The Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia is a global centre for research & hands-on learning about pressing economic issues. 🇨🇦
Meet Dr. Nathan Nunn, who officially joins
@UBC
as Professor today. After making a name for himself at Harvard, Dr. Nunn returns to where he first taught - right here at UBC. Our faculty, staff & students are thrilled to have such a renowned economist join the VSE! 🎉
Meet the incoming 2021-2022 PhD Cohort at the Vancouver School of Economics! 🎉 We’re thrilled to have them join the
@UBC
community & look forward to celebrating their many successes. Learn more about the cohort & their fields of study here:
#EconTwitter
Meet the incoming 2022-2023 PhD cohort at the Vancouver School of Economics! 🎉 We’re thrilled to have them join the
@UBC
community & look forward to celebrating their many successes. Learn more about the cohort & their fields of study here:
#EconTwitter
🚨 NOW HIRING: The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research at the VSE is recruiting 5 full-time pre-docs/research assistants to start this summer. A great opportunity for those considering a PhD in Economics. More info here:
#EconJobs
@econ_ra
We're happy to announce three new hires, marking the end of a very successful recruiting year. Join us in welcoming Ying Gao, Charlie Rafkin (
@CharlieRafkin
), and Miguel Ortiz (
@mortiz217
) to Vancouver, and to UBC! Article:
Tiago Bonomo's (
@tiagobonomo
) job market research focuses on the health consequences of fires in the Brazilian Amazon, and whether access to public healthcare services can play a role in mitigating potential adverse effects.
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I guess if
@ubcprez
has advertised it, it is now public information. I have been holding my breath for some weeks now to say how happy I am that
@DrNathanNunn
is joining us at
@ubcVSE
. I can’t think of anyone better to foster work here on development, pol economy and history
📚 Interested in studying economics at the graduate level in Canada 🇨🇦? Join a virtual information session for the MA & PhD programs at the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC!
#CdnPSE
Monday, October 25 | 11 AM PDT | Register here:
Congratulations to VSE’s Dr. Réka Juhász (
@juhreka13
) and Oxford’s Dr. Nathan Lane (
@straightedge
) for receiving a transformative grant from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation (
@SloanFoundation
) to expand The Industrial Policy Group. Read about the award here:
Prof.
@CesiCruz
often studies how politicians cheat elections, but one her latest working papers focuses on gender, social recognition and women’s political influence.
#WomenInPolitics
Thrilled to announce a $1M gift from Dominic Barton to establish an endowed fellowship for international PhD students. The John & Barbara Barton Fellowship in Economics supports budding economists from the around the world pursue graduate studies at UBC.
Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2022 PhD job market candidates! Our candidates also include a post-doc JMC & a former student on the market. View here:
#EconTwitter
#EconJobMarket
🧵
Alejandro Rojas-Bernal (
@alejandro_econ
), explores how variations in income and consumption affect aggregate misallocation and total factor productivity in his job market paper "Inequality and Misallocation under Production Networks"
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Sebastian Gomez is a macroeconomist specializing in household finance. His job market paper is titled 'Financial Literacy, Shocks, and Portfolio Adjustments.'
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Deivis Angeli's work is primarily in Behavioral & Experimental Economics. His Job Market Paper uses four experiments to understand how expected discrimination affects jobseekers in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.
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Congratulations to Denis Kojevnikov who received the 2023
@JEconometrics
Zellner Award, together with
@vadimmarmer
& Kyungchul Song, for the best theory paper in the journal:
Limit theorems for network dependent random variables
👏🏽👏🏽
@PaulaAureo
Congratulations to
@UBC
Prof.
@ClaudFerraz
, recently elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
@EconometricSoc
! He is the fourth VSE faculty member to receive the honour.
To help create the Canada Child Benefit, VSE Prof.
@kevinmilligan
pulled from his research & lent his economic expertise to the federal government. Read more about the consulting role he played w/ the CCB in an extended Q&A here:
#CdnEcon
For alumna Carla Colina Cortez (BIE’21), the Bachelor of International Economics program was an opportunity to use the scientific method to satisfy her deep curiousity of the world. She applies the same techniques now as a research pro at
@ChicagoBooth
👩🎓🌍💡🇵🇪
#EconTwitter
Each year, our Honours students present their capstone research in a poster session to faculty, staff, alumni, & students at the end of the term.
