Our first department seminar of the spring semester is Wednesday, February 25 at 11:15am with Joanna Venator (Boston College). Joanna is presenting "Reproductive Policy Shocks and Defensive Investments in Contraception". (Details below)
Check out this discussion of new work by UMass Boston Econ Faculty @kerenhorn.bsky.social and #IlariaDAngelis!
Check out this discussion of new work by UMass Boston Econ Faculty @kerenhorn.bsky.social and #IlariaDAngelis!
More from @jfcogliano.bsky.social on exploitation as a measure of inequality: bsky.app/profile/jfco...
UMass Boston Econ faculty @jfcogliano.bsky.social sat down with @ineteconomics.bsky.social to discuss his work on exploitation & inequality. See the interview below & a short thread on how exploitation highlights aspects of inequality that conventional approaches miss. #exploitation #inequality
Reminder: our next department seminar is next Wednesday, December 10 at 11:15am. Details below.
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, December 10 at 11:15am with Cody Cook (Yale University). Cody is presenting "The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City". (Details below)
A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
Reminder: our next department seminar is tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 12) at 11:15am. Details below.
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, November 12 at 11:15am with Amanda Pallais (Harvard University). Amanda is presenting "Inefficient Social Disconnection". (Details below)
Very excited my paper (co-authored with Roberto Veneziani), "Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis" is forthcoming in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This paper develops an agent-based computational model (ABM) of (1/n)
Quick reminder that we are hiring in health economics! Review of applications begins November 15. JOE ad linked below.
Reminder: our next department seminar is tomorrow, Oct. 22 at 11:15am. Details below.
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, October 22 at 11:15am with David McMillon (Emory University). David is presenting "Does Racial Hierarchy Really Harm Everyone? Relative Racial Status Resentment and the Economics of Reparative Reforms". (Details below)
We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Reminder: our first department seminar of the year is tomorrow, Oct. 1 at 11:15am. Details below.
One area this article highlights where need for economists will continue to grow seems to be in experiments on where AI is improving productivity. Anyone in my network working in this field and want to come talk to my students? 🙏 #AppliedEconMA @umassboston.bsky.social @umassbostonecon.bsky.social
Our first department seminar of the year is next Wednesday, October 1 at 11:15am with Patricia Cortés (Boston University). Patricia is presenting "Making Information Stick: Evidence from Correcting Misperceptions toward Paternity Leave-Taking in Japan". (Details below)
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