A key question in designing an effective taxation system is whether to tax people individually or jointly within households. In some countries, such as the UK, income tax is based purely on people’s own personal income, regardless of whether they are single or married. In contrast, some countries, such as the United States, tax individuals based on total family income: for a married couple, this means that both spouses are necessarily subject to the same marginal tax rate.

Episode 118: Ian Fillmore - Economist and co-author of "Technological Change and Obsolete Skills: Evidence from Men’s Professional Tennis", Released Feb 05, 2019

Did you know that only 35 percent of undergraduate economics majors are women? Join the Federal Reserve Bank at the Second Annual Women in Economics Symposium to discuss this important topic.

Meet graduate students from the Department of Economics who have entered the job market this year.

Congratulations to our recently promoted faculty! They are: Gaetano Antinolfi, Brian Rogers, Jonathan Weinstein, Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, and Maria Canon.

Professor Buera works in macroeconomics with a focus on macroeconomic development. Read about the installation ceremony and Buera's work in the Record.

Congratulations to The Charles Leven Memorial Prize winner, Kelvin Yuen for his paper, “Inefficient Unemployment and Bargaining Friction”!

Congratulations to two students with majors in various concentrations of Business and Economics who will be recognized at the annual James E. McLeod Honors and Awards Ceremony as 2018 Ralph Bunche Scholars.

Congratulations, Professor Shin!

Buera works in macroeconomics, with a focus on macroeconomic development.

Meet the newest members of the Department of Economics!

Robert Pollak is a labor economist who has made fundamental contributions in the estimation of demand systems, welfare analysis, cost of living theory and implementation, and family economics. Read more on the American Economic Association's website.