Welcome Back, Students!
As we start a new academic year and return to in-person teaching, the department welcomes back our undergraduate and graduate students. We invite incoming undergraduate students to look at the vast array of courses offered in the course catalog, and encourage Ph.D. students to attend the workshops offered in your field of study throughout the year. Also see the welcome message from President Peter Salovey.
2021-22 Arvid Anderson Fellows
The Cowles Foundation has announced the 2021-22 recipients of the Arvid Anderson Prize Fellowship in Economics. The five graduate students are: Haoge Chang, Zara Contractor, Lucas Finamor, Tan Gan, and Ryungha Oh
Senior Thesis Spotlight
Yale Women in Economics congratulates all seniors in the Economics Department for their four years of hard work. Join us as we spotlight the research of four of our seniors —Alya Ahmed, Anna Hope Emerson, Lauren Harris, and Melissa Lu— as they present their senior theses on May 7 at 1pm. Each presentation will be followed by a short question and answer session.
Student Spotlight
Paula Calvo found community and a pathway to coauthorship in the PhD program.
Economics Women at Yale 50 - 150
Yale Department of Economimcs commemorates the 50th anniversary of coeducation in Yale College and the 150th anniversary of women students at the university. We highlight three pioneering women in the field: Phyllis Ann Wallace ‘44 M.A., ‘48 Ph.D.; Janet Yellen ‘71 Ph.D.; Heidi Hartman ‘72 M.Phil, ‘74 Ph.D.
Welcome
Upcoming Events
Mon, October 25 | |
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12:00pm |
Econometrics Prospectus Lunch TBA "TBA" 451 College Street, Room B-03 |
12:00pm |
Development Lunch General discussion and social "TBA" 37 Hillhouse Ave. |
2:30pm |
Development Workshop International Trade Workshop David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Globalization and the Ladder of Development: Pushed to the Top or Held at the Bottom?" Development and International Trade Joint Presentation Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #2210... Read More |
4:00pm |
Economic History Workshop Ben Milner, University of Alberta "The Impact of State-Provided Education: Evidence from the 1870 Education Act" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
Tue, October 26 | |
11:35am |
Finance Lunch Sang Kim, Allen Hu "TBD" |
12:00pm |
International and Spatial Economics Lunch Zijian He "The Accessibility Margin of Consumer Welfare" Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual In Person Location: 451 College Street, Room B3 Sign-in to view Zoom link In Person Location: 451 College Street, Room B03 |
12:00pm |
Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop Jintaek Song "Welfare Analysis for Salienizing a Nonlinear Budget: A case of Public Insurance " Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual In Person Location: Watson Center, 60 Sachem Street, Room B-52 Sign-in to view Zoom link In Person Location: Watson Center, 60 Sachem Street, Room B-52 |
12:00pm |
Micro Theory Lunch Masaki Miyashita, Yale University "Twofold Preferences under Uncertainty" (joint with Carlo Cusumano) 451 College Street, Room B-04 |
2:30pm |
Industrial Organization Seminar Jesse Shapiro, Brown University "Advertising Prices in Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence" With Matthew Gentzkow - Stanford University, Frank Yang - Stanford University, and Ali Yurukoglu - Stanford University SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4230 Attwood Classroom Signup Request |
2:30pm |
Macroeconomics Workshop Paolo Martellini, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Local Labor Markets and Aggregate Productivity" Sign-in to view Zoom link |
2:30pm |
Refugees, Migration and Forced Displacement Seminar Marshall Burke, Stanford University - Department of Earth System Science and Center on Food Security and the Environment "Understanding the Causal Impact of Climate on Human Conflict" Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual Luce Hall, Room 203 Zoom link |
4:10pm |
Macro-Finance & History Seminar Moritz Schularick, University of Bonn, FRBNY & ECONtribute Excellence Cluster "Superstar Returns" Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual, SOM, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Ave., #4210 Isaacson Classroom Sign-in to view Zoom link |
Wed, October 27 | |
12:00pm |
Cowles Lunch Talk George-Marios Angeletos, MIT Economics "Managing Expectations" [Event Poster] Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual, 451 College Street, Room B-04 |
2:30pm |
Microeconomic Theory Workshop John Quah, Johns Hopkins University "Comparative statics with linear objectives: normal demand, monotone marginal costs, and ranking multi-prior beliefs" (joint with Pawel Dziewulski) 451 College Street, Room B-04 Signup Request |
2:30pm |
International Trade Workshop "No International Trade Workshop. See Details for October 25th Joint Development - Trade Workshop - David Atkin- MIT is Presenting." |
4:00pm |
Econometrics Seminar Kohei Yata, Yale University "Optimal Decision Rules Under Partial Identification" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
Thu, October 28 | |
12:00pm |
Yale Development Dialogue Economic Growth Center "Gaps in health equity: Insights from history, lessons from Covid-19, and ideas for the future" Virtual Event ... Read More Gaps in health equity: Insights from history, lessons from Covid-19, and ideas for the future |
12:00pm |
Economic History Lunch Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop Sun Kyoung Lee, Yale University "When Cities Grow: Transportation and Segregation in the Prewar US" Joint Presentation - Labor Public and Economic History 53 Wall, Room 208 |
12:00pm |
Macro Lunch Wei Xiang "Income Distribution in the Race between Technology and Education" Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Industrial Organization Prospectus Workshop Fernando Cordeiro "Firm Entry and Consumer Search Costs" 451 College Street, Room B-03 |
3:45pm |
Labor/Public Economics Workshop Jaehee Song "The Effects of Residential Zoning in U.S. Housing Markets" Job Market Practice Hybrid Event - In-person and virtual Sign-in to view Zoom link |
4:00pm |
Economic Growth Center Conference "The Decolonization of Development Economics: Early Voices from the Global South" Virtual Event |
4:10pm |
LEO Workshop Jacob Goldin, Stanford Law School "Tax Filing and Take-Up: Experimental Evidence on Tax Preparation Outreach and Benefit Claiming" co-authors: Tatiana Homonoff, Rizwan Javaid and Brenda Schafer Yale Law School, 127 Wall St., Room 121 The draft paper will be posted on the Event Page (https://law... Read More |