Economics

KENNETH C. GRIFFIN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS MOURNS LOSS OF PHD STUDENT YIRAN FAN (2021)

PUBLISHED ON JAN 10, 2021 A Message from Department Chair Robert Shimer It is with great sadness that I share the news that Yiran Fan, a fourth ...

UCHICAGO ECONOMICS CENTER PARTNERS WITH CASA CENTRAL TO SUPPORT CHICAGO FAMILIES (2022)

PUBLISHED ON DEC 7, 2022 CHICAGO — The University of Chicago’s Center for the Economics of Human Development (CEHD) has selected Casa Central as it...

Economics

PROF. MICHAEL GREENSTONE DISCUSSES INDIA'S CONFLICTING GOALS ON AIR POLLUTION

PUBLISHED ON NOV 29, 2022 Read this article in the New York Times. ...

Economics Announcements

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...

Economics Student

2022 STUDENT AND FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS (2022)

PUBLISHED ON NOV 14, 2022 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Martin and Margaret Lee...

Economics In the News

DOUGLAS DIAMOND, ASSOCIATED FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT, WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL CRISES (2022)

PUBLISHED ON OCT 10, 2022 Editor’s note: The University of Chicago will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. CT Oct. 10 to honor Prof. Douglas Diamond...

Economics Faculty Announcements

PROF. LESTER G. TELSER, PIONEERING ECONOMIST AND GENEROUS TEACHER, 1931–2022 (2022)

PUBLISHED ON SEP 14, 2022 Alum and scholar of core theory was part of UChicago community for decades  Lester G. Telser, a pioneering figure in e...

Economics Faculty

HOW MICHAEL KREMER IS TRANSFORMING GLOBAL RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (2022)

PUBLISHED ON SEP 12, 2022 Nobel laureate's experimental approach aims to tackle root cause of poverty In 1985 a new college graduate named Micha...

Economics

ECONOMIC OUTCOMES PERSIST ACROSS GENERATIONS MORE THAN BELIEVED, RESEARCH SHOWS (2022)

PUBLISHED ON SEP 8, 2022 Economic outcomes persist across generations more than believed, research shows Chicago, Sept. 7, 2022 — New research t...

Economics In the News

DOES WELFARE REDUCE CRIME? MANASI DESHPANDE ON BIG BRAINS (2022)

PUBLISHED ON AUG 25, 2022 Does Welfare Reduce Crime? with Manasi Deshpande Groundbreaking study examines one program’s impact on employment and ...