Entries by Jenail Mobaraka

UCLA Professor Von Wachter Receives Funding from the California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research

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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 […]

Why does wage inequality change over time?

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By Daniel Haanwinckel A recent article by The Brookings Institution argues that income inequality is “a major issue of our time” and cautions that “an increasingly unequal society can weaken trust in public institutions and undermine democratic governance.” That concern is widely shared. According to a recent survey by the PEW Research Center, six in […]

Simon Board Awarded the Spring 2023 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award

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Simon Board won the Spring 2023 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for his new class “Econ 106S: Competitive Strategy”. This class uses a combination of economic principles and case studies to discuss the economic forces underlying successful business strategy. Specifically, it teaches students to identify sources of sustainable competitive advantage and to understand the […]

The US-China Trade War and Global Reallocations

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By Pablo Fajgelbaum In 2018-19, a major trade conflict started between the US and China. The US imposed tariffs on about $350 billion worth of Chinese imports, and China retaliated by levying tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of imports, a retaliatory action allowed by WTO rules. Despite an agreement in January 2020 to […]

Ph.D. Student Sungwoo Cho Wins the First Summit Consulting Fellowship

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We are delighted to report that Sungwoo Cho is the first winner of the Summit Consulting Fellowship. The Summit Fellowship is awarded to graduate students advancing economics through creative use of data.  Sungwoo is looking at the use of robots/machines to call balls and strikes in professional baseball.  He had data on all pitches in […]

UCLA Department of Economics Commencement on June 17, 2023

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The UCLA Department of Economics will recognize the students who are graduating with a degree in Economics or Business Economics at its commencement on Saturday June 17, at 6:00 p.m in Pauley Pavilion. For more information go to: https://economics.ucla.edu/2023commencement. Congratulations Class of 2023!