… The George Trimis Prize is awarded annually to doctoral students in the Department of Economics who demonstrate … upon five graduating students by Lynn Cooley, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, at the Graduate School … Thai villages. An example of a qualitative result is that people centrally located in a risk sharing network tend to …

… lack of diverse hires. She also spoke to undergraduate students hosted by the Women in Economics organization. The … advice to those who may be wanting to pursue a careen in graduate school. “Find value in what you are doing,” she … Student Development and Diversity;  Ebonya Washington , Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics and Director of …

… Samuel S. Kortum, newly named as the James Burrows Moffatt … economics, industrial organization, and macroeconomics. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Kortum earned his Ph.D. from … Research, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Samuel Kortum named the James Burrows Moffatt Professor of …

… economic outcomes. “I’m largely interested in how people use politics to get their economic needs met, … in Ecuador teaching English. She had planned to pursue a graduate degree in public policy but her undergraduate … also sponsors a mentoring program for minority graduate students and runs a summer fellows program that places women …

… The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has announced it will … Emerging Scholars Initiative  (ESI) for post-baccalaureate students wishing to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics. The ESI … of knowledge and skills necessary to be successful graduate students. Specific objectives for the program …

… The George Trimis Prize is awarded annually to doctoral students in the Department of Economics who demonstrate … Department of Economics Chair, Tony Smith, and Director of Graduate Studies, Yuichi Kitamura. Graduate Registrar, Pam … , “Essays in Economic Growth” Advisers: Costas Arkolakis, Samuel Kortum, Giuseppi Moscarini, Michael Peters Walsh finds …

… At a time of year when many college students are waiting tables or making copies at office … multiple layers, but she added that the professors and graduate students are excellent mentors who have guided her … connections than they would in a classroom setting, said Samuel Kortum, the James Burrows Moffatt Professor of …

… course’s discussion sections — a job usually reserved for graduate teaching assistants. Altonji landed a spot in the … first thing in the morning, so it was not a random set of students taking it,” said Altonji, the Thomas DeWitt Cuyler … a portion of his research to analyzing how the choices people make in school affect their options later in life. …

… more than 50 years, since he first arrived at Yale as a graduate student. He has been greatly missed here since his … erudition and charm were immediately apparent to his students and colleagues, whether he was speaking at a seminar … that improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people. He was satisfied neither with the pace nor extent of …

… Economics is a program designed to give Yale undergraduate students a chance to work directly with faculty members … Scarf Summer Research Opportunities page ).  Participating students will work 160 hours (flexible) from June 1 to August … to the relevant professor via email, with a copy to  Prof. Samuel Kortum  (Director of Undergraduate Studies in …

… By Mike Cummings Fresh out of graduate school, economist  Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D.  began … trade.” The Ricardian model remained popular for teaching students about the value of specialization, but economists … game in which one country loses and the other wins. “People often don’t consider the benefit of obtaining goods …

… other digital behemoths to amass unprecedented amounts of people’s data while offering them little, if any, … already know so much about our behavior from the data of people who resemble us, the researchers assert.   By … — MIT economist Alessandro Bonatti and  Tan Gan , a graduate student in Yale’s economics department — show that …