BU PhD Economics Alum and UMass Lowell Economics Department Chair Monica Galizzi and the UMass Lowell Economics Department were awarded the 2023 AEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion. Read more here: bu.edu/econ/2024/01/1…

Professor Linh Tô and Randall Ellis of the Economics Department, along with Professor Patricia Cortes of Questrom School of Business, Boston University, have won a two-year grant to study biases in self-assessment that affect the success of women in academia. Read more here: bu.edu/econ/2024/01/2…

Support for democracy and the future of democratic institutions. Last month on VoxDev, Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nico Ajzenman McGill University, Cevat Giray Aksoy The EBRD, Martin Fiszbein BU Economics & Carlos Molina MIT Economics outlined their research: voxdev.org/topic/institut…

In "Why Can’t Today’s Young Adults Leave the Nest? Blame High Housing Costs," Laurence J Kotlikoff (BU Arts & Sciences) comments on the benefits of multigenerational households - nbcmiami.com/news/business/… NBC News NBC10 Boston BU Experts BU Economics Office of Research, Boston University

BU Today interviewed Professor Josh Goodman of the Department of Economics (and also Wheelock College, Boston University) about the continuing teacher’s strike in Newton, Massachusetts. See the interview here: bu.edu/articles/2024/…

The BU Undergraduate Economics Association announces the formation of the BU Economic Review, a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing high-quality undergraduate research. Economics students at BU should consider applying. sites.bu.edu/uea/programs/e… Learn more: bu.edu/econ/2024/01/3…

BU Today’s article on reasons to be optimistic about world events includes an interview with Professor Tarek Hassan on dampening inflation. See the full article here: bu.edu/articles/2024/…

The entire department and many past students are saddened to learn of the recent death of Jonathan Eaton, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Penn State. Prof. Eaton was a member of our department from 1990-2002. bu.edu/econ/2024/02/1…

On Tues., Feb. 27, join @AshokaMody for a hybrid discussion of his latest book, "India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today," as he explains 🇮🇳India's relationship with democracy + economic progress. Register to attend: gdpcenter.org/4bEWUuv

BU’s College Fed Challenge Team attended the Fed Challenge on February 9. As part of that, they met Chairman Jerome Powell. For more on the Fed Challenge, see here: federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/ed… To check out the UEA and learn about BU participation, see here: sites.bu.edu/uea/

On Thurs., March 28 join us, BU Economics + the BU Institute for Economic Development for the annual Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture with Yale Department of Economics' Rohini Pande on how gender norms enable labor coercion, inside + outside the home: gdpcenter.org/3uwfJ2h

Our NLC Menino Fellowship Applications are now open for Boston University undergraduate students! About the fellowship: 📚 Fall 2024: Directed Study with Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 💼 Spring 2025: Study + National League of Cities internship in D.C. 🔗 bu.edu/ioc/for-studen…

Prof. Adam Guren was part of a commission tasked by Boston Mayor Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 with evaluating the prospects for property tax abatement to increase the supply of housing in Boston. The report was released as a Boston Fed working paper: bostonfed.org/publications/r…

🖥️ WEBINAR 🖥️ EGC's Rohini Pande on how gender norms enable labor coercion, inside & outside the home Thu March 28, 4PM Hosts: BU Economics Boston University Global Development Policy Center Info: gdpcenter.org/3uwfJ2h Zoom registration: gdpcenter.org/Streeten-2024-…

Prof.Kevin Lang, Laurence A. Bloom Professor of Economics, was featured in a recent NPR's Planet Money podcast episode in which they challenged Lang to experience a low technology society in response to his writing on anticipated technological change. npr.org/2023/11/08/119…

We had another fabulous #TradeDay at BU! Great presentations by Matilde Bombardini David Hémous Fernando Parto and Lin Tian

On Thurs., March 28 join us, BU Economics + the BU Institute for Economic Development for the annual Paul Streeten Distinguished Lecture with Yale Department of Economics' Rohini Pande on how gender norms enable labor coercion, inside + outside the home: gdpcenter.org/3wYC2yc

🖥️ WEBINAR 🖥️ EGC's Rohini Pande on how gender norms enable labor coercion, inside & outside the home Thu March 28, 4PM Hosts: BU Economics Boston University Global Development Policy Center Info: gdpcenter.org/3uwfJ2h Zoom registration: gdpcenter.org/Streeten-2024-…

I count 5 BU Economics faculty cited in this year's Economic Report of the President, including: Johannes Schmieder Kevin Lang (Kevin Lang) Adam Guren Dilip Mookherjee Pascual Restrepo (The closest I got was the report citing other Goodmen: Lucas Goodman 🏳️‍🌈 and professional age forecaster.)

Does immigration help the economy? BU Arts & Sciences's Tarek Hassan, an economist, aims to foster a more informed conversation through his research. “More immigrants creates more economic growth,” he says, after examining decades of US migration data. Learn more ➡️ spr.ly/6007wEX3U