Daniel Shoag, PhD
A newly passed U.S. law—based on research and advocacy by Daniel Shoag, associate professor of economics,—establishes a practice known as “banning the box” as federal policy for hundreds of thousands of public and private jobs.
Ettore Fantin, Keniece Gray and Vedang Kothari are recognized as rising young leaders in the community.
Three Weatherhead Alumni Named to Crain's Twenty in Their 20s List
The awards recognize faculty members who have been exemplars in researching, teaching and service.
Weatherhead Announces 2019 Faculty Award Recipients
‹›The Economics Department is a center for sophisticated teaching and research in applied microeconomics, management, and public policy. Our research and teaching interests range from core issues in micro and macroeconomics to international economics, health economics, incentive design and behavioral economics, negotiation and conflict resolution, and the economics of technological change.
Our faculty combine insights from modern economic theory with a close study of institutional detail, including novel sources of data such as administrative records and cooperative experiments with firms or governments. Several members of the faculty have been cited in scholarly work more than 1,500 times. In addition, faculty have designed experiments with local governments and non-governmental organizations to improve service delivery in health and education in South Asia, Latin America, the U.S., and Europe. The department cultivates a stimulating intellectual environment for students and faculty, and each semester, top scholars from around the country are invited to present research in our Markets, Organizations, and Public Policy Seminar Series. This series provides a glimpse of the frontiers of economic research to invigorate our core studies—ranked #5 (undergraduate microeconomics) and #7 (undergraduate macroeconomics) in the nation in 2012 by Businessweek. Meanwhile, faculty contribute to the public conversation on economics and are frequently quoted in important media sources such as National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and The New Republic.
Why study economics?
The American Economic Association’s video, “A career in Economics…it’s much more than you think,” shows the diverse career options in economics.
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Mark Votruba is the recipient of the 20th Annual Arrow Award from the International Health Economics Association in 2013
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