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
Tue, September 22 | |
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10:30am |
Macroeconomics Workshop Yena Park, University of Rochester "Coalition-Proof Risk Sharing Under Frictions." Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
11:35am |
Finance Lunch Chase Ross (job market candidate) "TBD" Virtual Event |
12:00pm |
International Trade Lunch Ryungha Oh "Distribution of Urban Consumption Amenities" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Micro Theory Lunch Yujie Qian, Yale University "Content Moderation" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop Marianne Bernatzky-Köhli, Yale University "Explaining Changes in Highly Educated Women's Fertility and Labor Market Behavior" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
2:30pm |
Industrial Organization Seminar "No IO Seminar Today" Virtual Event |
Wed, September 23 | |
12:00pm |
Microeconomic Theory Workshop Michèle Müller-Itten, University of Notre Dame "Rational Inattention via Ignorance Equivalence" (joint with Roc Armenter and Zachary Stangebye) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
2:30pm |
International Trade Workshop Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas-Austin "The Long and Short (Run) of Trade Elasticities" Christoph E. Boehm, University of Texas-Austin and Andrei A. Levchenko University of Michigan Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
4:00pm |
Econometrics Seminar No Meeting "No meeting" |
Thu, September 24 | |
12:00pm |
Economic History Lunch Sun Kyoung Lee, Yale University "European Immigrants and the United States’ Rise to the Technological Frontier" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Macro Lunch Bernardo Ribeiro and Alvaro Cox; Wei Xiang "Disentangling the Role of Institutions on Economic Growth: The Effect of Government Audits on Firm Dynamics" (Ribeiro & Cox); "Entrepreneurial Idea Flows (Xiang)" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Industrial Organization Prospectus Workshop Yuzhou Wang "Charging Tuition in High School Markets: Trade-off Between Teaching Quality and Inequality" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
3:45pm |
Labor/Public Economics Workshop David M. Cutler, Harvard University "Socioeconomic Status and the Experience of Pain: An Example from Knees" Ellen Meara, Harvard University and Susan Stewart, NBER Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
Sat, September 26 | |
10:30am |
Featured Event Heidi Hartmann ‘72 M. Phil, ‘74 PhD, Mary Ann Baily EGC faculty member 1973-79, Rohini Pande Director of EGC, Lisa Qian '20, Patricia Ruggles ‘74, Anne Skinner ‘63 MS, ’65 PhD. "Pioneering Women: Economic Growth Center and Yale Economics" Virtual Event ... more |
Mon, September 28 | |
12:00pm |
Development Lunch Jonathan Hawkins-Pierot, Yale University "The Price of Financial Inclusion: Tradeoffs in Indian Rural Bank Branch Expansion Policy" *Job Market Talk Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Econometrics Prospectus Lunch Ivan Klenovskiy, Yale University "The Method of Moments and Degree Distributions for Network Models" (by P. Bickel, A. Chen, and E. Levina; 2011) Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
2:30pm |
Development Workshop Samuel Bazzi, Boston University "TBA" (Paper forthcoming) Host: Kaivan Munshi Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
4:00pm |
Economic History Workshop Morgan Kelly, University College Dublin "Understanding Persistence" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
Tue, September 29 | |
10:30am |
Macroeconomics Workshop Gideon Bornstein, UPenn "TBD" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
11:35am |
Finance Lunch Sharon Ross (job market candidate) "TBD" Virtual Event |
12:00pm |
International Trade Lunch Fan Wu and Anthony Tokman "TBC" Virtual Event |
12:00pm |
Micro Theory Lunch Theory Workshop Speaker "See Microeconomic Theory Workshop for details" Virtual Event |
12:00pm |
Microeconomic Theory Workshop Philippe Jehiel, Paris School of Economics "Analogy-based expectation equilibrium and related concepts: Theory, applications, and beyond " ***Tuesday seminar*** Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
12:00pm |
Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop Yen Tran, Yale University "Public Price Setting with Insurance: The Case of Medicare's Reimbursements and Coinsurance Policies for the Outpatient Care Market" Virtual Event Sign-in to view Zoom link |
2:30pm |
Industrial Organization Seminar Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota "Theory for Extending Single-Product Production Function Estimation to Multi-Product Settings" Emmanuel Dhyne, National Bank of Belgium; Valerie Smeets, Aarhus University and Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus University Virtual Event |
4:30pm |
Refugees, Migration and Forced Displacement Seminar Salma Mousa, Stanford University - Immigration Policy Lab "Creating Coexistence: Intergroup Contact and Soccer in Post-ISIS Iraq " Virtual Event Can intergroup contact build social cohesion after war? Dr. Salma Mousa answers this question by... more |