News and Announcements
Why do people choose to go to college (or not)? What impact do race-based or financial aid policies have on higher education and the broader economy? In an episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek spoke with two Berkeley Economics alumni, Maximilian Müller and Zach Bleemer, whose research focuses on the economic impacts of higher education. Listen to the interview
The winner of the 2022 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Mathilde Muñoz. Her paper, “Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job Posting Policy”, was ranked first by the Selection Panel. She was presented with her prize of CHF 5,000 at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group in Groningen (the Netherlands). Read more
A panel Hosted by UC Berkeley Social Sciences Matrix featured J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, discussing his recent book, Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. Professor DeLong was joined in conversation by Robert Brenner, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. The talk was moderated by Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at UC Berkeley and Co-Director of the Network for a New Political Economy (N2PE). Watch the recording
In a new Social Science Matrix interview, economics PhD candidate Arlen Guarin discusses his research on the effects that reparations have for victims of violence during the internal armed conflict in Colombia. Drawing on administrative data, Guarin shows how reparations change lives for ordinary Colombians affected by wartime violence. Read more
Ulrike Malmendier, Professor of Economics, was appointed to the German Council of Economic Experts. Read the article on the Daily Californian.
Macroeconomic policies for wartime Ukraine, a new publication co-authored by Barry Eichengreen, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Maurice Obstfeld and others, outlines macroeconomic policies to put the economy of Ukraine on a sustainable trajectory for the duration of the war. Read more
Research and Teaching
A new article by by Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, published in the The Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 202. Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality. The earnings difference between white and black workers fell dramatically in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article shows that the expansion of the minimum wage played a critical role in this decline. Read more
New paper by Kimberly Clausing, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman: Ending corporate tax avoidance and tax competition: a plan to collect the tax deficit of multinationals. Read the paper
A new paper by Isabel Z. Martinez, Emmanuel Saez, and Michael Siegenthaler estimates intertemporal labor supply responses to two-year long income tax holidays staggered across Swiss cantons. Read more
Through analysis of the Band for International Settlements (BIS) Annual Economic Reports, Professor Barry Eichengreen traces the BIS’s views on exchange rates, capital flows and financial cycles in a new book. Read more
An innovative experiment in rural India targeted alleviating financial stress on short-term workers and fascinatingly, found a substantial increase in productivity for workers who have their financial strain eased by receiving part of their salary mid-way through their contract. By Berkeley Economics Professor Supreet Kaur. Read more
We're proud to share that Berkeley Economics professors Emi Nakamura and Chris Shannon were elected to join The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in academia, the arts, business, government,and public affairs. Congratulations! To learn more about their work and of all UC Berkeley faculty members elected, read more.
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