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Economics Professor Receives $2.1 Million from NSF for Big Data Project

Economics Lecturer's Research Cited in the Wall Street Journal

Regression Discontinuity Designs Conference Begins This Thursday!

Aaron B. Flaaen, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Isaac Sorkin Release Study on Reconsidering the Consequences of Worker Displacements: Firm versus Worker Perspective

Martha Bailey, Connor Cole, and Morgan Henderson release study on How Well Automated Methods Perform in Historical Samples

Sreyoshi Das, Camelia Kuhnen and Stefan Nagel Release study on Socioeconomic Status and Macroeconomic Expectations

Ugo Troiano Releases Study, Do Taxes Increase Economic Inequality? A Comparative Study Based on the State Personal Income Tax

Ugo Troiano releases paper, Intergovernmental Cooperation and Tax Enforcement

Andrei A. Levchenko's 'International Linkages and the Business Cycle: Lessons from Micro to Micro' published in NBER Reporter

Inside Higher Ed Talks to Betsey Stevenson

Dean Yang's New Research, 'Hurricanes Drive Immigration to the U.S.' Chosen as one of The Conversation's Essential Reads for the Year

Ron Alquist, Nicolas Berman, Rahul Mukherjee, and Linda Tesar Release Paper, Financial Constraints, Institutions, and Foreign Ownership

William C. Boning, John Guyton, Ronald H. Hodge, II, Joel Slemrod, and Ugo Troiano Release Paper, Heard it Through the Grapevine: Direct and Network Effects of a Tax Enforcement Field Experiment

Jeffrey L. Hoopes, Leslie Robinson, and Joel Slemrod Release Working Paper, Public Tax-Return Disclosure

Javier Cravino, Ting Lan and Andrei A. Levchenko Release Working Paper, Price Stickiness along the Income Distribution and the Effects of Monetary Policy

Miles S. Kimball, Matthew D. Shapiro, Tyler Shumway, and Jing Zhang Release Working Paper, Portfolio Rebalancing in General Equilibrium

Ugo Troiano and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto Release Working Paper, Social Capital, Government Expenditures and Growth

Melvin Stephens, Jr. and Desmond Toohey Release Working Paper, Changes in Nutrient Intake at Retirement

Janet Currie, Michael Mueller-Smith, Maya Rossin-Slater Release Working Paper, Violence while in Utero: The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes

Joel Slemrod Releases Working Paper, Tax Compliance and Enforcement

Amanda E. Kowalski Releases Working Paper, How to Examine External Validity Within an Experiment

Gaurav Khanna, and Munseob Lee Release Working Paper, High-Skill Immigration, Innovation, and Creative Destruction

U-M Economists John Bound and Ariel Binder Explore Reasons Why Less-educated Men Face Declining Labor Prospects

Pablo Ottonello's forthcoming publication in Econometrica

Pablo Ottonello, Rafael Guntin, and Diego Perez release Working Paper, The Micro Anatomy of Macro Consumption Adjustments

Pablo Ottonello, Xing Guo, and Diego J. Perez release Working Paper, MONETARY POLICY AND REDISTRIBUTION IN OPEN ECONOMIES

John Bound, Breno Braga, Gaurav Khanna and Sarah Turner release working paper

Basit Zafar, Ester Faia, Andreas Fuster, and Vincenzo Pezone release working paper

Justin Wolfers, Pascaline Dupas, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, and The Seminar Dynamics Collective release working paper

Basit Zafar, Esteban M. Aucejo, and Jacob F. French release working paper

Paul Rhode, Jeremy Atack, and Robert A. Margo release working paper

Dean Yang, Aakash Mohpal, and David McKenzie release working paper

New paper by Dean Yang, Michael Carter, and Rachid Laajaj has been published

Sara Heller releases new working paper

Ana Reynoso, Paula Calvo, and Ilse Lindenlaub release working paper

Pablo Ottonello, Juan M. Morelli, and Diego J. Perez release working paper

Dean Yang, James Allen IV, Hang Yu, Arlete Mahumane, James Riddell IV, Tanya Rosenblat release working paper

