Duke Economics Ph.D. student Chelsea Garber has been named a recipient of the 2020 Dean’s Awards by the Graduate School. The award recognizes “outstanding efforts in mentoring, teaching, and creating an inclusive environment for graduate education at Duke.” Garber was shocked to learn she had received the award. "I remember last year reading about the recipients and they were very impressive people." But Garber's background is also impressive. “I've been like a lifelong Duke fan,” said Garber, who grew up in the… read more about Ph.D. Student Wins Prestigious Teaching Award »
A review of professor Peter Arcidiacono's paper regarding Harvard's admissions practices regarding athletes and legacy students. read more about Ethical College Admissions: Harvard's Preferences »
New research from professor Robert Garlick suggests that using LinkedIn can help some job-seekers get a job. read more about Duke Study Shows How LinkedIn Helps Job-Seekers Get a leg Up »
Professor Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato's research leads the annual Minority Report, the AEA’s Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession, the National Economic Association, and the American Society of Hispanic Economists. Suárez Serrato's research looks at how census questions can have implications on federal spending, and how this can have an adverse effect as a result of undercounts and errors. read more about The Minority Report: How Errors in Census Counts Affect Federal Spending »
Vox Dev features new research by professors Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Xu, and PhD student Xian Jiang regarding the impact of China's VAT reform. read more about China’s 2009 VAT Reform and Lumpy Investment Behaviour »
The Graduate School has announced the recipients of its 2020 Dean's Awards, which recognize outstanding efforts in mentoring, teaching, and creating an inclusive environment for graduate education at Duke. The recipients will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, March 25. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring Faculty William Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Jennifer Roizen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry David Wong, Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer… read more about 10 Dean’s Awards Recipients Named for 2020 »
Ph.D. student Chelsea Garber was named as one of three outstanding teachers at Duke, and was awarded the 2020 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Garber is a 6th-year doctoral candidate and studies public and urban economics. read more about Ph.D. Student Chelsea Garber Named Top Instructor in 2020 Dean's Awards »
Duke Economics professor Peter Arcidiacono has been named as one of the top education scholars in the United States by American Enterprise Institute director of education policy studies and Education Week blogger Frederick M. Hess. The ranking was released Wednesday, January 8. Coming in at #152 on the list, Arcidiacono specializes in research involving applied microeconomics, applied economics, and labor economics, with a focus on education and discrimination. Most recently, his work… read more about Professor Peter Arcidiacono Recognized for Contribution to U.S. Education Policy Research »
Duke Economics professor Peter Arcidiacono has been named as one of the top education scholars in the United States by American Enterprise Institute director of education policy studies and Education Week blogger Frederick M. Hess. The ranking was released Wednesday, January 8. Coming in at #152 on the list, Arcidiacono specializes in research involving applied microeconomics, applied economics, and labor economics, with a focus on education and discrimination. Most recently, his work has… read more about Professor Peter Arcidiacono Recognized for Contribution to U.S. Education Policy Research »
Professor Charles Becker weighs in on what Durham will look like in 20 years. Becker currently teaches an urban and real estate economics course that focuses on Durham. read more about 2040 Vision: What Will Durham Look Like in 2040? »
San Diego, California. Land of sun, surf, and…economists? That’s right, it’s that time of year. The annual ASSA meeting will be held January 3 - 5, 2020. Duke faculty and graduate students will be presenting or participating as chairs, co-authors, discussants, and panelists, while Ph.D job market candidates will be interviewing for jobs throughout the weekend. Below is a list of work authored or co-authored by Duke Economics faculty and students: Who Runs the AEA? Leadership Hierarchy in American Postwar… read more about Duke Econ Faculty and Graduate Students to Attend Annual ASSA Meeting in San Diego »
2019 is coming to a close, and Duke Economics is celebrating milestones for several faculty and staff in the department. In 2019, Pietro Peretto celebrated 25 years at Duke. Faculty and staff celebrating 20 years at Duke are Peter Arcidiacono, Amy Clayton, Connel Fullenkamp, and Thomas Nechyba. Peretto joined Economics in 1994, when the population of the department was much smaller than it is now. “I remember we had this faculty retreat, and it was a big soul searching exercise in which we add to look at… read more about Duke Economics Celebrates Milestones for Faculty and Staff »
Professor Vincent Conitzer was recently recognized as one of 58 professionals that has made substantive contributions to the field of computing technology. read more about Professor Vincent Conitzer Recognized by Association for Computing Machinery »
Companies are using different tactics when it comes to interviewing students. DFE teaching director Emma Rasiel is helping students prepare for these unconventional interviews. read more about Duke Students Tackle Interviews Involving Artificial Intelligence »
DURHAM, N.C. -- Five Duke University students and alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars, a program that funds one year of study in Beijing, China.Seniors Charles Berman of Durham, North Carolina, and Max Labaton of Washington, D.C., were named Schwarzman Scholars. They join 2019 Duke graduates Yunjie Lai of Chongquing, China, and Kevin Zheng of Glenelg, Maryland, and 2017 graduate Steven Soto of Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the Schwarzman Class of 2021. They are among 145 scholars chosen from more than 4,700… read more about Five From Duke Named Schwarzman Scholars »
