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Faculty Economics Announcements
The inaugural Growth Academy brought the World Development Report to practitioners
The two-week intensive program at the UChicago campus and the World Bank headquarters has led to increased collaboration between researchers and polic...
October 16, 2024
Faculty Economics Announcements
Posthumously-published edited volume of Gary Becker’s work shows the economist’s evolution
The text uses Becker’s drafts and notes to paint an inspiring picture of his economic approach to human behavior. By Sarah Steimer Published las...
March 30, 2024
Faculty Economics Announcements
Social scientists should produce policy-based evidence in their research from the start
Professor John List argues in his new paper to consider five vital signs to determine if an idea is scalable for the real world. By Sarah Steimer ...
February 14, 2024
Announcements Economics Faculty
Big Brains: Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices
Of the academic books that have become household names, “Freakonomics” must be at the top of the list. The 2005 book by University of Chicago scholar ...
November 22, 2023
UCHICAGO TO CONVENE 6TH SCIENCE OF PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE CONFERENCE (2019)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 25, 2019 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce the sixth Science of Philanthropy Initiative (AFE20...
November 22, 2023
POSTPONED: MOGSTAD TO SPEAK AT HARPER LECTURE SERIES MARCH 19 (2020)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 20, 2020 Chicago Harper Lecture: Inequality in the Labor Market: Causes, Consequences, and Public Policy THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PO...
November 22, 2023
GEORGE S. TOLLEY, PIONEER IN ENVIRONMENTAL, URBAN, AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 1925-2021 (2021)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 7, 2021 George S. Tolley, pioneer in environmental, urban, and energy economics, 1925-2021 By Sarah Steimer George S. Tolley...
November 22, 2023
ROBERT A. MUNDELL, FORMER PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND “FATHER OF THE EURO,” 1932-2021 (2021)
Robert A. Mundell, a Nobel Laureate and former Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, died April 4, 2021 in Siena, Italy. Mundell was a ...
November 22, 2023
Economics Student Announcements
ECONOMICS MAJOR, DEMETRIUS JOHNSON JR., RECEIVES DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 Faculty, alumni, staff and student winners to be recognized during 2021 MLK commemoration Every year, the University o...
November 22, 2023
FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN IN ECONOMICS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL HOSTED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 23, 2022 Students in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics hosted the first “Women in Economics Distinguished Speaker Pan...
November 22, 2023