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Think Tanks
The descriptions of the following think tanks were extracted directly from their respective websites.
American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
A private, independent, scientific, and educational charitable organization, the American Institute for Economic Research plans its research to help individuals protect their personal interests and those of the Nation.
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare. Founded in 1943, AEI is home to some of America's most accomplished public policy experts--from economics, law, political science, defense and foreign policy studies, ethics, theology, medicine, and other fields. The Institute sponsors research and conferences and publishes books, monographs, and periodicals. This website posts its publications, videos and transcripts of its conferences, biographies of its scholars and fellows, and schedules of upcoming events.
In response to growing concerns about understanding the impact of regulation on consumers, business, and government, the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution established the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. The primary purpose of the Joint Center is to hold lawmakers and regulators accountable for their decisions by providing thoughtful, objective analyses of existing regulatory programs and new regulatory proposals.
The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
BRIE - The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. Brookings analyzes current and emerging issues, and their scholars are drawn from the United States and abroad—with experience in government and academia—and hold diverse points of view.
B R E A D Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development
B R E A D is a non-profit organization, founded in 2002, dedicated to encourage research and scholarship in development economics.
The Cato Institute is a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.
Topics of Interest: Privatization of Social Security for U.S. citizens
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action.
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS)
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies is an Organized Research Unit of the University of California-San Diego. The Center is an interdisciplinary, multinational research and training program devoted to comparative work on international migration and refugee movements. Its primary missions are to conduct comparative (especially cross-national) and policy-oriented research, train academic researchers, students, and practitioners, and disseminate research conducted under its auspices to academics, policymakers, and NGOs through research seminars, conferences, publications, the internet, and the mass media. The Center is also committed to actively collaborating with other academic institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the local community.
Center for the Economic Study of Religion
The Center for the Economic Study of Religion at George Mason University.
Center for Economic Policy Analysis -- New School for Social Research
Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability -- University of Missouri - Kansas City
CGD is an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community.
Center for Immigration Studies
Center for Migration and Development (CMD) -- Princeton University
The Center for Migration and Development (CMD) promotes scholarship, original research, and intellectual exchange among faculty and students with an interest in international migration and national development. Of particular interest to CMD research is the relationship between immigrant communities in the developed world and the growth and development prospects of the sending nations.
Established in 1998 with a founding grant from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Center is part of the Department of Sociology at Princeton University from which it promotes sociological and interdisciplinary research and exchange in its topical areas.
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Conducts research on retirement issues.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities conducts research and analysis to inform public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates. The Center also develops policy options to alleviate poverty, particularly among working families.
In addition, the Center examines the short- and long-term impacts that proposed policies would have on the health of the economy and on the soundness of federal and state budgets. Among the issues the Center explores are whether federal and state governments are fiscally sound and have sufficient revenue to address critical priorities, both for low-income populations and for the nation as a whole.
The Century Foundation
The Century Foundation is a nonprofit public policy research institution committed to the belief that a mix of effective government, open democracy, and free markets is the most effective solution to the major challenges facing the United States.
Commission on Growth and Development
The Concord Coalition
Concord Coalition is a nationwide, non-partisan, grassroots organization advocating fiscal responsibility while ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations.
The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the world's preeminent business membership and research organization. Best known for the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, The Conference Board has, for over 90 years, equipped the world's leading corporations with practical knowledge through issues-oriented research and senior executive peer-to-peer meetings.
The Cowles Foundation -- Yale University
The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale University has as its purpose the conduct and encouragement of research in economics and related fields. The Cowles Foundation seeks to foster the development and application of rigorous logical, mathematical, and statistical methods of analysis.
The ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE)
An interdisciplinary research center at University College London to study issues at the intersection of economics and psychology.
Employee Benefit Research Institute
The mission of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education.
Economic Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
The Employment Policies Institute is a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth. In particular, EPI focuses on issues that affect entry-level employment.
Among other issues, EPI research has quantified the impact of new labor costs on job creation, explored the connection between entry-level employment and welfare reform, and analyzed the demographic distribution of mandated benefits. EPI sponsors nonpartisan research which is conducted by independent economists at major universities around the country.
Foundation for Economic Education
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), one of the oldest free-market organizations in the United States, was founded in 1946 by Leonard E. Read to study and advance the freedom philosophy. FEE's mission is to offer the most consistent case for the "first principles" of freedom: the sanctity of private property, individual liberty, the rule of law, the free market, and the moral superiority of individual choice and responsibility over coercion.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Focuses on health care issues.
