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A new academic fellowship program funded by UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics will help Ukrainian scholars persevere with their work through the hardships of the war. Scholars located in Ukraine and affiliated with a university, college, or research institute can apply for $5,000 grants to continue with their research and teaching. The $140,000 fund, granted equally by Berkeley Haas and Berkeley Economics, will help sustain up to 28 Ukrainian academics. Read more
Why do people choose to go to college (or not)? What impact do race-based or financial aid policies have on higher education and the broader economy? In an episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek spoke with two Berkeley Economics alumni, Maximilian Müller and Zach Bleemer, whose research focuses on the economic impacts of higher education. Listen to the interview
The winner of the 2022 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Mathilde Muñoz. Her paper, “Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job Posting Policy”, was ranked first by the Selection Panel. She was presented with her prize of CHF 5,000 at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group in Groningen (the Netherlands). Read more
A panel Hosted by UC Berkeley Social Sciences Matrix featured J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, discussing his recent book, Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. Professor DeLong was joined in conversation by Robert Brenner, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. The talk was moderated by Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at UC Berkeley and Co-Director of the Network for a New Political Economy (N2PE). Watch the recording
In a Social Science Matrix interview, economics PhD candidate Arlen Guarin discusses his research on the effects that reparations have for victims of violence during the internal armed conflict in Colombia. Drawing on administrative data, Guarin shows how reparations change lives for ordinary Colombians affected by wartime violence. Read more
Ulrike Malmendier, Professor of Economics, was appointed to the German Council of Economic Experts. Read the article on the Daily Californian.