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Research by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey featured in CBS News

October 27, 2025

Research on the first federally-funded family-planning programs…

UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Interviewed on the Financial Times Podcast

October 12, 2025

Sarah O’Connor from the Financial Times interviewed Martha…

Alumnus Spotlight: Terry Kramer ’82 – Supporting UCLA

October 7, 2025

UCLA Economics Alumnus, Terry Kramer ’82, and member of the…

UCLA Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab awarded a $5.95M grant from Conrad N Hilton Foundation

September 15, 2025

The Conrad N Hilton Foundation has awarded a $5.95 million grant…

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

September 2, 2025

By Patrick Kennedy In a sweeping one-time test of corporate tax policy, UCLA economist Patrick Kenne …
Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

July 7, 2025

By Levi Crews Levi Crews It’s an all-too-familiar headline: “In the midst of drought, California far …

Alumni Interviews

Jason Mozingo

Jason Mozingo Jason Mozingo faced the same decision many prospective UCLA students face: enroll at B …
Lauren Lucido Watkins

Ever since the 5th grade, Lauren Lucido Watkins knew she wanted to be a Bruin. There was no rhyme or …

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Recent Publications

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children

Juliana Londoño-Vélez , Estefanía Saravia

American Economic Review

Heterogeneity in School Value Added and the Private Premium

Tahir Andrabi, Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das, and Asim I. Khwaja

American Economic Review

The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

Pascaline Dupas, Seema Jayachandran, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Pauline Rossi

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November 12, 2025

Felipe Leal & Santiago Mosquera
November 12, 2025 11:40 am - 1:00 pm in Bunche 9383
Proseminar in Trade and Spatial Economics - Felipe Leal & Santiago Mosquera

November 12, 2025 11:40 am - 1:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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Albert Family Fund Seminar in Applied Microeconomics - Econ 269 - Manasi Deshpande (Chicago)

November 12, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CCPR - Public Affairs 4240

Explaining the Historical Rise and Recent Decline in Social Security Disability Insurance Enrollment

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Manasi Deshpande (Chicago)
November 12, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm in CCPR - Public Affairs 4240

Explaining the Historical Rise and Recent Decline in Social Security Disability Insurance Enrollment
Maria Elena Guerrero and Nicholas Emery-Xu
November 12, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm in 9294 Bunche
Proseminar in Industrial Organization - Econ 278 - Maria Elena Guerrero and Nicholas Emery-Xu

November 12, 2025 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
9294 Bunche

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November 13, 2025

Andrei Voronin
November 13, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in Bunche 9383
Proseminar in Econometrics - Econ 238 - Andrei Voronin

November 13, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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Joel Flynn (Yale)
November 13, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm in

Joint with Theory

Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption and Savings Behavior
Ettinger Fund Workshop in Macroeconomics - Joel Flynn (Yale)

November 13, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Joint with Theory

Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption and Savings Behavior

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Joel Flynn (Yale)
November 13, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm in

Joint with Macro

Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption and Savings Behavior
Workshop in Economic Theory - Joel Flynn (Yale)

November 13, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Joint with Macro

Quick-Fixing: Near-Rationality in Consumption and Savings Behavior

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November 17, 2025

David Lagakos (Boston)
November 17, 2025 11:40 am - 12:55 pm in Bunche Hall 9383

Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development?
Ettinger Fund Workshop in Macroeconomics - David Lagakos (Boston)

November 17, 2025 11:40 am - 12:55 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development?

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Maria Elena Guerrero Amezaga & Jacopo Ballabio
November 17, 2025 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm in
Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Maria Elena Guerrero Amezaga & Jacopo Ballabio

November 17, 2025 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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DEPT SEMINAR: Eric Budish (Chicago Booth)
November 17, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm in CCPR - Public Affairs 4240

Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses for Existing Drugs
Workshop in Economic Theory - DEPT SEMINAR: Eric Budish (Chicago Booth)

November 17, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
CCPR - Public Affairs 4240

Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses for Existing Drugs

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DEPT SEMINAR: Eric Budish (Chicago Booth)

November 17, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
CCPR - Public Affairs 4240

Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses for Existing Drugs

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November 18, 2025

Jiaer Janet Liu
November 18, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in Bunche Hall 9383
Proseminar in Monetary and Macroeconomics Economics - Econ 228 - Jiaer Janet Liu

November 18, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

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Jack Sitarski
November 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in
Proseminar in Economic Theory - Econ 218 - Jack Sitarski

November 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Proseminar in Economic History - Econ 248 - Arun Ramesh/Nathaniel Barlow

November 18, 2025 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Bunche Small Conference Room

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Proseminar in Economic History - Econ 248 - Arun Ramesh/Nathaniel Barlow

November 18, 2025 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Bunche Small Conference Room

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Our Mission

2025 Job Market Candidates

Introduction to UCLA Economics

William F. Sharpe Fellowship

Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program

Alumni Career Engagement

Master of Quantitative Economics

2025 Job Market Candidates

Summer Programs

Commencement

News

Research by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey featured in CBS News

UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Interviewed on the Financial Times Podcast

Alumnus Spotlight: Terry Kramer ’82 – Supporting UCLA

UCLA Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab awarded a $5.95M grant from Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

Alumni Interviews

Jason Mozingo

Lauren Lucido Watkins

Featured Faculty

Pierre-Olivier Weill

Denis Chetverikov

Natalie Bau

Recent Publications

The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children

Heterogeneity in School Value Added and the Private Premium

The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

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