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Newly Elected Economic Theory Fellows 2022: Simon Board and Andrew Atkeson

The Department of Economics congratulates Andrew Atkeson and Simon Board on being named Economic Theory Fellows by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET). SAET’s purpose is to advance knowledge in theoretical economics and to facilitate communication among researchers in economics, mathematics, game theory, or any other field which is potentially useful to economic […]

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Restorative Justice and Recidivism: Evidence from the Make-it-Right Program

The United States criminal justice policy has historically relied on sanctions to enforce compliance.  Sanctions became increasingly punitive beginning in the late 1970s, leading to large increases in the correctional populations. Recent years have seen an effort to dial back the severity of punishments and use alternatives to criminal prosecution. Restorative justice conferencing (RJC) is […]

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The Evolution of Retirement

UCLA Economics Professor Dora Costa’s book, The Evolution of Retirement was recently featured in The Atlantic. In the article, The Future of Work Is a 60-Year Career, the author references Costa’s book in relation to the current discussion regarding increasing the age at which people should retire.

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UCLA Econ Places in The Fed Challenge

This year UCLA participated in the Federal Reserve Challenge for the first time.  The Fed Challenge is a nationwide competition among colleges and universities in which student-teams formulate a monetary policy recommendation and present it to judges from the Fed. The UCLA team finished first in its division and in the top 6 nationwide. The […]