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, 139 schools took part in the competition, with 3 teams from each of the six regions chosen to […]
Research on the first federally-funded family-planning programs by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey was featured in CBS News. The CBS News article can be found here.
Sarah O’Connor from the Financial Times interviewed Martha Bailey for the Economics Show podcast. They discuss Professor Bailey’s recent paper: The Economics of Childbearing: Trends, Progress, and Challenges. The transcript of the episode can be found here. Professor Bailey’s paper can be found here.
UCLA Economics Alumnus, Terry Kramer ’82, and member of the Economics Department Board of Visitors is the subject of the most recent “Alumnus Spotlight.” Terry was also the guest of honor and delivered the Commencement Address to our Economics class of 2025. Read the full story here.
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/.
