UCLA Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab awarded a $5.95M grant from Conrad N Hilton Foundation
The Conrad N Hilton Foundation has awarded a $5.95 million grant to Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab (CPL). The foundation, a long-term supporter of the Lab, approved this landmark, three-year grant in recognition of CPL’s leadership and data-driven approach on strategies to prevent homelessness. The grant announcement can be found here: https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/news/advancing-homelessness-prevention-through-research-and-policy-a-conversation-with-janey-rountree-of-the-california-policy-lab/.
UCLA Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab win UCLA’s Public Impact Research Award
UCLA Professor Till von Wachter and the California Policy Lab, a nonpartisan research institute at the University of California, receive UCLA’s Public Impact Research Award. The award recognizes faculty whose research produces meaningful public impact, especially when paired with sustained efforts to share new insights with the broader public. The award is presented annually by […]
The National Institute of Health Awards UCLA Professor Martha Bailey an R01 Grant
Professor Martha Bailey received an R01 Grant from the National Institute of Health for her research project “The Effects of Contraceptive Access on Women’s Health and Wellbeing: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial at Five Years.” The project will conduct a follow-up study of an NIH-funded randomized control trial (RCT) that made contraception more affordable […]
Professor Till von Wachter’s Research on Unemployment Impact of Los Angeles Wildfires Featured by UCLA News
A new UCLA report led by Professor Till reveals that more than 11,000 workers filed for unemployment assistance following the Los Angeles wildfires, highlighting the broader economic consequences of the disaster. Here is the direct link to the article: More than 11,000 workers filed for unemployment assistance programs because of Los Angeles wildfires, new report […]
UCLA Professor Rosa Matzkin Named to Editorial Board of Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Publication
UCLA scholar, Professor Rosa Matzkin, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the world’s most cited and impactful scientific journals. Matzkin’s appointment to the PNAS Editorial Board is a testament to her exceptional contributions to the sciences. The PNAS Editorial Board is comprised […]
The University of Chicago Press Publishes Book Edited by UCLA Professor Kathleen McGarry
The University of Chicago Press publishes the book ‘Long-Term Care around the World’, which was edited by UCLA Professor Kathleen McGarry and MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber. The book, which analyzes both formal and informal long-term care in developed countries, can be found here.
Martha Bailey Reexamines the Long-Term Impacts of War on Poverty Programs in New NBER Feature
Professor Martha Bailey’s latest research, featured by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), offers a comprehensive reevaluation of landmark War on Poverty programs over six decades later. Drawing on newly available large-scale data, Bailey and her collaborators investigate how initiatives like Head Start, Food Stamps, family planning, and community health centers have shaped economic […]
UCLA Professor Pierre-Olivier Weill Publishes Book on Over-the-Counter Markets
The Princeton University Press has published a book by UCLA Professor Pierre-Olivier Weill and coauthors Julien Hugonnier and Benjamin Lester on an important yet understudied type of financial markets: Over-the-Counter Markets. Over-the-counter markets are decentralized marketplaces where financial instruments, like stocks and bonds, are traded directly between buyers and sellers, without the supervision of a central […]
Professor Yotam Shem-Tov Awarded 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
We are proud to congratulate Professor Yotam Shem-Tov, one of the 2025 winners of the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship. The Sloan Fellowships are extremely competitive awards with just a handful of recipients selected each year from among the best scientists throughout the United States and Canada. Fellowships are awarded in the areas of Chemistry, Computer […]
Jacob Kohlhepp wins the Oliver Williamson Best Conference Paper Award
Jacob Kohlhepp, who received his Ph.D. from the UCLA economics department in 2023 and is now a Professor at the University of North Carolina, was awarded the Oliver Williamson Best Conference Paper Award for his paper “The Inner Beauty of Firms.” The award is given to the best paper presented at the Society for Institutional & […]
