Amanda Kowalski has been awarded the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for her outstanding scholarship in social sciences.  In an email sent to Kowalski from Alan Gerber, one of the committee members, he said “The committee was extremely impressed with your …

Rohini Pande has been awarded the 2022 Infosys Prize for Social Science, among the largest awards in India recognizing excellence in science and research. The prize was announced in a  press conference  in Bangalore, streamed live on November 15, 2022.  …

The COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating economic impact has intensified the need for timely and reliable economic data. A team of social scientists led by Nobel Prize-winning Yale economist William Nordhaus has pioneered a new approach to appraising the state …

The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics has announced that the Econometric Society will return to Yale after more than 32 years. The business and editorial offices will once again operate under the 30 Hillhouse Avenue roof.  Seen as one of the most …

By Michael Cummings Yale economist Ebonya Washington draws her research ideas from the real world. A newspaper article, an observation while riding the bus, or an interaction at a store can raise questions worthy of analysis, she says. Not long after she …

Yale economist Marina Halac is breaking barriers in a traditionally male-dominated field.  In 2016 — seven years out of graduate school — Halac won the Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded biennially by the American Economic Association to recognize …

When Yale economist Joseph Shapiro was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about a decade ago, he attempted a cost-benefit analysis of the 1972 Clean Water Act — the federal law governing water quality in the country’s rivers, …

The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics is excited to announce that Samuel Kortum has been appointed as Director for a three-year term starting summer 2023. Professor Kortum brings a wealth of research experience to the Foundation, and his …

By Mike Cummings Yale and Columbia economists are building a massive dataset to better understand the role immigrants played in transforming the United States from its rural origins into a global economic power. The researchers will merge individual level …

By Mike Cummings Fresh out of graduate school, economist Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D. began collaborating with Jonathan Eaton ’73 M.A., ’76 Ph.D. while both were on the faculty of Boston University. Kortum, now the James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics …

By Mike Cummings Yale economist and Cowles staff member Costas Meghir spoke to Yale News about this ongoing research, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Yale economist and Cowles Staff Member Costas Meghir has a children’s picture book in …