The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
Hoover Institution -- Stanford University
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs.
Institute of Economic Affairs
A free market think tank in the UK.
Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (IERE) -- University of Zurich
The Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (IERE), founded in 1970, pursues an interdisciplinary approach of integrating sociological and socio-psychological findings into modern economics. The Institute applies econometric as well as experimental methods.
Institute for International Economics
The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely and objective analysis of, and concrete solutions to, a wide range of international economic problems. It is one of the very few economics think tanks that are widely regarded as "nonpartisan" by the press and "neutral" by the Congress, and it is cited by the quality media more than any other such institution.
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) -- University of California, Berkeley
IRLE brings together faculty from several academic departments and supports multidisciplinary research about labor and employment relations.
Institute for Research on Poverty -- University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.
Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.
IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA is a private, independent research institute, which conducts nationally and internationally oriented labor market research.
IIEP: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-profit, non-partisan research and education organization that works on government taxation and spending policy issues.
International Association for the Study of the Commons
The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) is a nonprofit Association devoted to understanding and improving institutions for the management of resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively by communities in developing or developed countries.
Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR) -- Northwestern University/University of Chicago
The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR) supports academic research that examines what it means to be poor and live in America. JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. The Center's goal is to advance what is known about the economic, social and behavioral factors that cause poverty, and to establish the actual effects of interventions designed to alleviate poverty.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is the only public policy institution whose work focuses exclusively on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color. For over three decades, our research and information programs have informed and influenced public opinion and national policy to benefit. The Joint Center's current research and analyses address critical issues in three key areas: political participation; economic advancement; and health policy.
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. The Institute is independent of any political or other affiliation, and encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy issues while striving to transform ideological arguments into informed debate.
The Mission of the Manhattan Institute is to develop and disseminate new ideas that
foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., has been known for its high-quality, objective research to support decisions about the nation's most pressing social policy problems. The firm conducts studies of health care, welfare, education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs in the United States.
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels. It aims to meet the rising demand for pragmatic and thoughtful responses to the challenges and opportunities that large-scale migration, whether voluntary or forced, presents to communities and institutions in an increasingly integrated world.
Milken Institute
Milken Institute's researchers work in diverse but related economic fields with one common goal: to improve the lives and economic conditions of diverse populations in the U.S. and around the world by helping business and public policy leaders identify and put into practice innovative ideas for creating broad-based prosperity.
Missouri Budget Project
The Missouri Budget Project is a statewide nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that analyzes and informs the public about Missouri budgetary and fiscal policy options, provides timely, accurate analysis of complex policy issues and their impact on moderate and low-income Missourians, and informs public debate and ensures that advocates, policy makers and the public have the information they need to create sound fiscal policies that protect the state's most vulnerable citizens.
National Poverty Center -- The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The National Poverty Center (NPC) is a university-based, nonpartisan research center. They conduct and promote multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty.
OMB Watch
OMB Watch exists to increase government transparency and accountability; to ensure sound, equitable regulatory and budgetary processes and policies; and to protect and promote active citizen participation in the U.S. democracy.
Political Economy Research Institute -- University of Massachusetts Amherst
Population Studies Center (PSC) -- University of Pennsylvania
The Population Studies Center's research activities are diverse and can be classified in terms of the demographic triad, population composition, and crosscutting approaches to both population processes and population composition. Most PSC Research Associates work on the basic demographic triad, which includes: mortality, fertility, and migration.
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research.
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. The name RAND was derived from a contraction of the term research and development.
Founded in 1968, Reason advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law. Reason Foundation's nonpartisan public policy research promotes choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy.
Resources for the Future (RFF)
RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that conducts independent research -- rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences -- on environmental, energy, and natural resource issues. Although RFF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., its research scope comprises programs in nations around the world.
The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan tax research group based in Washington, D.C.
Urban Institute
To promote sound social policy and public debate on national priorities, the Urban Institute gathers and analyzes data, conducts policy research, evaluates programs and services, and educates Americans on critical issues (such as problems facing America's cities and their residents) and trends.
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research organization, researches the causes and effects of unemployment and measures for the alleviation of unemployment.
List of Think Tanks -- College of the Holy Cross
A list of additional think tanks.