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"Trade and Foreign Labor”, an episode of EqualiTalks, features a conversation with Berkeley Economics Assistat Proffesor Mathilde Muñoz, who studies how trade liberalization interacts with labor market regulations and affects wage inequality. Listen here
NPR's Planet Money interviews Prof. Emi Nakamura to learn how she uses data to untangle some of the oldest mysteries in macroeconomics, about the invisible hand, the consequences of government spending, and the inner workings of inflation. Read more
Inflation since COVID: Supply versus demand, a new paper by Andrea Cerrato and Giulia Gitti.The slope of the Phillips curve dropped to zero during the pandemic but has tripled since March 2021. Demand factors explain around 1.4 out of 5.6 percentage-point increase in CPI inflation. Read more
In a new podcast, Frederico Finan discusses his work studying how vote-buying unfolds on the ground in Paraguay. Finan describes how norms of reciprocity drive voters to opt for politicians who have treated them favorably in the past, and offers advice for how policymakers might disrupt this process to combat election fraud. Listen to the podcast
Congratulations Mathilde Muñoz, winner of the 2023 AFSE Thesis Prize, awarded by the French Economic Association (AFSE), for her PhD Dissertation: "Essays on taxation and international worker mobility in Europe." Her research was carried out at the Paris School of Economics under the supervision of Thomas Piketty. Read more
Before receiving their degrees, Berkeley Economics students heard words of encouragement and inspiration from Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a distinguished Berkeley alumna who received her Ph.D. in economics. Cook, who was the commencement speaker, is a renowned economist, academic and policy advisor. She returned to the Berkeley campus, where she received her doctorate in 1997. Read more