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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

Announcing the 2019 class of academic grants and grantees from the Washington Center for equitable Growth: This year, more than $1 million in grants will be awarded to 33 U.S. scholars and 15 doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars researching key issues related to economic inequality and growth. Congratulations to Berkeley Economics faculty and doctoral students: Hilary Hoynes, Benjamin Schoefer, Ellora Derenoncour, Ingrid Haegele,  and Krista Ruffini, who will receive funding to support research on inequality. Read more

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-09-10 12:34

Coming up on September 13: Conversation with Nobel Prize Laureate José Manuel Barroso, former president of the European Commission and former prime minister. Barroso will discuss economic and political changes and challenges facing Europe. Barroso will be joined on stage by Berkeley Economics Professor Maurice Obstfeld and Institute of European Studies Director Jeroen Dewulf. Presented by the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy and the European Union Center. Read more

Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Wed, 2019-09-04 16:50

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