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Call for papers deadline extended to Oct. 27! The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) will hold its 8th Annual Meeting at UC Berkeley on December 11, 2019.  Learn more and submit your paper here.

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Fri, 2019-10-18 13:32

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) is hosting our annual Evidence to Action (E2A) Research Symposium in San Francisco on October 29th, with keynote speaker Bright Simons, co-founder of mPedigree. Seating is limited, so please submit an "Expression of Interest" form today.

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Thu, 2019-10-17 13:14

Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics Ted Miguel has been invited to the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, Sweden, in recognition of Miguel’s contribution to the winners’ “experimental approach to alleviating poverty.”  Read more

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Thu, 2019-10-17 13:06

UC Berkeley Economics Professor Gabriel Zucman to testify today in a hearing presided by Joint Economic Committee Vice Chair Carolyn B. Maloney on shortcomings in measurements of inequality. Read more about the hearing here or view the Live feed.

Published by Tue, 2019-10-15 22:01

Generous support from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation establishes a new center for Wealth and Income Inequality at the Department of Economics. The center will be led by Gabriel Zucman, professor of economics and public policy at UC Berkeley, and Emmanuel Saez, professor of economics and director of Berkeley’s Center for Equitable Growth. Read more

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-10-08 11:00

Photo curtesy of Noah Berger/ The Chronicle

Berkeley Economics Professor Emi Nakamura's interview with The Chronicle about her research, the importance of the Federal Reserve, and women in the economics field. Read more

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Mon, 2019-09-16 11:23

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