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article New research by Doug Staiger and Co-authors Featured in NYTimes

May 12, 2023

Math, reading and history scores from the past three years show that students learned far less during the pandemic than was typical in previous years. By the spring of 2022, according to new research, the average student was half a year behind in math and a third of a year behind in reading.

article Oyebola Okunogbe '06 Wins AEJ 2023 Best Paper Award

May 03, 2023

The Department of Economics congratulates Oyebola Okunogbe '06 for receiving the 2023 Best Paper award for the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy for her article, "Technology, Taxation, and Corruption: Evidence from the Introduction of Electronic Tax Filing."

article Why Central Banks Should Be Cutting Rates

April 20, 2023

Professor David "Danny" Blanchflower argues that central banks are making the same errors now as they made in 2008 when they failed to see the looming financial crisis. He gave this talk on Wednesday, April 19th. A recording of the webinar is available here.

article Episode #3 Big Green Economics Podcast

April 14, 2023

In episode 3, Dr. Christopher Snyder discusses his research on the economics of preparing for the next global pandemic using data from COVID-19 and analysis of optimal vaccine development. Dr. Snyder shares the best way for society to get ahead on vaccine production and other advance preparations for pandemics.

article ECON 70 Information Session

April 04, 2023

Professors Marjorie Rose and Douglas Irwin will hosted an information session about the course "Economic Policy and Reform in Argentina and Chile" on Thursday, April 6. This article contains a video recording of the session. The course is the Fall 2023 version of Econ 70 - Immersion Experience in Applied Economics & Policy.