Paper by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey Featured in the New York Times

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The paper “ Does Increasing Financial Access to Contraception in the U.S. Reduce Undesired Pregnancies? Evidence from the M-CARES Randomized Control Trial at Two Years” by UCLA Professor Martha Bailey and coauthors was featured in the New York Times. The paper uses a randomized controlled trial to examine how the costs of contraception affect choice of contraception method, pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth among U.S. women. The paper finds that subsidizing contraception has significant and persistent effects on the choice of contraceptive method, resulting in significantly fewer pregnancies and abortions within two years.
The paper can be found here.
The NYT article can be found here.

UCLA takes Third Place in the Fed Challenge

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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 advance to the semifinal Q&A round, and 6 finalists selected as the winners of each region. The other finalists were Pace University (first place), Harvard University (second place), University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, and Davidson College. UCLA’s team was composed of Blake Balak, Terrence Yu, Jiya Barman, Valentina Alencar Barros, and Loretta Lye. Professor Chris Surro and graduate student Ali Haider Ismail advised the team. Our students registered for Econ 162 (Monetary Policy) as part of their preparation for the Challenge. You can find the press release from the Fed here.

Alumnus Spotlight: Terry Kramer ’82 – Supporting UCLA

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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.