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Natalie Bau and David Baqaee named as 2022 Sloan Fellows

Natalie Bau and David Baqaee have been named as Sloan Fellows for 2022, two of eight economists nationwide. Natalie Bau is an assistant professor in the Economics Department. She graduated from Harvard, Public Policy, in 2015 and joined the Economics Department in 2020. Her research spans a variety of topics in development and educational economics, including […]

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LIFE-M Data Access

The LIFE-M data, which has been more than seven years in the making, have been released. The data can be downloaded from OPEN ICPSR here.   The LIFE-M project combines millions of U.S. vital records (birth, marriage, death certificates) with census information into a longitudinal and intergenerational micro-database. With the help of cutting-edge, machine learning techniques, the LIFE-M […]

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MQE Distinguished Speaker: John List

The Masters of Quantitative Economics Distinguished Speaker Series featured John List of the University of Chicago being interviewed by Simon Board. Professor List is the Kenneth Griffin Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and one of the leaders in running field experiments. He talked about his experience as Chief Economist at Uber, setting up […]

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Droughts, Deluges, and (River) Diversions: Valuing Market-Based Water Reallocation

Climate change will continue to amplify water scarcity and variability. Rising temperatures directly alter the hydrological cycle, intensifying drought and deluges. Climate models predict substantial declines in water resources for irrigation and more uncertainty over future river inflows (1). These unprecedented environmental changes renew longstanding questions about the efficiency of water allocation. Water regulators typically […]