Amanda Kowalski Awarded $2M Grant as Part of the Meet the Moment Research Initiative

Linda Tesar is awarded the 2023 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award

New paper by Dean Yang on religious festivals in the American Economic Review

U-M Economics Professor Matias Cattaneo to Give Keynote Address at 2016 Latin American Workshop in Econometrics

Innovative Teaching in the Department of Economics

Kathryn Dominguez on "Marketplace"

George A. Fulton and Donald R. Grimes Present on the Economic Future for Oakland County

Brian Jacobs, Professor of Economics and Education discusses a grant to study online learning

John Laitner, Professor of Economics and ISR Research Professor, was quoted in a USA Today Column

Susan Dynarski's new article published in New York Times

Martha Bailey's paper cited in "The Atlantic" op-ed

Robert Willis receives the 2015 Jacob Mincer Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics

Justin Wolfers Contributes to BBC World News Report on Austerity

Economics Professor, Kathryn M. Dominguez, chosen by Obama for Fed Board

The Economics of Energy

From Department Chair to President: Congratulations Professor Joel Slemrod

Anne-Katrin Roesler wins 2015 FEEM award

Economics Professor Dean Yang Published Twice in January 2016 Issue of EDCC

Michael Mueller-Smith Recognized by the Upjohn Institute

Econ Professor Kilian’s Publication Looks at (Still) Surprising Nature of Oil Prices

Jeffrey Smith Elected a "Fellow" of SOLE

Professor of Economics Dean Yang Publishes New Paper on Work in Mozambique

Joel Slemrod Speaks with LSA Today!

Professor Susan Dynarski Featured Twice in The New York Times This Month!

Professor Jim Hines Testifies at "Navigating Business Tax Reform" Senate Hearing

UM Professor Alan Deardorff Talks the Past, Present, and Future of Trade

UM Professor Joel Slemrod Published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

How did Hookworms Play Into the South’s Economic Challenges & Misconceptions?

Super Rich Were Leading Contributors to the Volatility of the Market Immediately Following the 2008-9 Financial Crisis.

Freakonomics Looks Into Guaranteed Basic Income With the Help of Hoyt Bleakley

Betsey Stevenson Identifies Factors in the Slide of Job Turnover and Relocation Rates

U-M Professor Jim Hines has Released an NBER Working Paper

Stefan Nagel Published in the QJE

Former Econ PhD Students and Professor Jeff Smith Provide Research For Forbes

Professor Miles Kimball Interviewed by Dominic Chu on CNBC's Trading Nation

“Taking the Long View” Looks at the Past, Present, and Future of the Department of Economics for LSA Magazine

Susan Dynarski Quoted in the New York Times

Study by Justin Wolfers Cited in The New York Times

Miles Kimball Presents at Brookings Conference on Negative Interest Rates

What Does Brexit Mean for Those Not Living in the U.K.?

Professor Matthew Shapiro Cited in The Washington Post

Justin Wolfers Writes About Gender-Neutral Policies That Are Strengthening Gender Bias Among Scholars

Matthew Shapiro’s Work on How Economic Shocks Affect Spending is Featured in the NBER Reporter

Bailey Assumes the Directorship of CeMENT for Faculty in Economics Doctoral Programs

Professor Edward C. Norton Releases Study on the Effects of Human and Health Capital on Wages

Jan Kmenta 1928-2016

John Leahy will speak on “The Economics of Wishful Thinking” Tomorrow

Mary Alice Shulman 1923-2016

Professor Dean Yang Discusses New HIV/AIDS Intervention Program in Mozambique

Helen Levy, Edward C. Norton, and Jeff Smith Release Study on the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Smoking

Professor Paul N. Courant Appointed Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Professor Paul Rhode, Chair of the Department of Economics, Awarded Allan Sharlin Memorial Award

Matthew Shapiro chairs the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee

Small Loans Can Make a Big Difference

With High Faculty Salaries, the Juice is Worth the Squeeze

User Expertise and Social Media Data Form Basis of Real-Time Datasets for Economists

How did Austerity Influence Recovery from the Great Recession of 2009?

