Martha Bailey’s Research Featured in NBER Digest
UCLA’s Martha J. Bailey, along with Brenden D. Timpe & Shuqiao Sun, had their paper Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start on Human Capital and Economic Self-Sufficiency featured in the April 2021 issue of The NBER Digest. The paper evaluates the long-run effects of Head Start using large-scale, restricted 2000-2018 Census-ACS data […]
Lee Ohanian on the Exodus of Firms from California
Earlier this week, Professor Lee Ohanian joined Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California, presented and discussed why California businesses are leaving the state in “The Exodus of Firms from California: Facts, Reasons, Solutions” for the Policy Seminar presented by the Hoover Institution. View article here
Andy Atkeson wins the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award
February 2, 2021 As UCLA continued to teach remotely for Fall 2020, our faculty continued to adapt their teaching methods to provide a high level of education to our students. We are very thankful to have the prestigious and innovative faculty that we have. We want to give a big congratulations to Andy Atkeson—the winner […]
Lee Ohanian on CNBC!
As Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise move their headquarters out of California and Elon Musk moves to Texas, California is considering raising taxes on the wealthy to unprecedented levels. Lee Ohanian and other experts say California needs to find more ways to reverse the trend. Watch the full video produced by CNBC, “What’s Driving California’s […]
Remembering Bill Allen
The UCLA Department of Economics is sad to announce that William R. Allen (1924-2021) passed away on January 15, 2021. Allen obtained his A.B. (Bachelor of Arts) from Cornell College (1948) and his Ph.D. from Duke University (1953). He instructed at Washington University prior to joining the UCLA faculty in 1952. He has been a visiting […]
Denis Chetverikov named co-editor of Econometric Theory
We are excited to announce that Denis Chetverikov has been named the co-editor of Econometric Theory. Since its inception, Econometric Theory has been one of the leading journals in Econometrics (the development and application of statistical methods within economics). ET is an innovative journal dedicated to advance theoretical research in econometrics; it contains original theoretical contributions in all of the […]
Newly Elected Fellows of IAAE 2020: Moshe Buchinsky
The International Association of Applied Econometrics(IAAE) recently announced their newly elected fellows of the Association. UCLA’s Professor Moshe Buchinsky will be joining 47 other econometricians as a fellow for the 2020-2021 year. The International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) was established at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. IAAE works frequently with the Faculty of Economics […]
Lee Ohanian speaks at UC Berkeley Baxter Liberty Initiative
Professor Lee Ohanian recently presented the annual Baxter Liberty Lecture at UC Berkeley on The Tarnishing of the Golden State: How Poorly Designed Policies Killed the California Dream on December 8th, 2020. Watch the full video below. The Baxter Liberty Initiative is a program in Berkeley’s Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political […]
Comprehensive COVID-19 Screening and the Economy
UCLA’s Professor Atkeson, along side Harvard’s Michael C. Droste, Michael Mina and James H. Stock, have been researching the effects of comprehensive COVID-19 screening and how it could help improve the current US economy. Their research shows how testing often in every household would induce GDP growth as well as greatly reducing the number of […]
Lee Ohanian on the Importance of Immigration
The United States has attracted some of the most creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial talent from all around the world. Immigration allows us to sustain economic growth in America with a constant inflow of new ideas. We have benefited from immigrants who have been willing to take risks and to implement ideas in a competitive marketplace. […]