Professor Steve Medema's new book on this history of several topics in economics is available this month. read more about Steve Medema's New Book Offers Concise Discussions of Economics Topics »
The exploration the public lives of the “first ladies” of America’s Christian evangelical megachurches and an intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life in Appalachia are among the new noteworthy books by Duke authors this fall. Many of the books, including new editions of previous titles, can be found on the "Duke Authors" display shelves near the circulation desk in Perkins Library. Some are available as e-books for quick download. Most can also be purchased through the Gothic Bookshop. [Duke Today will… read more about Fall Books: Clean Hands, Aging Brains, Evangelical Women and Other Great Reads »
Reasearch done by professor Connel Fullenkamp and co-authors look at how much whales are worth and what kind of impact they have on the environment (and the economy). read more about Living Whales are Worth an Enormous Amount of Money »
Professor Sandy Darity talks with NPR about the importance of paying reparations for slavery, which two seminaries have recently committed to doing. read more about With Plans To Pay Slavery Reparations, Two Seminaries Prompt A Broader Debate »
Professor Emma Rasiel is quoted in an article about HireVue, a video job hiring system that many employers are using to interview applicants. Rasiel talks about how Duke Economics is preparing students for these interviews and how they can present themselves in the best light. read more about A Face-Scanning Algorithm Increasingly Decides Whether You Deserve the Job »
President Trump is known for his provacative and often inflammatory tweets, raging against everything from movie stars to the Federal Reserve. Is it possible these tweets actually have an impact on monetary policy? How are people perceiving the effects of these tweets on monetary policy? A new NBER paper by professor Francesco Bianchi and co-authors Howard Kung and Thilo Kind (both of London Business School), found that, “The consistent pressure applied by President Trump to pursue more expansionary monetary… read more about Duke Econ Professor Explores Link Between President Trump's Tweets and the Perception of Central Bank Independence »
Ph.D. alumna Margaux Luflade ('18) was named one of the first Saieh Family Fellows in Economics at the University of Chicago. The postdoctoral fellowship "offers early-career economists who have completed their doctorates an opportunity to explore research interests and to further develop their analytical skills in a highly collaborative, intellectual environment." read more about Ph.D. Alumna Named Saieh Family Fellow in Economics »
A new paper by professor Erica Field and co-authors examines the apparent gender gap when it comes to entrepreneurship. "In dual-entrepreneur households, where both a husband and wife have their own separate businesses, many women invest the money into their husband’s more profitable enterprise rather than their own. So, the woman’s business doesn’t benefit from an influx of capital into the household. But when female entrepreneurs have the only business in the home, their returns on that capital are comparable to men." read more about Give Women Credit »
Associate Professor of Economics Erica Field and a colleague from Yale discuss a series of experiments in India that provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women. Read the full article on VoxDev. read more about Give women credit »
Professors Christopher Timmins and Marcos Rangel are part of a group that have received a collaboratory grant to assist with researching issues that affect North Carolina and beyond. Their group will be looking at the effects of housing insecurity on childhood development, in Durham specifically. They hope to come up with policy solutions that will alleviate any associated harms. read more about Four Groups of Duke Faculty Receive Collaboratory Grants for Research on Issues Affecting North Carolina and Global Communities »
Could whales help save the planet? Research by professor Connel Fullenkamp suggests they could play a big role in mitigating climate risk. read more about Nature's Solution to Climate Change »
Paper co-authored by Economics Professor Francesco Bianchi discusses how President Trump's comments impact the Federal Reserve's credibility with investors. Read the full article in Forbes. read more about How Trump's Tweets Killed The Fed's Credibility »
A new working paper by professor Francesco Bianchi and co-authors is quoted by The Hutchins Roundup, which looks at how households respond to changes in monetary policy. read more about Hutchins Roundup: Households Respond to Monetary Policy Announcements, Deflation Bias, and More »
Katie Cassedy had only planned to do a semester at University College Dublin (UCD), but once she was there, she realized she had to stay the entire academic year. The economics major, who plans to graduate in spring 2020, realized in October that a semester wasn’t going to be enough. “Once October hit, I called my mom and said, ‘I said I have to stay. I love it here. It's awesome.’” Thanks to some help from Director of Undergraduate Studies Connel Fullenkamp, Katie was able to make a year away work for her academic plan.… read more about For One Econ Major, Personal and Academic Fulfillment Comes from a Year in Ireland »
Duke Economics is excited to welcome Fernando Saltiel as Postdoctoral Associate for the 2019-2020 school year. Saltiel grew up in Argentina, where he lived until he was 14. He then moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where he spent the next 15 years of his life. Saltiel credits his childhood in Argentina as giving him an interest in economics from a young age. “Growing up in Argentina, I unfortunately lived through various economic crises, which piqued my interest in understanding the causes behind these crises,”… read more about Duke Economics Welcomes Postdoctoral Associate Fernando Saltiel »