Lecturer Ed Cho Receives 27th Annual Golden Apple Award

Tilman Börgers Will Give a Talk at the 6th Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory

George Fulton Granted Emeritus Status by the Board of Regents

Joshua Hausman and Paul Rhode Release Study on the Recovery Following the Great Depression

Lecturer III Ed Cho Profiled in SHIFT

Matthew Shapiro Interviewed on NPR's Marketplace on Effects of Government Shutdowns

David Lam Interviewed on WBEZ’s Worldview on Youth Unemployment

Promotions for Martha Bailey, Matias Cattaneo, Ying Fan, and David Miller Approved by the Board of Regents

James R. Hines, Jr. Awarded the 2017 Daniel M. Holland Medal

Martha Bailey Named 2017 Recipient of John Dewey Award

Paula Malone and Janet Gerson Granted Emerita Status by the Board of Regents

The Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES) Receives Grant Commitment from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation

"Eliminating in-house CBO scoring would be 'profoundly unwise'" from The Hill

Andrei Levchenko Coauthors Studies on Trade Policy and International Inflation Spillovers

Martha Bailey Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute 2017

Professor Lutz Kilian Publishes Study on the Renewable Fuel Standard and its Influence on Market Expectations of the Price of Ethanol

Sara Heller Releases Study on the Effectiveness of Youth Employment Programs

Two Studies on Natural Disasters, Both With Authors From U-M Economics, Cited in Vox

Paul Rhode Releases Study Examining Political Motivation Behind World War II Spending

Betsey Stevenson Elected to American Economic Association Executive Committee

Javier Cravino and Andrei Levchenko Release Study on the Impact of Exchange Rate Devaluations on Poor Households

Joel Slemrod Featured in The New York Times

"Why Women’s Voices Are Scarce in Economics" Published by The New York Times

Andrei Levchenko and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar Cited by Bloomberg

U-M Economist Matthew D. Shapiro Details the Impacts of Government Shutdown on Federal Workers

Cited by The Wall Street Journal, U-M Professors & Alum Weigh-In on Economic-Stimulus Checks

Dean Yang cited by Los Angeles Times

Sara Heller's op-ed with Judd Kessler in the New York Times

Frank Stafford’s research cited by LADDERS

Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson featured in NPR’s Planet Money Summer School podcast series

Dean Yang's paper cited in Foreign Policy

15 minutes with New Economics Assistant Professor Ashley Craig

Sara Heller’s research cited by the New York Times

15 Minutes with Yuehao Bai, New Assistant Professor of Economics

15 Minutes with Basit Zafar, New Economics Professor

15 Minutes with Dr. Florian Gunsilius

Hoyt Bleakley's comments cited in Newsweek

Mozambique COVID-19 Summary Report is now available

Betsey Stevenson's comments cited in NY Times article

Justin Wolfers cited by the New York Times

Joel Slemrod's new book, co-authored with Michael Keen, has been reviewed by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post

Comment by Justin Wolfers cited in NBC news

Andrei Levchenko's study mentioned in the Economist

Sara Heller's studies mentioned in President Biden's remarks on Gun Crime Prevention

Javier Cravino received the Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs 2021

Dean Yang's comment on remittance disruptions in Afghanistan cited in the Wall Street Journal

Sara Heller's research on Chicago gun violence is awarded an NIH R01

Dean Yang's research on disasters and health in Mozambique is awarded an NIH R01

IMF fiscal monitor uses Pablo Ottonello's working paper

Comments by Betsey Stevenson and Don Grimes are cited in Washington Post

15 minutes with Dr. Toni Whited

15 Minutes with Dr. Kevin Carney

Professor Andrei A. Levchenko, Barthélémy Bonadio, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, and Zhen Huo awarded the Bhagwati Award for International Trade

PhD David Van Dijcke cited in The Washington Post

Economics Student Michael Schramm writing for USA Today College

PhD Candidate Isaac Sorkin's research cited in "The Economist"

Yichuan Wang of Economics Selected as a U-M Nominee for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships

Economics Ph.D. Students and Alumni Honored for Excellence in Scholarship in 2015

PhD Students Christoph Boehm and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar Win WTO Essay Award for Young Economists

Enda Patrick Hargaden, PhD Candidate, Cited in Irish Newspaper

The Future of MES With President Alice Yu

Congratulations to Chris Sullivan and Carrie Xu!

