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

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

. 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 Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (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

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

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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 507-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

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. 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 Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of E ...

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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