UCLA Received Honorable Mention in the Fed Challenge
For the second year in row, UCLA received honorable mention at the Fed Challenge. This result puts UCLA in the top 6 schools out of 84 participants. The Fed Challenge is a nationwide competition among colleges and universities in which student-teams formulate a monetary policy recommendation and present it to judges from the Fed. The team […]
UCLA Professor Bailey’s paper on COVID-19 and fertility receives broad media coverage
UCLA Professor Martha Bailey’s paper: “The COVID-19 Baby Bump: The Unexpected Increase in U.S. Fertility Rates in Response to the Pandemic,” joint with Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt, receives broad media coverage in the most important outlets. It is featured in the Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR’s Marketplace, CNN, Fortune, […]
UCLA Professor Martha Bailey receives the 2022 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
UCLA Professor Martha Bailey is the recipient of the 2022 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. The Carolyn Shaw Bell Award is given annually to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession, through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession, or mentoring others. The full announcement can be […]
UCLA Professor and Clark Medal Winner Oleg Itskhoki Featured in UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Professor and Clark Medal Winner Oleg Itskhoki was recently featured in UCLA Newsroom. You can read the entire article here.
NIH awards grant to Professor Lleras-Muney
The National Institute for Health has awarded UCLA Professor Lleras-Muney a grant for the project titled “The Health and Education Impacts of Long-Run Exposure to Pollution in Childhood: Evidence from the US Army.” The project will assess the causal effects of long-term pollution exposure on children’s health and educational attainment. It will focus on the […]
Professor Ohanian’s podcast on California homelessness
UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian discusses homelessness and housing problems in his podcast for California Sun. The podcast can be found here.
Former PhD Student Jingyi Huang Awarded the Allan Nevins Prize for Best Dissertation
Former UCLA economics PhD student Jingyi Huang has been awarded the Allan Nevins Prize for the best dissertation in U.S. economic history from the Economic History Association. This prize is a notable recognition of Huang’s work and puts her on the path of major contribution to the field for years to come. After completion of […]
Rosa Matzkin elected 2023 Econometric Society President
Rosa Matzkin, Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics, has been elected 2023 Econometric Society president. The official announcement can be found here. More about the Econometric Society can be found here.
PhD Student Giovanni Righi Awarded Doctoral Grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
PhD student Giovanni Righi has been awarded a doctoral grant for 2022-2023 from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. More information about the grant can be found here.
Andres Santos and Oleg Itskhoki Named Econometrics Society Fellows
UCLA professors Andres Santos and Oleg Itskhoki were named Econometric Society Fellows. More information about the Econometric Society can be found here. The full list of fellows can be found here.