U-M Economics PhD Candidate’s Dissertation Covered by The New York Times!

The 2016 – 2017 GES Board Has Been Announced!

U-M Economics Graduate Student Alecia Cassidy Receives Dow Sustainability Fellowship!

Bing Chen and Frank Stafford Release Study Examining Financial Behavior of Households and Stock Market Participation

Michael Gelman is Interested in Understanding How Individuals Make Consumption and Savings Decisions

Economics Undergraduate Grace Choi is Drawn to Problem-Solving Both Inside and Outside of the Classroom

Study Abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Jacob Bastian Excited to Pass Economics-Research Tools Onto the Next Generation of Students

Undergraduate Jeremy Brown Interned at the White House as Part of the Michigan in Washington Program

How Does Consumer Spending Respond to Changes in Gas Prices?

Rackham Graduate School Features Carrie Wenjing Xu as Part of Their Student Spotlight Series

Economics Graduate Student Nicolas Morales Awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from NBER

Economics Graduate Student Nicolas Morales Awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from NBER

PhD Student Pinghui Wu Receives the Barbour Scholarship

Meera Mahadevan and Mike Zabek are the 2017-2018 Rackham Predoctoral Fellows in Economics

Alexander Persaud Awarded New Research Prize From Economic History Society at Annual Conference

Congratulations to the Recipients of the Undergraduate Prizes and Honors!

U-M Economics Senior, Abigail Siegal, Featured in LSA Opportunity Hub Blog

Congratulations Dhiren Patki NBER Fellowship Recipient

Merve Sariisik Presents Poster at Bogotá Experimental Economics Conference

Economics PhD Student Named 2018 Marshall Weinberg Population, Development, and Climate Change Fellow

Economics PhD Candidate Selected as First Recipient of the James N. Morgan Innovation in the Analysis of Economic Behavior Award

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Safia Sayed

Torin Rittenberg on Experience at London School of Economics

Michelle Lam - Harmonization Between Economics and Carillons

PhD Student Spotlight: Wenting Song

Third-year Economics & Political Science undergrad, Kristen Kelley, selected as 2018 recipient of the Diane C. Swonk Scholarship

Third-year Economics undergrad, Reannon Robinson, selected as 2018 recipient of the Nancy Bausch Thomas Scholarship

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Sophia Cotignola

PhD Student Spotlight: Xinwei Ma

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Anna Tushman

PhD Student Spotlight: Elird Haxhiu

MAE Students Host Their First Event of 2019

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Carolyn Watson

PhD Student Spotlight: Samuel Haltenhof

Econ Undergrads Place Second at Annual UChicago Econometrics Game

Three 2019 First-Generation Graduates Exemplify the Michigan Difference

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Elise Odell

Meet the 2019 Economics Graduate Student Leadership!

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Mariana Aguilera

MAE Student Spotlight: Sougandh Kohli

PhD Student Spotlight: John Olson

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Jessi Meadows

MAE Student Spotlight: Wang Li

PhD Student Spotlight: Merve Sariisik

Women's History Month: Two U-M Student Groups Support Young Women Economists

Economics PhD Student Selected for 2020-2021 NBER Fellowship on Energy Economics

Economics PhD Student Selected for 2020-2021 NBER's Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Retirement & Disability Research

Graduating Transfer Students Hope to Create the Best Versions of Themselves & Make the World a Better Place

New Economics Undergraduate Student Group: Michigan Journal of Economics!

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Michael Blakeslee

Meet the 2020 Economics Graduate Student Leadership!

