Robert Pollak, the Hernreich Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the Washington University in St. Louis, joins the podcast to discuss his work modeling economic decisions and bargaining within families and how he and his wife, an English professor and American poetry scholar, navigated the “two career problem.”

Development economists can complement their research with techniques from across the "micro-macro divide" to improve the policy relevance of their findings.

The Department of Economics hosted the second leg of the North American REStud on October 11, 2023.

Ian Fillmore has been published in The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 90, Issue 3, May 2023.

Mourifié and Yenmez received official communication from the Dean's office that their appointment as Professors of Economics with tenure has been approved by the Board of Trustees.

A transdisciplinary team of Arts & Sciences faculty is leading the charge to analyze metadata from police body-worn cameras – a project that could shed new light on when, where, and why officers activate these devices.

Yongs Shin quoted about companies resisting layoffs even as economic weakness looms in a Wall Street Journal article.

George-Levi Gayle, the John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor in Economics, will take the helm of the economics department on July 1. The Ampersand sat down with Gayle to talk about his work, the department, and importance of economics.

"Book Fair, For and Against Protest and When it Crosses the Line and Becomes Censorship" by Carlo Melzi d'Eril – Giulio Enea Vigevani with a reply by Michele Boldrin in Il Sole 24 ORE on May 21, 2024.