🆕 Childhood vaccinations have transformative lifelong benefits Richard Daramola (@SCFnow), Md Shahadath Hossain (@UH_Econ), Harounan Kazianga (@SpearsBusiness) & Karim Nchare (@VanderbiltEcon) study a mass vaccination campaign in Burkina Faso:

Congratulations @somdeepc. Proud moment to see our alumni doing well.

Full circle moment—returning to where it all began at @UH_Econ. It was a joy to meet so many bright, driven students and reconnect with my professors, whose warmth and encouragement meant the world. Grateful for the roots that shaped my journey! @NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool

Big thanks to @Prof_Nishith_P for stopping by @UH_Econ this morning to share his wisdom on the academic job market, sparking research ideas, and doing impactful work. Our PhD students left inspired and better prepared. Proud to welcome back such an accomplished alum!

Post-defense smiles ! Congratulations to @AngeloSant0s pictured here with his advisors @ChinhuiJuhn , Yona Rubinstein , @willafriedman and @behrmanjere (@Penn). Angelo will join @PennPSC for a postdoc.

Shoutout to Emilio Cesar Espino (@utditella ) as he concludes his semester long visit during which he taught half of 1st yr PhD Macro 2, a mini-course on International Macro, presented his research at our macro seminar and met with PhD students and faculty.

Congratulations to @YujieZhangEcon on defending her thesis on natural disasters and human capital. She will be joining @PennPSC for a postdoc ! Here, she is pictured with her committee @ElaineLiuEcon, Aimee Chin, and virtually with @fanwangecon & @mahmudminhaj (@ADB_HQ)

Second time at #PAA Again learned so much, met amazing researchers, and was thrilled to receive feedback from professors whose work I’ve long admired! #PAA2025

The 2024-25 Dr. Walter J. Primeaux Jr. and Natalie A. Primeaux Scholarship is being awarded to Sterre Kuipers & @jarive29. This scholarship is awarded by the Graduate Committee to the 4th yr student whose research is most promising and has made most progress. Congratulations !

Congratulations to @Ladys_gw on defending her thesis last Friday ! She will be joining @PennPSC for a postdoc. Here, she is pictured with @willafriedman and Aimee Chin, (members of her 4 member committee also including @fanwangecon and Sharon Wolf (@penn) )

Giovanni shared preliminary results from new work (with @andreamatranga & @Marta_TroyaM) on the labor market effects of mafia members taking over leadership positions in labor unions in the US.

Jon presented his work(w @fab_perri and Andrew Atkeson) that aims to reconcile empirical observation of volatile stock market valuations with a stable capital stock within a macroeconomic model. They use a new Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts dataset developed by BEA and FRB.

This week, we hosted @Jonheathcote (@MinneapolisFed) for the Macro seminar and @gmastrob at the Applied Micro Seminar.

The Dept's 2025 Best PhD Workshop Presentation Award is being awarded to @sebinbn. This includes a nomination and funding to present at the SEA conference in Tampa this November. Congratulations ! Funding comes from a generous gift by our alumnus @santosh_econ (PhD ’09).

This week at our Applied Micro Seminar, we hosted Professor Ellen Meara, who shared insights on recent trends in midlife mortality in the US.

This week, we had Gregorio Caetano & @carolcaetanoUGA visit for the micro seminar. Gregorio presented new work on the gender gap in children's chores & its impact on skills. @carolcaetanoUGA gave a lecture on the bunching-based identification strategy used in that paper.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching the many presentations by researchers from @UTAustinEcon @RiceEcon @UH_Econ @TAMUECON @DallasFed, as well as interacting with them over breaks, dinner, breakfast... and s'mores!

@fanwangecon @RiceEcon @sebinbn @__SwatiSingh__ @DavidPapell @Ladys_gw Thanks to all our neighbors from @UTAustinEcon, @RiceEcon, @SMUEconDept , @TAMUECON , @DallasFed, @SamHoustonState , and @Stata for attending/presenting their own research.

We presented three papers this year 1. Bent Sorensen presented joint work with @fanwangecon and Adi Zytek (a @RiceEcon undergrad). 2. @sebinbn presented joint work with @__SwatiSingh__ & @DavidPapell 3. @Ladys_gw presented her JMP

Few of our PhD students and faculty attended the 28th Annual Texas Camp Econometrics held at Burnet, TX last weekend and hosted by @UTAustinEcon. The conference that circles b/w few Economics departments in TX is an opportunity to network and learn from our neighbors.