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“There often aren’t enough data points in the macro data to make convincing arguments about causality. Looking at micro data is a natural way to expand the dataset.” Internatioal Monetary Fund News interviews Emi Nakamura, Chancellor's Professor of Economics, who delves into details to answer big questions. Read more
Berkeley Economics Ph.D. Graduates are now on the job market. View all job market candidates
Watch the recording of the annual Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture with Professor of Public Policy and Economics Hilary Hoynes, "The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children". Watch the video
Congratulations to Quantedge Presidential Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko, winner of the R. K. Cho Economics Prize. One of the most prestigious awards to economists, the It has been awarded to scholars in the field of economics who have contributed to the development of scholarship and education. Prof. Gorodnichenko gave a commemorative lecture titled "The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications," explaining the fully informed and rational expectation hypothesis commonly accepted in macroeconomics and introducing a study on consumer and business expectation inflation to verify it empirically. Read more
A new academic fellowship program funded by UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics will help Ukrainian scholars persevere with their work through the hardships of the war. Scholars located in Ukraine and affiliated with a university, college, or research institute can apply for $5,000 grants to continue with their research and teaching. The $140,000 fund, granted equally by Berkeley Haas and Berkeley Economics, will help sustain up to 28 Ukrainian academics. Read more
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