#COVID19
means we’re taking this year’s poster session online. We’d like to highlight some of the students’ work here.. (1/10)
Allen Peters is an environmental and industrial organization economist. His job market research is on the role of capital turnover in determining CO2 emissions from bulk shipping.
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Yige Duan (
@ygduan
) studies labor, urban, and public economics. His job market paper examines the scarring effect of job displacement on workers' commuting costs to subsequent jobs.
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us for the 2020 Canadian Economic Theory Conference, hosted by the VSE!
#CETC2020
will stream talks May 8 – 9 with speakers across 4 continents, including from
#UBC
. More info: & register here:
#EconTwitter
🇵🇪📚 For Peruvian & Latin American students pursuing postgraduate studies, join us next February for an online camp with the Lima School of Economics
@UDEP
. Study econometrics, mathematics & microeconomics at a master’s level with expert faculty. Info:
En colaboración con
@ubcVSE
, del 1 al 25 de febrero de 2021, Lima School of Economics llevará a cabo el "Micro, Math and Metrics Online Camp".
Este programa es ideal para aquellos que pronto iniciarán estudios de posgrado en Economía.
EVENT: Join us on Sept. 16 for the 2022 Woodward Lecture — New Findings From the World Inequality Report. Hear from UC Berkeley economist Dr. Emmanuel Saez as he shares his insights on global inequalities. No registration required. More details here:
We are pleased to announce that Paul Beaudry of
@ubcVSE
@UBC
has been appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada. He begins his new role with us on February 18, 2019:
Sam (
@samgyetvay
) studies labor economics. His job market paper studies how worker-firm sorting affects the wage effects of immigration using matched employer-employee data from Germany.
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⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐
Do the events of the Spanish Civil War still influence Spain’s social attitudes?
@felipev84
@ubcVSE
& Ana Tur-Prats
@ucmerced
tell
@timsvengali
@cepr_org
about war’s long shadow.
Listen & subscribe:
🚨 New
#EconRA
Job Opportunity for
#EconTwitter
🚨
The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER) at UBC in Vancouver, Canada is looking to hire 3 full-time pre-doc fellow/research assistants. For more details, click here:
@econ_ra
Happy holidays from the Vancouver School of Economics! We're back on January 4. Classes begin on January 4 or 10, 2022, depending on the program. See you in the new year! ❄️
Today kicks off the CfPE Conference at the VSE & the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research, a 2-day event uniting a global group of researchers to discuss topics like electoral turnovers, nation-building, polarization & more. Learn more: 🌎📚📈
Congratulations to VSE PhD student Jasmine Hao, this year's winner of the
@bankofcanada
's Graduate Student Paper Award! Jasmine's paper focused on collusive price fixing in the Chilean pharmaceutical industry. Learn more about her win & paper here:
Feliz de fazer parte deste fantástico grupo de colunistas no
@JornalOGlobo
e contribuir para o debate nestes tempos difíceis. Escreverei uma coluna mensal aos sábados, começo de mês. Continuarei com minha coluna no
@NexoJornal
, mais extensa
@ubcVSE
@PUCRioEconomia
@JPAL_LAC
Our 2021 cohort from the Bachelor of International Economics program graduated from
@UBC
today! From Brazil to Singapore to Ukraine to Canada & beyond, congratulations to our new BIE grads!
#UBCgrad
🎓 🎉
A big congratulations to Dr. Mauricio Drelichman on his prize-winning article! 🎉 Learn more about the work recognized by the Spanish Economic History Association in the thread below! 👇 For Spanish readers, more prize info here:
Honoured to be named the recipient of the
@_AEHE
2021 Earl J. Hamilton Prize (ex-aequo with
@ejorgesotelo
) for our work with
@DavidGonzlezAg2
on gender wage gaps in early modern Toledo.
