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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News

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…

Professor Yotam Shem-Tov Awarded 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 18, 2025

We are proud to congratulate Professor Yotam Shem-Tov, one…

Research Spotlight

Combating Political Corruption with Policy Bundles

May 12, 2025

By Maurizio Mazzocco The abuse of entrusted power by politicians…

The Impact of Commercial Real Estate Regulations on U.S. Output

September 5, 2024

By Lee Ohanian Many of the most important venture…

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

Sule Ozler

Simon Board

Tomasz Sadzik

Recent Publications

American Economic Review

Heterogeneity in School Value Added and the Private Premium

Tahir Andrabi, Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das, and Asim I. Khwaja

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education

Tahir Andrabi, Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das, Naureen Karachiwalla, Asim Ijaz Khwaja

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the Gender Gap in Pay

Martha J Bailey, Thomas Helgerman, Bryan A Stuart

Events

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June 2, 2025

Ettinger Fund Workshop in Macroeconomics - Corina Boar (NYU)

June 2, 2025 11:40 am - 12:55 pm
Bunche 9383

The Inflation Accelerator

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Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Reid Dickerson, Jiin Yeom, Rachel Rogers & Madison Sievers*

June 2, 2025 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
Bunche 9383

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June 3, 2025

Proseminar in Monetary and Macroeconomics Economics - Econ 228 - Theodore Naff

June 3, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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Proseminar in Economic Theory - Econ 218 - Jiayin Zhai

June 3, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Albert Family Fund Seminar in Applied Microeconomics - Econ 269 - Guo Xu (UC Berkeley)

June 3, 2025 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Bunche 9383

Personnel is Policy: Ideology and Political Misalignment in the Rulemaking Process

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June 4, 2025

Proseminar in Trade and Spatial Economics - Aleksandr Gevorkian & Theodore Naff

June 4, 2025 11:40 am - 1:00 pm
Bunche 9383

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June 5, 2025

Proseminar in Industrial Organization - Econ 278 - Rui A and Patrick Costley and Janet Liu

June 5, 2025 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

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June 9, 2025

Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Jimmy Kim & Carson Zhang*

June 9, 2025 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
Bunche 9383

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June 10, 2025

Proseminar in Economic Theory - Econ 218 - Masanori Kobayashi

June 10, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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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