MAE Student Spotlight: Chang Ge

PhD Student Spotlight: Jennifer Mayo

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Sophia Calabretta

MAE Student Spotlight: Lea Wei

Student PhD Spotlight: Lea Bart

Scholar Stories: Economics Gives Hartman Perspective on Track, Possibilities off Oval

Three Economics Undergraduate Seniors Win Fall 2020 Henry Carter Adams Prize For Excellence in Undergraduate Writing

PhD Rosina Rodriguez Olivera won the Uruguay National Prize of economics

Economics Junior, Tess Britton Releases Article for Michigan Journal of Economics

Graduating Non-Traditional Students Exemplify U-M Spirit to be Leaders & Best

Economics Junior, Claire Manley Releases Article for Michigan Journal of Economics

Nishaad Rao (‘16) receives James Morgan Award

Vibhav Das Releases Articles for Michigan Journal of Economics

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Inga Hao

Economics Sophomore, Ethan Messeri Releases Article for Michigan Journal of Economics

Econ Undergraduate student, Vignesh Swarnam is awarded at the Chicago Fed's Annual Economic Outlook Symposium

Undergraduate Student Group Spotlight: MES

Heesung Kim (‘21) receives Rackham International Students Fellowship

From ONSF: Dhruv Kulshreshtha receives U-M STEM Research Career Award

Ph.D. Candidate David Van Dijcke Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship

Ph.D. Candidate Aneesha Parvathaneni Receives Rackham International Student Fellowship

MFed’s Competition Team Moves to Next Stage of Fed College Challenge

Mansfield Professorship Awarded to Distinguished Alumna

The High Demand for Risk Management Professionals has Kept Dimitri Bianco Busy

Wolverine Pride Does Not End at Graduation!

Alumni in the News!

Alumni in the News!

Fatalism and its Effect on Behavior

Alumnus Paul Viera (AB ’81) Featured in Fall 2016 Edition of LSA Magazine

Study by Alumnus Benjamin Keys (PhD '09) Cited in The New York Times

Alumnus Hatim Elhady Planned on Being a U-M Scholar Since Age 7

U-M Economics Alumna Rebecca Blumenstein Named Deputy Managing Editor of The New York Times

U-M Economics Alumnus Lamont Liner (AB ’16) Discovered Historic Documents in Florence, Alabama

Eric Chyn (PhD ‘16) Awarded Dissertation Prize From the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group

U-M Economics Alumnus Brahima Coulibaly (PhD ’05) Appointed Director – African Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institute

Alumnus Bruce Haffey Accepted as New Member of The American Law Society Board of Directors

Alumna Vera Songwe Appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission on Africa

Econ Alumnus Sanjay Varma’s (AB 1989) Innovative Vision Helped Make Alibaba and Kalido a Reality

Jacob Bastian (PhD '17) Named Co-Winner of Best Dissertation Prize From the National Tax Association

U-M Economics Alumnae Susanna Loeb (PhD ‘98) to Lead Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Evan Herrnstadt (PhD ’17) Publishes Study on Awareness and Aversion to Natural Gas Pipelines

Alumni in the News!

Alumni in the News!

Alumni in the News!

Human Capital and Economic Opportunity (HCEO) Announces Winner of Dissertation Prize

CEO of Domino's Speaks at Economics@Work

Katherine Coman, U-M Alumna and first author published in what became the American Economic Review (AER)

Population Association of America Presents Bryan Stuart with the Dorothy Thomas Award

Patrick Kline Receives Sherwin Rosen Prize at the Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting

Barry Bosworth Wins 2018 Shiskin Award

Alumna Maria Cancian (M.A. 1990, Ph.D. '93) Named Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy

Two Economics Alums Selected as Schwarzman Scholars

Economics Alumnus Patrick Kline Receives the 2021 IZA Young Labor Economist Award

Econ PhD Alumna, Maria Cancian is appointed to Mathematica Board of Directors

Econ PhD alumnus Lin Ma interviewed by Der Spiegel

Lawrence Wong (MAE 1995), Singapore's Minister of Finance, to be Singapore's next Prime Minister

Departmental News

Michigan International Economics Conference

Press Release: U-M receives $4 million for education research training

Giving BlueDay 2015

Economics at Work for You!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community Forums

MITRE to Host 23rd Annual Conference on Empirical Investigations in International Trade

Mini Conference in Industrial Organization to Take Place Friday, November 11

Giving Blueday is November 29, 2016!