🏫 A new working paper by our faculty focuses on COVID-19 & the economic importance of K-12 schooling. The researchers argue the education system's size & centrality are critical to the overall economy. Read it here:
Sejin Ahn's research is in Labour, Education, and Urban Economics. In her job market paper, she studies the impact of school attendance boundary changes on students' educational and labour market outcomes.
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👀 We spot a lot of our amazing faculty members on this list! Congratulations to Dr.
@pbaylis
, Dr.
@cesicruz
, Dr.
@claudferraz
, Dr. Victor Couture, Dr. Vadim Marmer & Dr. Giovanni Gallipoli on their exciting funded projects! 🎉
🚨Job posting in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦🚨 Now hiring 3 research assistants for exciting work taking place at the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research, 2020-21. More info here:
#EconTwitter
The Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics recognizes theoretical and applied contributions to the development or use of economic statistics in Canada. Congratulations to this year's award winner: David Green (
@ubcVSE
).
A career-ending injury as a ballerina led Chihiro Tanigawa to find a new passion in international economics at UBC. She graduated with a Bachelor of International Economics degree earlier this year. Now a Harvard grad student, Chihiro talks about why she chose the BIE program.
VIDEO: “A well-functioning place takes good people & makes them more than the sum of their parts & that’s what the VSE is”: Prof. Patrick Francois, our new Director
@UBC
@UBC_Arts
#EconJobMarket
candidate Arkadev Ghosh’s paper implements a field experiment to understand whether the effects of religious diversity on productivity & worker attitudes depend on a firm’s production technology. Profile: 📝:
"if an ounce of HIV prevention is worth a pound of cure, an ounce of long-term birth control for women is worth a ton":
#UBC
's
@MarinaAdshade
w/
@NikoMBell
Jobs: we got ‘em! The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research here at the VSE is hiring full-time research assistants/interns. A great opportunity for those considering a PhD in economics. Target deadline is April 15. More info here:
#EconJobs
On March 3, the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER) hosts a virtual discussion with the BC Basic Income Panel - expert economists from
@UBC
,
@SFU
&
@UCalgary
- tasked with studying the viability of a basic income in B.C. Register now:
Approx. 65 students from around the world graduate from the Bachelor of International Economics program at
@UBC
next month. While COVID-19 disrupted their final semester, these new grads are determined to not let it wholly define their BIE experience, or their futures. A thread..
To better understand Canada's path to economic recovery, UBC researchers have documented the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market & discuss policy design going forward.
Read their paper in a special Canadian Public Policy issue:
A big congratulations to our very own Prof. Emerita Margaret Slade, named one of 46 new Fellows to the highly prestigious Econometric Society. Slade is the sole new Fellow from a Canadian institution.
@UBC
is lucky to count her among its faculty.
The VSE boasts an unrivalled collaborative spirit, says
@UBC
Prof. David Green, who ends his term as the School's director this summer. Read more in a Q&A with him here:
B.C. carbon tax has drivers buy & drive more fuel-efficient cars, reduces gas consumption: research by VSE faculty affiliates;
@UBCSauderSchool
's Prof. Antewiler &
@ubcLFS
' Prof. Gulati
We look forward to seeing you at our International Women's Day Seminar tomorrow (March 8th) at 12:00 PM (Pacific), 4:30 PM (NFLD)!
It's not too late to register:
Join us to learn more about development economics and female empowerment!
.
@UBC
has some of the world’s most brilliant economists, but did you know they’re also great bakers? 🍞 Some of our faculty members spent the Easter weekend baking. Here’s a collection of their finest creations (L-R: Spelt bread, dark rye, pandesal, & cinnamon buns)
#EconTwitter
📄
#TBT
: Remember the global toilet paper shortage last year? UBC economist
@shunya_noda
has co-authored a paper that analyzes panic buying & it outlines what governments can do to curb stockpiling in the future.
Read more here👇
EVENT: Next Tuesday, Oct. 4, VSE’s Dr. Claudio Ferraz (
@claudferraz
) is part of a
@HarvardDRCLAS
panel discussion on Brazil's election results, alongside speakers from the University of Sao Paolo & Harvard. Join the event virtually & register here: 🇧🇷🗳️
OP ED: Vancouver will have invested at least $10.5 million in Mobi, money that could have been better used elsewhere:
#UBC
VSE students via
@VancouverSun
#vanpoli
#cdnecon
Thank you to the
@BankofCanada
's Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins for visiting Prof.
