The Budget Lab

The Budget Lab at Yale is an innovative center that is quickly establishing itself as a go-to, proof-of-concept think-thank for federal government policies. The Lab is led by Natasha Sarin, Professor of Law at Yale Law School; Danny Yagan, Associate Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, and Executive Director Martha Gimbel. Our work is focused on research around the revenue, distributional, and macroeconomic estimates that are part of the Federal budget process, with a particular focus on long-term outcomes and return on investment.

RAs will be engaged in all stages of the research process, including conceptual development, model programming, data analysis, and writing. This research will give RAs the opportunity to see how academic research that is intended both for publication in academic journals and for policy relevance is conducted.