On September 4th, Michela Giorcelli was one of two young economists based in the United States to receive this year’s Excellence Awards in Global Economics Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The other recipient, Javier Cravino, …
The rise in income and wealth inequality has spurred a renewed interest in progressive wealth taxation. However, experts have disputed whether rich countries like the U.S, could realistically enforce a wealth tax. The matter is even more critical in developing …
Recently, a book was published recounting the history of the UCLA Economics Department. This book, written by David R. Henderson and Steven Globerman, discusses some of the most important economists at UCLA during the 1970s: Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, Sam …
In this op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian argues that Washington should address historically low labor productivity growth.
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In this op-ed published in Dawn, Natalie Bau and Jishnu Das measure learning in Pakistani schools and provide new evidence that learning is fragile, with children forgetting much of what they know from year to year.
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On July 1st, Simon Board took over as lead Editor of Theoretical Economics after spending four years as Co-Editor. Theoretical Economics is the leading journal in economic theory. It is open access and is a journal of the …
Congratulations to Martin Hackmann, the winner of the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for best undergraduate teaching in Spring 2021! Martin Hackmann won this award while teaching ECON 131: Economics of Health and Healthcare. This course provides an economic …
On July 1st, Jinyong Hahn took over as Chair of the Department of Economics, taking over from Dora Costa. During her time as Chair, Dora introduced innovations to all aspects of the department. At the undergraduate level, the department obtained …
The LIFE-M project, short for the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Microdata Project, is pleased to announce the creation of a new research lab. In June 2021, the LIFE-M Lab appointed two undergraduate Research Fellows, Li Zhijian and Zach Wrubel, to …
Congratulations to all the Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students who graduated this June from our Department. We are so proud of the hard work and dedication you showed during this unique time. While we were not able to have a …
