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Yale economist Mira Frick awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

The microeconomic theorist has been recognized for her innovative research on models of decision-making and learning.

2021 Job Market Candidates

Meet the 2021 job market candidates! A complete list of the candidates and their paper abstracts can be found on the graduate placement page.

Economics Women at Yale 50 - 150

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of coeducation in Yale College and the 150th anniversary of women students at the university by highlighting three pioneering women in economics.

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Congratulations to the 2022 Senior Essay Prize Nominees and Winners!

June 9, 2022

Each year, 30-50 students write a senior essay in economics. This year, these essays spanned topics across all fields of economics, including unemployment benefits, auction...

Congratulations PhD Class of 2022!

May 26, 2022

The Department of Economics would like to give a heartfelt congratulations to the class of 2022! Below we highlight the achievements and next steps of this diverse group of...

Rohini Pande elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 6, 2022

Rohini Pande, the Henry J. Heinz Professor of Economics and director of EGC, and seven other Yale faculty members are among the are among the 261 accomplished individuals...

Finding a path to research on labor markets and inequality: PhD Student Zara Contractor

March 29, 2022

by Diego Haro When Zara Contractor moved from India to New Haven to attend Yale College 2013, she was torn about what to study. Growing up in Mumbai, she was intellectually...

Nicholas Ryan receives NSF CAREER grant for research on carbon abatement

February 24, 2022

Nicholas Ryan, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale and affiliate of EGC, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant to study environmental policy...