News

Three graduate students in the economics department (Tatiana Hiller, Francisco Pizzi, and Maria Ines Badín) have been named National Tax Association (NTA) fellows. They have received funding to present their research at the NTA annual conference in Boston in November, and their photos and bios have been posted to the NTA website.

Professor of Economics Òscar Jordà has been appointed as Fellow of the Econometric Society. Election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society is a recognition of important scientific contributions to Economics.

Professor of Economics and Department Chair Marianne Bitler was a coauthor on a recently released report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The report ("Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty") provides a comprehensive assessment of the temporary tax credit expansions’ impacts as well as alternative policy options to reduce child poverty.

Associate Professor of Economics Ina Simonovska has been appointed to the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors for the State of California. Ina Simonovska is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has research interests in International Trade, Macro and Finance.
 

Economics Ph.D. student Denis Sosinsky and U.C. Berkeley Professor Michael Reich find that the recent increase in the fast food restaurant chain worker California minimum hourly wage to $20 had little effect on the price of hamburgers. For the study click here 

Chris Meissner has a new paper that obtains and analyzes detailed historical data to conclude that the high tarriffs of the late 1800's did little to help the United States become a globally competitive manufacturer. For the paper click here. For media mentions click here.

Professor of Teaching Janine Wilson was recognized by the U.C. Davis campus as the 2024 Outstanding Faculty Advisor, an annual award given to only one faculty member (https://academicadvising.ucdavis.edu/recognition). The award recognizes her work as Undergraduate Chair in the Department of Economics, and also her contributions to the wider campus community.

Giovanni Peri has been appointed the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics at the University of California, Davis. This is in recognition of his outstanding reputation for research on the labor market dynamics of migration and for his teaching and mentorship.

Professor James Bushnell's research in energy economics was profiled by the Energy institute at Haas. See https://haas.berkeley.edu/energy-institute/about/announcements/announce…

Econofact has a podcast in which Professor Christopher Meissner puts the current level of international trade, the depth of global capital markets, and immigration in historical context, drawing on his new book One From the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850. Here is the link to the podcast: https://econofact.org/podcast/a-brief-history-of-globalization