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Villa and Valaitis Win 2018 Society for Computational Economics Best Student Paper
Friday, June 22, 2018Ph.D. students Alessandro Villa and Vytautas Valaitis have won the 2018 Society for Computational Economics (SCE) best graduate student paper contest. They received recognition and a 1,500-euro cash award at the Computing in Economics and Finance Conference in Milan, Italy. The contest... Read More »
Professor Peter Arcidiacono Provides Expert Analysis for Nonprofit’s Lawsuit Against Harvard
Tuesday, June 19, 2018Does Harvard discriminate against Asian-American applicants? Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit representing Asian Americans who were denied admission to Harvard, thinks so. SFFA filed a lawsuit against the Ivy League school in 2014 and has since filed motion for summary... Read More »
A Better Way to Talk About Education
Friday, June 8, 2018Education Week
Americans want more out of the education system than children who are good test-takers. But how? Professor Emeritus Helen F. Ladd writes that the first step toward discussing trade-offs and making wise policy decisions is a common vocabulary for talking about them.
Duke Students Share Skills With a Rural Mexican Community to Strengthen Ecotourism
Tuesday, June 5, 2018Duke University Interdisciplinary Studies
Last summer undergraduate Matheus Dias (B.S. '19) traveled to Playa Grande, Mexico as part of an interdisciplinary team to help a rural Mexican community develop a renewable energy strategy and a business plan for sustainable ecotourism. They have generated two reports with recommendations.
Everyone Is Missing a Key Reason the U.S. Birth Rate Is Declining
Tuesday, May 29, 2018Huffington Post
“To the extent that some women would want to be mothers if it was financially viable, but don’t want to risk good careers or poverty, that’s not a free choice,” said Professor Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat. “Women are painted into a corner.”
Democrats' Next Big Thing: Government-Guaranteed Jobs
Thursday, May 24, 2018The New York Times
Prominent Democratic leaders have been embracing the idea of government-sponsored employment. Professor William A. Darity, Jr. is among a handful of liberal researchers who have revived and promoted a job guarantee in recent years.
Federal Tax Cuts Won't Boost Worker's Wages — Here's Why
Monday, May 21, 2018The Hill
A new working paper co-authored by Professor Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato finds that state corporate tax cuts do not boost workers' wages; rather, they lead to increased income inequality. These state-level trends do not bode well for the new federal tax cuts, write Suárez Serrato... Read More »
Duke Economics Celebrates the Class of 2018
Monday, May 14, 2018Duke University awarded more than 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees during its annual commencement ceremony Sunday, May 13. About 13,000 family, friends, and guests traveled to Durham to celebrate the class of 2018. Immediately following the university’s event, the... Read More »
Senior Chinmay Pandit Wins 2018 DFE Leadership Award
Wednesday, May 9, 2018Economics and political science double major Chinmay Pandit (B.S. ’18) has been named the recipient of the 2018 Duke Financial Economics Center (DFE) Leadership Award. This award, given by the DFE faculty, was established in 2011 to recognize seniors who have demonstrated outstanding initiative,... Read More »
V. Joseph Hotz Elected as Society of Labor Economists Fellow
Monday, May 7, 2018Professor V. Joseph Hotz has been named a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE). The honorary title is given to those who have made “contributions of unusual distinction” to the field of labor economics. Among these contributions are Hotz’s work with former colleague Robert Miller (... Read More »