Established in Detroit, Restarted in Ann Arbor, U-M Turns 200 Years Old

Henry Carter Adams and Fred Manville Taylor Brought the Intellectual Tension Between the Theoretician and the Empiricist to U-M

Gabriel Ehrlich Named Director of RSQE

RSQE Released The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2017-2018

Marina v.N. Whitman to Speak at U-M Economics Undergraduate Commencement

Gardner Ackley Balanced Academia and Public Service to Become One of the Nation's Foremost Economists

U-M’s John Bound and Nicolas Morales Release Study on the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program

John DiNardo 1961-2017

Javier Cravino and Samuel Haltenhof Release Study on Real Exchange Rates, Income per Capita, and Sectoral Input Shares

Gabriel Ehrlich Interviewed by USA TODAY

Olga Mustata wins LSA’s 2018 Excellence in Departmental Advising Award

The fifth annual Giving Blueday will be on November 27, 2018

Department Welcomes New Interim Chair

2019 Homecoming at Economics

Expo for Majors and Minors, March 1 and March 5

Giving BlueDay is here!

$2 Gasoline a 'Benefit for Almost Everyone'

2015 Shows Potential for Breakout Year for Economy

4 Things You Should Know About the Link Between Birth Control and Financial Security

ALUMNI NEWS: IZA Awards Three Prizes at ASSA Meeting in Boston

Census Bureau Plans to Drop Marriage and Divorce Questions

Cheaper Gasoline Could Save $300B Across U.S. Economy This Year

Confidence at 10-Year High for CEOs of Small, Mid-sized Businesses

Congratulations Gretchen Lay NBER Fellowship Recipient

Construction Hiring is Surging

December Report: Employers Are Hiring, But Soft Wages Linger

Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom Hosts Youth Roundtable on the Future of Development with USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah as Part of action/2015 Global Campaign

Despite that Statistics, We Haven't Lost the War on Poverty

Don't Expect a Big Raise in 2015

Editorial: Consumers Must Act Responsibly Despite Low Gas Prices

Europe's Central Bank Tries a Federal Reserve Tactic to Quell An Economic Crisis

Fed Minutes Guide: Limits of Patience, Pace of Rate Increases

Fed Officials Reassess U.S. Growth Outlook Amid Global Weakness

Government Spending, Edging Up, Is a Stimulus

Greek Drama Roils Markets As Divided ECB Readies QE

Holiday Shopping Hiccup: US Retail Sales Fell in December

How a Two-Tier Economy Is Reshaping the U.S. Marketplace

Job Growth Fails to Help Paychecks of Workers

Job Report: Largest Growth Since 1999

Jobless Claims Lowest Since 2000, But...

John Williams Full Show 1/6/15

Justin Wolfers & Stefan Szymanski of Economics Talk About Possible Effects of Legalized Sports Gambling

Low Inflation Likely to Keep Fed 'Patient' About a Rate Hike

Low-Income Students Seeing Huge Cost Hikes at Some Michigan Universities

Markets React Calmly After Greece Elects Anti-Austerity Syriza Party

Massive Open Online Courses Progress at University

A Conversation with Rajiv Shah, Administrator of USAID

A Warming Trend: Consumers Step Into the Sunshine

Congratulations Gaurav Khanna NBER Fellowship Recipient

It's No Fun Making Toys, Toasters in USA

January Job Gains Show US Recovery Gaining Greater Strength

Job Growth On A Roll, Will Wages Follow?

