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Despite dramatic expansions in access to schooling in low-income countries, learning levels remain low. For example, in rural Pakistan, 25% of primary school students don’t experience any test score gains over the course of year. This has led to substantial interest by policymakers and researchers alike in interventions such as teacher training that aim to […]
The International Association of Applied Econometrics(IAAE) recently announced their newly elected fellows of the Association. UCLA’s Professor Moshe Buchinsky will be joining 47 other econometricians as a fellow for the 2020-2021 year. The International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) was established at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. IAAE works frequently with the Faculty of Economics […]
Professor Lee Ohanian recently presented the annual Baxter Liberty Lecture at UC Berkeley on The Tarnishing of the Golden State: How Poorly Designed Policies Killed the California Dream on December 8th, 2020. Watch the full video below. The Baxter Liberty Initiative is a program in Berkeley’s Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political […]
UCLA’s Professor Atkeson, along side Harvard’s Michael C. Droste, Michael Mina and James H. Stock, have been researching the effects of comprehensive COVID-19 screening and how it could help improve the current US economy. Their research shows how testing often in every household would induce GDP growth as well as greatly reducing the number of […]
The United States has attracted some of the most creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial talent from all around the world. Immigration allows us to sustain economic growth in America with a constant inflow of new ideas. We have benefited from immigrants who have been willing to take risks and to implement ideas in a competitive marketplace. […]
From the Wall Street Journal: America has lost one of its greatest economists and public intellectuals. Walter Williams died Wednesday morning after teaching his final class at George Mason University on Tuesday. He was 84. For 40 years Walter was the heart and soul of George Mason’s unique Department of Economics. Our department unapologetically resists […]
Described as “perhaps the foremost labor economist of his generation,” UCLA alumnus, Stanford economics professor, and White House advisor, Edward P. Lazear passed away this week. Professor Lazear received undergraduate and masters degrees in economics from UCLA in 1971. He then obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard before joining the faculty at Chicago and Stanford. Professor […]
2019 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Fanru Zhao was born and raised in a southern town in China, With a dream to explore the world, she applied to universities in the U.S and started college at UCLA in 2016. Fanru has a deep interest in accounting as […]
2019 Gumbiner Savett Inc. Endowed Undergraduate Prize Recipient Biography: Aileen Shen is a second-year student majoring in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting, intending to graduate in three years. She was born and raised in the Bay Area alongside her older sister, Heidi. At UCLA, Aileen holds leadership positions in Beta Alpha Psi and […]
2019 Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: James Owen Setiadi is a senior with a Business Economics major and Accounting minor. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and raised in Northridge, California. At UCLA, he joined the Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honors Society. For the 2018-2019 school year, he served as […]
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