Apply to Become an Undergraduate Peer Mentor Deadline April 15
Peer mentors meet with majors and prospective majors to provide advice on the economics and math-economics majors. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2021.
Student Spotlight
Paula Calvo found community and a pathway to coauthorship in the PhD program.
2020 Job Market Candidates
Meet this year 2020 job market candidates! A complete list of the candidates and their paper abstracts can be found on the graduate placement page.
Pioneering Women: Economic Growth Center and Yale Department of Economics
This event recognizes women in Economics, launches the celebration of EGC’s 60th anniversary, and commemorates the 50th anniversary of coeducation in Yale College and 150th anniversary of women students at Yale. Watch the recording of the presentation on the Yale Economics YouTube channel.
2020-21 Peer Mentors
Intersted in the Economics major? Meet this year’s peer mentors who can assist with guidance.
Celebrating Women in Economics
A virtual event presented by the Women in Economics featured a history of women in Economics at Yale, senior thesis presentations, and a keynote speech by SOM Prof. Judith Chevalier. Panel Guests included Prof. Ebonya Washington and Ph.D. students Yoko Okuyama and Pengpeng Xiao. Watch the recording.
2020-21 Arvid Anderson Fellows
The Cowles Foundation has announced the 2020-21 recipients of the Arvid Anderson Prize Fellowship in Economics. The five graduate students are: Zijian He, Disa Hynsjo, Masaki Miyashita, Vitor Possebom, and Trevor Williams.
Truman Bewley and Peter Phillips Recognized for Years of Service
The FAS recently honored thirteen retiring faculty members for their long-time service to the university including Economics Professors Truman Bewley and Peter Phillips.
2020 Trimis Prize Recipients Announced
The 2020 Trimis Prize was awarded to seven graduating students: Ian Ball, Ro’ee Levy, Oren Sarig, Hannah Trachtman, Katherine Wagner, Conor Walsh, and Pengpeng Xiao.
Yale Women in Economics
Yale Women in Economics - YWiE (WiE) is looking for new members to join its officer board for the 2020-2021 school year. Register here.
Yale COVID-19 Resources
For official updates and guidance reguarding Yale and the Coronavirus outbreak please visit:
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
Wed, April 21 | |
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1:30pm |
Microeconomic Theory Workshop Arjada Bardhi, Duke University "Early-Career Discrimination: Spiraling or Self-Correcting?" (joint with Y. Guo and B. Strulovici) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link Signup Request |
2:30pm |
Development Workshop International Trade Workshop Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University "Language Barriers in MNCs and Knowledge Transfers" With Louise Guillouët, Columbia University; Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics; Matthieu Teachout, Columbia University Virtual Event Joint presentation with Development Workshop Sign-in to view Zoom link Signup Request |
4:00pm |
Econometrics Seminar Roy Allen, University of Western Ontario "Identification of Random Coefficient Latent Utility Models" (joint with John Rehbeck) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link Signup Request |
Thu, April 22 | |
12:00pm |
Macro Lunch Bernardo Ribeiro "Economic growth with macro and micro-innovations" Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Industrial Organization Prospectus Workshop Fernando Cordeiro "Productivity and Ownership Structure of the Water Industry in Brazil" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Economic History Lunch Joshua Hausman, University of Michigan "California and the Car: Early Adoption of the Automobile in the Golden State" with Shari Eli and Paul Rhode Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop Helena Laneuville Teixeira Garcia and Hanxiao Cui "Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy with a Cheap and Scalable Informational Campaign: Evidence from COVID-19 in Brazil" AND "Marriage Market Responses to Child Care Policies" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link Note: Extra Labor/Public Lunch Workshop |
3:30pm |
Labor/Public Economics Workshop David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940-2018" With Anna Salomons (Utrecht University), Bryan Seegmiller (MIT Sloan School) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link Signup Request |
Fri, April 23 | |
9:00am |
YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law "2020-2021 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable" Virtual Event Covering artificial intelligence (AI) use by law firms, socially responsible investing by... Read More |
1:00pm |
Economic History Conference Various "Resilience Through History: The 2021 Economic History Conference" Online Conference Event Details |
Mon, April 26 | |
12:00pm |
Econometrics Prospectus Lunch Sid Kankanala, Yale University "Adaptation in Conditional Moment Restriction Models" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Development Lunch Helena Laneuville Teixeira Garcia, Yale University "TBA" Virtual Event |
12:30pm |
Development Lunch Rodrigo Guerrero, Yale University "TBA" Virtual Event |
4:00pm |
Economic History Workshop Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles "Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |