Joseph Doyle

Joseph Doyle is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies public economics in the areas of healthcare and child welfare. His healthcare research investigates sources of value and waste in the U.S. healthcare system to inform policies that improve both quality and cost-effectiveness. He conducts similar investigations into foster care and juvenile justice policies and practices that can improve child and family wellbeing. Doyle partners with major healthcare providers, payers—including large employers—and child welfare agencies to conduct randomized controlled trials that test the effectiveness of program redesigns. He is CoDirector of the MIT Sloan Initiative for Health Systems Innovation, CoChair of the Health Sector of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and CoPrincipal Investigator of the NBER Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health.

Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. is a Professor of Applied Economics at MIT, specializing in Public Economics. His research focuses on the economic impacts of public policies, particularly in areas such as child protection, healthcare, and criminal justice. Doyle's work often employs rigorous empirical methods, including randomized controlled trials and regression discontinuity designs, to evaluate the causal effects of interventions. His publications explore topics like foster care outcomes, health care quality, and the economic implications of incarceration. By analyzing real-world data, he contributes to understanding how policy decisions affect individual and societal well-being.