UCLA Economics | Department of Economics

Our Mission
“UCLA’s Economics Department has two interlocking objectives. We conduct cutting edge research by developing new methodologies and applying them to understand society’s most critical issues. We also seek to train the next generation of economic leaders in the private sector, government and academia.”
Juliana Londoño Vélez awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
Introduction to UCLA Economics
UCLA Partnership recently worked with current students to produce this amazing video about how UCLA Economics could be the right choice for you!
William F. Sharpe Fellowship
The UCLA Department of Economics and its alumni Board of Visitors created the William Sharpe Fellowship in 2008 as a way to engage UCLA alumni in supporting the career and professional development needs of undergraduate students at UCLA. Named in honor of Nobel Prize-winning economist who received his B.A and Ph.D. from UCLA, the program has been successful in bringing together top employers with our brightest students.
Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program
The Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in which they will be faced with the challenge of evaluating investment opportunities and making active decisions to direct capital to enhance value.
Alumni Career Engagement
UCLA Alumni Career Engagement builds connections with UCLA alumni, community members and employers to help students develop academic and professional skills in preparation for life after university. Experiential learning and real-world experiences are provided through a variety of programs for all UCLA students.
Master of Quantitative Economics
Learn from internationally recognized faculty & business leaders and participate in applied business and analytics projects with global companies

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Summer Programs

Commencement

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News

UCLA Professor Will Rafey Featured on AEA Research Highlights Podcast

July 6, 2026

UCLA economist Will Rafey is featured on the American Economic…

UCLA Professor Juliana Londoño Vélez Named Associate Editor at the Journal of Public Economics

July 6, 2026

UCLA Professor Juliana Londoño Vélez has been appointed as…

UCLA Professor Martha Bailey’s Paper on U.S. Fertility Featured in the Wall Street Journal

June 11, 2026

The paper by UCLA economist Martha Bailey, “The Economics of…

Paper by UCLA Professor Joao Guerreiro Featured in the blog “Slow Boring”

May 11, 2026

The paper “Why Do Workers Dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and…

Research Spotlight

Can a Temporary Boom Affect Productivity for Decades?

August 5, 2026

By Ekaterina Gurkova Ekaterina Gurkova Spain’s housing boom of the 2000s is usually remembere …
What Schools and Students Don’t Know About Each Other

May 11, 2026

How hidden information shapes match quality in medical education By Martin B. Hackmann Martin B. Hac …

Alumni Interviews

Terry Kramer

Terry Kramer can be best described as a master of all trades. He has succeeded in a variety fields i …
Julie Lee

Julie Lee You may have not heard of Julie Lee, but you have definitely heard music on Vevo. A foundi …

Featured Faculty

Recent Publications

American Economic Review

Professional Motivations in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Officers

Felipe Gonçalves, Aaron Chalfin

Journal of Political Economy

Linking Social and Personal Preferences: Theory and Experiment

William R. Zame, Bertril Tungodden, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Shachar Kariv, Alexander W. Cappelen

Journal of Political Economy

Selecting Penalty Parameters of High-Dimensional M-Estimators Using Bootstrapping after Cross Validation

Denis Chetverikov and Jesper Riis-Vestergaard Sørensen

Events

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September 28, 2026

Ettinger Fund Workshop in Macroeconomics - Job Boerma (UW Madison)

September 28, 2026 11:40 am - 12:55 pm
Bunche 9383

Bunching and Taxing Multidimensional Skills

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Job Boerma (UW Madison)
September 28, 2026 11:40 am - 12:55 pm in Bunche 9383

Bunching and Taxing Multidimensional Skills

September 29, 2026

Proseminar in Monetary and Macroeconomics Economics - Econ 228 - Macro Proseminar - Janet Liu

September 29, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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Macro Proseminar - Janet Liu
September 29, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in Bunche 9383
Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Practice Job Talk - Jacopo Ballabio

September 29, 2026 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Bunche 9383

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Practice Job Talk - Jacopo Ballabio
September 29, 2026 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm in Bunche 9383

September 30, 2026

Proseminar in Industrial Organization - Econ 278 - Nicholas Emery-Xu

September 30, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Bunche Hall 9294

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Nicholas Emery-Xu
September 30, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in

Bunche Hall 9294
Econometrics Workshop - Sid Kankanala (Chicago Booth)

September 30, 2026 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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Sid Kankanala (Chicago Booth)
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm in Bunche 9383

October 1, 2026

Workshop in Economic Theory - Sam Kapon (UC Berkeley)

October 1, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

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Sam Kapon (UC Berkeley)
October 1, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm in Bunche Hall 9383

Our Mission

Juliana Londoño Vélez awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

Introduction to UCLA Economics

William F. Sharpe Fellowship

Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program

Alumni Career Engagement

Master of Quantitative Economics

Summer Programs

Commencement

Merchandise

News

UCLA Professor Will Rafey Featured on AEA Research Highlights Podcast

UCLA Professor Juliana Londoño Vélez Named Associate Editor at the Journal of Public Economics

UCLA Professor Martha Bailey’s Paper on U.S. Fertility Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Paper by UCLA Professor Joao Guerreiro Featured in the blog “Slow Boring”

Research Spotlight

Can a Temporary Boom Affect Productivity for Decades?

What Schools and Students Don’t Know About Each Other

Alumni Interviews

Terry Kramer

Julie Lee

Featured Faculty

Juliana Londoño-Vélez

Natalie Bau

David Baqaee

Recent Publications

Professional Motivations in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Officers

Linking Social and Personal Preferences: Theory and Experiment

Selecting Penalty Parameters of High-Dimensional M-Estimators Using Bootstrapping after Cross Validation

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