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Prof. M. Bumin Yenmez won an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant

4.24.24

Prof. M. Bumin Yenmez won an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant.

Quiet quitting. RTO. Coffee badging. What this new vocabulary says about your workplace

3.8.24

Yongseok Shin is featured in the Los Angeles Times on March 4, 2024.

The Work Goes On: Robert Pollak on the “two career problem” and modeling the economics of the family

12.12.23

Robert Pollak, the Hernreich Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the Washington University in St. Louis, joins the podcast to discuss his work modeling economic decisions and bargaining within families and how he and his wife, an English professor and American poetry scholar, navigated the “two career problem.”

Micro and Macro Research: Bridging the Divide

12.6.23

Development economists can complement their research with techniques from across the "micro-macro divide" to improve the policy relevance of their findings.

M. Bumin Yenmez's Research Paper won the Theory Track Paper Award

11.1.23

Price Discrimination and Public Policy in the US College Market

10.12.23

Ian Fillmore has been published in The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 90, Issue 3, May 2023.

Congratulations, M. Bumin Yenmez and Ismael Mourifié

10.10.23

Mourifié and Yenmez received official communication from the Dean's office that their appointment as Professors of Economics with tenure has been approved by the Board of Trustees.

Lots of Hiring, but Not So Much Working

6.19.23

Yongs Shin quoted about companies resisting layoffs even as economic weakness looms in a Wall Street Journal article.

Gayle installed as John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor in Economics

6.12.23

On May 17, colleagues, family, and friends gathered in Holmes Lounge to celebrate the installation of George-Levi Gayle, professor of economics, as the John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor in Economics.

Book Fair, For and Against Protest and When it Crosses the Line and Becomes Censorship

5.21.23

"Book Fair, For and Against Protest and When it Crosses the Line and Becomes Censorship" by Carlo Melzi d'Eril – Giulio Enea Vigevani with a reply by Michele Boldrin in Il Sole 24 ORE on May 21, 2024.

Wages in Italy, reflections on inequalities wages

5.18.23

Michele Boldrin and Federico Fatello discuss a number of interesting interventions, including that of Ivan Lagrosa in Mondo Economico, which have rekindled the debate on three issues of particular relevance for Italy.

Michele Boldrin: Mutual responsibility does not work and there are plenty of stowaways

5.15.23