I am an Economist leveraging the assignment mechanism in the field to test theory and help non-profits, govts, and anyone who will listen! My goal is to (hopefully!) change the world for the better. My picture is with my oldest son! .. more
I am an Economist leveraging the assignment mechanism in the field to test theory and help non-profits, govts, and anyone who will listen! My goal is to (hopefully!) change the world for the better. My picture is with my oldest son!
John August List is an American economist known for his work in establishing field experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis. Since 2016, he has served as the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he was Chairman of the Department of Economics from 2012 to 2018, and Director of the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics since 2025. Since 2016, he has also served as Visiting Robert F. Hartsook Chair in Fundraising at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. In 2011, List was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2011, he was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society. In 2024, Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics, gave List the biennial John R. Commons Award. .. more
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Most pilot programs.
They dazzle in pilots and flop at scale. My new study (ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...) offers a model for designing interventions that anticipate scaling challenges early.
Let's make scaling a scientific object!
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@johnlist.bsky.social and I will send out a call for abstracts early in the Spring.
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Pictured below are two of them on the market: Haruka and Danielle. Good luck to you both, keep changing the world and making us proud!
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Wishing you and yours a restful break and a bright 2026!