@MarinaAdshade
's ECON351 - Women in the Economy class this morning. Our students are grateful for the opportunity & the inspiration!
Congratulations to Daniel Trefler
@rotmanschool
and Jesse Perla
@ubcVSE
, the recipients of the 2021 Fellowship Program Awards! The awards recognize outstanding researchers in fields related to our core functions. 📚 🏆
#cdnecon
VIDEO: VSE’s Dr. Felipe Valencia Caicedo (
@felipev84
) talks about economic persistence & his research on inequality in Brazil & beyond in a panel discussion
@the_IDB
#EconTwitter
Pedro Américo's (
@PdrAmerico
) job market paper shows the role of railways in fostering technology adoption and industrialization in Brazil between the mid-19th and 20th centuries. Profile: 📝:
Congrats to VSE Prof. Matt Lowe (
@hmmlowe
), who recently won a
@CESifoGroup
award for his paper on cricket players & caste integration in India!
#UBC
🏆 The Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER) has awarded 21 research projects small grants funding. From projects on corporate innovation to moral philosophy to COVID-19 information in Tanzania, congratulations to all of our recipients!
In addition to being a great place to work, study, and learn, turns out the VSE's Iona Building makes for a great stand-in for doggos-go-to-Hogwarts photoshoots. 🐶🧙
Midterms got you down? Although they can't take the tests for you, we hope this furry duo will bring a smile to your face!
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(Thank you to photographer @ little.wolf.parade and dog-owner @ aegis.and.friends for this adorable shot)
Mahdi’s paper proposes a method for solving high-dimensional dynamic problems. The curse of dimensionality alleviated by: exploiting symmetry in the value function; concentration of measures to calculate expectations. Profile: 📝:
Gains from trade are at the heart of economics. But can information manipulation get in the way? Join us next Friday on Zoom for our virtual seminar series feat.
@Stanford
's Gabriel Carroll. Open to all. Register here:
#EconTwitter
67 students from around the world graduated from the Bachelor of International Economics program
@UBC
today. From Denmark to Sri Lanka to Japan to Canada & beyond, congratulations to our 2020 BIE grads!
#UBCgrad
Congrats to Kit, who graduated with a Bachelor of International Economics degree today. And served as valedictorian! Kit’s headed to India for a year to do research & continue her passion for development economics.
#UBCGrad
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! In honour of
#iwd2021
, we wanted to highlight some of the excellent work of a few of our faculty members at the Vancouver School of Economics. 🧵A thread..
Prof. Siu on
@PnPCBC
: "This idea that it is the economy vs. public health is not particularly helpful. The right way to think about it is a tradeoff between economic & public health.. the social good vs. personal quality of leisure & recreational activities, the individual good."
📚🌊 Calling all prospective MA & PhD students: Pursue graduate studies at the Vancouver School of Economics! Join us on the West Coast & learn from leading experts. MA Program (apply by Dec. 31): | PhD Program (apply by Dec. 15):
🔊LISTEN: In an interview with Vox Talks, Prof. Felipe Valencia Caicedo (
@felipev84
) talks about his ongoing research into the bombings in Laos & the economic aftereffects.
Thrilled to celebrate our graduating Bachelor of International Economics students this morning before their convocation ceremony later today. Congratulations to the BIE Class of 2022! 🎉🥂👩🎓
EVENT: Join us for a virtual discussion with the BC Basic Income Panel the night of Wednesday, March 3. The expert economists will discuss their research & how we can create a more just B.C. More info & registry here:
#cdnecon
March 20 coincidentally also marks International Day of Happiness
@UNIDOHappiness
and the release of the 2020 World Happiness Report, co-written by VSE Prof. Emeritus John Helliwell. Lots to smile about!
Email from
@ubcVSE
director Patrick Francois to inform us that March 20 is "TACO TRUCK DAY!!!" (This is not unusual: at least 1/3 of official department emails are about food, while the rest are about our photocopiers--new ones, broken ones, fixed ones, etc.) 🤣
#LoveMyJob