Jobs Report Points to Millennials Finding Jobs: Pro

Quotas Do Not Hurt Efficiency, Says Study

Research by LSA Economist Ugo Troiano Shows Shame Could Help Make Delinquent Taxpayers Cough Up the Cash

Rick Perry's Claim that One-Third of All New American Jobs Were Created in Texas

Small Increases in Gas Prices Being Watched Carefully

U.S. Consumer Spending in December Weakest Since 2009

U.S. Military to End Ebola Relief Mission in Liberia

Book Co-Authored by Martha J. Bailey of Economics Featured in New York Review of Books

LSA Economist Joel Slemrod Weighs in on Dynamic Scoring of Tax Cut Plans

Associate Professor Dean Yang Quoted in PBS NewsHour Story

Econ Asst. Professor Ugo Troiano's Paper on Tax Delinquency has Global Reach

Just in Time for Tax Day—Ugo Troiano's Op-ed featured in the New York Times

NYT Op-Ed Co-Authored by Ugo Troiano of Economics

Professor Joel Slemrod Featured in UM Record

Study by Joel Slemrod of Economics Explores Thwarting Tax Cheats with "Smart" Returns

The Generation Gap that Divides Global Politics

Joel Slemrod & Matthew Shapiro Study Cited in Forbes

Dean Yang's Research Featured on phys.org

Motivating migrants make better saving decisions: Study

Pay it forward: Plan would allow Michigan students to attend college for 'free'

New Course Allows Students an Opportunity to Hear from Distinguished Alum

Q&A with Tax Experts on the Fiscal Cliff and What's Next

Should Gun Owners Have To Buy Liability Insurance?

Time for Fed to Step Aside

US Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Migration

What Do Economists Think about Major Public Policy Issues?

What Student Aid Research Shows

What's the Payoff for the 'Country Club' College?

Can fingerprinting improve micro lending in Africa?

More employees are raiding their retirement accounts

The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Think Outside the Textbook

Trouble Ahead: Fewer Have Retirement Funds, More Raid Them

Household Worth in U.S. Rises by $1.17 Trillion on Housing

Joel Slemrod Awarded the 2013 Richard Musgrave Visiting Professorship

The Diploma Gap Between Rich and Poor

The Great Debate: Income inequality is increasingly "permanent"

What Makes a Good Tax Haven?

Why fiscal conservatives should love gay marriage

Department Chair Joel Slemrod, on reforming the tax code

Finally: Proof That Money Buys Happiness (Sort of)

No Rich Child Left Behind

Professor Jim Adams Discusses the Euro with Alumni in London

So we've got three budgets, but is there any overlap?

Tax Geeks: Make Tax Filing Easy, Kill the Mortgage Deduction, Tax CPAs

The Penalties of Our Tax Code

What's so great about austerity, anyway?

A First Job is like a First Date, and other Advice for Graduation Day

A Parent's Pride and Gratefulness

LSA Economist George Fulton Says Michigan's Economy Continues to Recover

PhD Students Awarded ISR Fellowships

Reinhart and Rogoff's Pro-Austerity Research Now Even More Thoroughly Debunked By Studies

US loses up to $60 billion a year from MNCs shifting profits to low-tax countries

LSA Economist Explains Market's Reaction to Fed's Recent Message on Bond-Buying Program

The fate of large firms helps explain economic volatility

A Dream Examined

Michigan Sylff Fellow to Join White House Council of Economic Advisers

Post Jackson-Hole, Fed Septaper still appears on track

Researchers Explore Factors Behind Mismatched College Choices

Sexism and Maternity Leave Around the World

A Fed love story: Janet Yellen meets her match

Can Your Kid Hack It in Kindergarten?

First Female President

This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans)

Better Access to Contraceptives for Parents Means Better Outcomes for Children

Income-Based Loans Made Simple

Janet Netz and Jeff Mackie-Mason pledge $2.5 million gift to U-M

LSA Alumnus Robert Shiller Shares The 2013 Nobel Prize In Economics

The Economics Nobel goes to: Eugene Fama, Lars Hansen, and Robert Shiller

Working more, voting less? How employment affects turnout

Anne Fitzpatrick awarded NSF grant

Can we get rid of inflation and recessions forever?

Kai-Uwe Kuhn Becomes Senior Consultant to the Antitrust & Competition Economics Practice at Charles River Associates

Should Schools Let Parents Choose Teachers?

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