Douglas O. Staiger is the John French Professor in Economics at

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. His research focuses on the economics of education and of healthcare, and on statistical methods in economics. Staiger is also a co-founder of ArborMetrix, a healthcare analytics company.

Academic background

In addition to teaching undergraduates, Staiger works as a research associate with the NBER and an associate editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics. He is also a member of the

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and an affiliate of the

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(J-PAL). Staiger's research in the field of education has studied teacher effectiveness in elementary and secondary education, and has been funded by the

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and the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. In healthcare, his current work analyzes quality of care in hospitals, as well as the labor markets for nurses and physicians. This work has been recently funded by the

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and the

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. Staiger received the Arrow Award for the best paper in

health economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to impr ...

in 2007 and the Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award in 2008. Before joining Dartmouth in 1998, Staiger worked at Stanford University and then

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. He received his PhD in Economics from

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in 1990. Staiger graduated magna cum laude from

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in 1984.

ArborMetrix

In 2011, Staiger co-founded ArborMetrix with John Birkmeyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of

Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), the flagship campus of the Dartmouth Health system, is the U.S. state of New Hampshire's only academic medical center. DHMC is a 422-inpatient bed hospital and serves as a major tertiary-care referral ...

, and Justin Dimick, Director of Policy Research at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy at the

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. ArborMetrix provides a cloud-based data analysis platform to optimize quality of care and reduce costs in hospitals, health systems and accountable care organizations. ArborMetrix is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Personal life

Staiger currently lives in Hanover, NH with his wife and four children. His brother, Robert Staiger, is also an economist and a professor at Dartmouth. His sister, Maggie Dubris, is a writer, composer, and paramedic in New York City.

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