1998, the Elaine Bennett Research Prize is awarded annually to recognize and honor outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman not more than ten years beyond her Ph.D. (adjusted for family responsibilities).

Her research centers on understanding the causal impacts of public policies and other factors on the well-being of families with children, focusing on identifying what works to improve the outcomes of disadvantaged populations and reduce socioeconomic inequality and health disparities. Her work has analyzed the effects of US social safety net programs—including Food Stamps, WIC, and Medicaid—on various measures of early-life and long-term health and economic success, underscoring how these programs can be regarded as investments into the next generation. She has also studied the role of environmental factors, such as air pollution and extreme temperature, in shaping individuals’ later labor market outcomes, highlighting how environmental policy and climate change can influence human capital. Her research on paid family leave has provided evidence of the benefits of this policy for workers and their families and shown that these benefits appear to accrue without significant burden to employers. Her work on school shootings has shown the lasting adverse impacts of these events on the mental health, educational, and later economic outcomes of surviving students, emphasizing the persistent cost that gun violence imposes on the hundreds of thousands of American children who have experienced it at their schools. Professor Rossin-Slater is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award and is the Principal Investigator on several grants from the National Institutes of Health. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2013 and her BA in Economics and Statistics from UC Berkeley in 2008.

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Presentation by 2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize Recipient, with an introduction by nominators and supporters.

 

Elaine Bennett Research Prize Recipients