UCLA Economics | Department of Economics

Our Mission
“UCLA’s Economics Department has two interlocking objectives. We conduct cutting edge research by developing new methodologies and applying them to understand society’s most critical issues. We also seek to train the next generation of economic leaders in the private sector, government and academia.”
2025 Summer Programs are now OPEN!
Introduction to UCLA Economics
UCLA Partnership recently worked with current students to produce this amazing video about how UCLA Economics could be the right choice for you!
William F. Sharpe Fellowship
The UCLA Department of Economics and its alumni Board of Visitors created the William Sharpe Fellowship in 2008 as a way to engage UCLA alumni in supporting the career and professional development needs of undergraduate students at UCLA. Named in honor of Nobel Prize-winning economist who received his B.A and Ph.D. from UCLA, the program has been successful in bringing together top employers with our brightest students.
Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program
The Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in which they will be faced with the challenge of evaluating investment opportunities and making active decisions to direct capital to enhance value.
Alumni Career Engagement
UCLA Alumni Career Engagement builds connections with UCLA alumni, community members and employers to help students develop academic and professional skills in preparation for life after university. Experiential learning and real-world experiences are provided through a variety of programs for all UCLA students.
Master of Quantitative Economics
Learn from internationally recognized faculty & business leaders and participate in applied business and analytics projects with global companies

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Summer Programs

Commencement

News

The National Institute of Health Awards UCLA Professor Martha Bailey an R01 Grant

September 3, 2025

Professor Martha Bailey received an R01 Grant from the National…

Professor Till von Wachter’s Research on Unemployment Impact of Los Angeles Wildfires Featured by UCLA News

August 29, 2025

A new UCLA report led by Professor Till reveals that more than…

UCLA Professor Rosa Matzkin Named to Editorial Board of Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Publication

July 8, 2025

UCLA scholar, Professor Rosa Matzkin, has been appointed to the…

The University of Chicago Press Publishes Book Edited by UCLA Professor Kathleen McGarry

May 5, 2025

The University of Chicago Press publishes the book 'Long-Term…

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

September 2, 2025

By Patrick Kennedy In a sweeping one-time test of corporate tax policy, UCLA economist Patrick Kenne …
Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

July 7, 2025

By Levi Crews Levi Crews It’s an all-too-familiar headline: “In the midst of drought, California far …

Alumni Interviews

Claudia Martinez

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Julie Lee

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Featured Faculty

Recent Publications

Journal of Political Economy

Combating Political Corruption with Policy Bundles

Frederico Finan and Maurizio Mazzocco

American Economic Review

The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

Pascaline Dupas, Seema Jayachandran, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Pauline Rossi

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children

Juliana Londoño-Vélez , Estefanía Saravia

Events

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September 9, 2025

Jack Sitarski
September 9, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in
Proseminar in Economic Theory - Econ 218 - Jack Sitarski

September 9, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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September 29, 2025

Chris Clayton (Yale)
September 29, 2025 11:40 am - 12:55 pm in Bunche Hall 9383

A Theory of EconomicCoercion and Fragmentation
Ettinger Fund Workshop in Macroeconomics - Chris Clayton (Yale)

September 29, 2025 11:40 am - 12:55 pm
Bunche Hall 9383

A Theory of EconomicCoercion and Fragmentation

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Our Mission

2025 Summer Programs are now OPEN!

Introduction to UCLA Economics

William F. Sharpe Fellowship

Benjamin Graham Value Investing Program

Alumni Career Engagement

Master of Quantitative Economics

Summer Programs

Commencement

News

The National Institute of Health Awards UCLA Professor Martha Bailey an R01 Grant

Professor Till von Wachter’s Research on Unemployment Impact of Los Angeles Wildfires Featured by UCLA News

UCLA Professor Rosa Matzkin Named to Editorial Board of Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Publication

The University of Chicago Press Publishes Book Edited by UCLA Professor Kathleen McGarry

Research Spotlight

How a Historic Corporate Tax Cut Reshaped the U.S. Economy

Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

Alumni Interviews

Claudia Martinez

Julie Lee

Featured Faculty

Tomasz Sadzik

Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn

Denis Chetverikov

Recent Publications

Combating Political Corruption with Policy Bundles

The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children

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