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

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News

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…

Martha Bailey Reexamines the Long-Term Impacts of War on Poverty Programs in New NBER Feature

April 22, 2025

Professor Martha Bailey’s latest research, featured by the…

UCLA Professor Pierre-Olivier Weill Publishes Book on Over-the-Counter Markets

April 8, 2025

The Princeton University Press has published a book by UCLA Professor…

Research Spotlight

Is International Trade Draining Our Water?

July 7, 2025

By Levi Crews It’s an all-too-familiar headline:…

Combating Political Corruption with Policy Bundles

May 12, 2025

By Maurizio Mazzocco The abuse of entrusted power by politicians…

Alumni Interviews

Valentina Glaviano

August 1, 2022

Valentina Glaviano grew up in Sacramento, California in a…

Mila Skulkina

June 1, 2022

Mila Skulkina, class of 2001 has lived a storied life. In…

Featured Faculty

Kathleen McGarry

Yotam Shem-Tov

Zhipeng Liao

Recent Publications

Econometrica

The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

American Economic Review

The End of Privilege: A Reexamination of the Net Foreign Asset Position of the United States

Andrew Atkeson, Jonathan Heathcote, and Fabrizio Perri

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

The Lifetime Impacts of the New Deal’s Youth Employment Program

Anna Aizer, Nancy Early, Shari Eli, Guido Imbens, Keyoung Lee, Adriana Lleras-Muney, Alexander Strand

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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