David Henning was awarded this year’s Summit Fellowship in Applied Economics
David Henning is the recipient of this year’s Summit Fellowship in Applied Economics for his work on tax compliance using tax data on firms in Uganda. The award was established by Albert J. Lee to support UCLA students advancing economics through creative use of data. Albert Lee is the Founding Partner and Expert Economist of […]
UCLA Professor Andres Santos named coeditor of the American Economic Review
UCLA Professor Andres Santos has been appointed as coeditor of the American Economic Review, the leading journal in economics.
A paper by UCLA Professor Jay Lu Was Featured in the Anderson Review
A paper by UCLA Professor Jay Lu and coauthor Annie Liang was featured in the Anderson Review. The paper studies the trade-off between accuracy and fairness across groups in designing algorithms — step-by-step instructions for accomplishing a task. The Review article can be found here. The paper can be found here.
UCLA takes Third Place in the Fed Challenge
The UCLA’s team took third place in the annual Fed Challenge, a national competition that asks teams of undergraduate students to analyze the economy and present a monetary policy recommendation to judges from the Federal Reserve. This year, 107 schools took part in the competition, with 3 teams from each of the six regions chosen […]
UCLA Professor Will Rafey contributes to the Fifth National Climate Assessment
UCLA Professor Will Rafey contributes to the writing of the Fifth National Climate Assessment released by the White House. The report highlights the widespread negative effects of climate change with the most damaging effects for low-income communities. The full report can be found here. Professor Rafey’s contribution was also discussed in the following UCLA Newsroom […]
Article by UCLA Professor William Zame featured in the Bloomberg podcast
The paper ‘Index Funds, Asset Prices, and the Welfare of Investors’ by UCLA Professor Bill Zame and coauthor Martin Schmalz was featured in the Bloomberg podcast. The podcast featuring the article can be found here.
A paper by UCLA Professor William Zame was featured in the Anderson Review
The paper ‘Index Funds, Asset Prices, and the Welfare of Investors’ by UCLA Professor Bill Zame and coauthor Martin Schmalz was featured in the Anderson Review. The article featuring the paper can be found here.
UCLA Professor Pierre-Olivier Weill Named Econometrics Society Fellow
UCLA professor Pierre-Olivier Weill was named Econometric Society Fellow. More information about the Econometric Society can be found here.
UCLA Professor Von Wachter Receives Funding from the California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research
UCLA Professor Till Von Wachter has received an award from The California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research for their research on how workers fared under different unemployment insurance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.The research will help to address evidence gaps in how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the health and wellbeing of communities throughout […]
Professor Bailey’s Paper featured in NBER Digest
The October 2023 issue of NBER Digest features UCLA Professor Martha Bailey’s paper on the 1960s legal changes that reduced the gender pay gap. The NBER Digest October issue can be found here.
