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Casey Mulligan

WSJ - Opinion: Biden Is Practically Engineering a Recession; Prof. Casey Mulligan co-authors op-ed on the regulatory and tax policies that may lead to a recession

June 23, 2022
John List

Observer - An Economist Explains Why So Many Business Ideas Fail to Scale; Prof. John List discusses his recent book 'The Voltage Effect'

June 16, 2022
Michael Kremer

NYT - This Company Knows How To Increase Students' Test Scores; article cites Prof. Michael Kremer's research on education and test scores in Kenya

June 15, 2022
Casey Mulligan

NYT - Lockdowns Protected Older People. But at What Cost to the Health of Young Adults? Op-ed quotes Prof. Casey Mulligan's research on collateral damage of COVID policy decisions

June 13, 2022
Victor Lima teaching an economics course in Saieh Hall.

2 SSD Faculty among 2022 winners of Quantrell Teaching Awards

This article has been edited to highlight award recipients from the Division of the Social Sciences. To see the full list of recipients, visit the UCh...

May 26, 2022
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

Economic Times - Climate change will affect the economic geography of the world; Prof. Esteban Rossi-Hansberg discusses the impacts of climate change

May 20, 2022
an ivy-covered building in the social sciences quadrangle

UChicago Center Receives NSF Grant to Study Student Traits Leading to STEM Achievement

The University of Chicago Center for the Economics of Human Development and an international research team won a five-year grant to identify the perso...

May 18, 2022
Fernando Alvarez

NewScientist - Will bitcoin succeed in the Central African Republic? Probably not; Article cites study from Prof. Fernando Alvarez on bitcoin usage in El Salvador

May 10, 2022
Fernando Alvarez

Rest of World - Most Salvadorans have already ditched their national bitcoin wallets; Prof. Fernando Alvarez comments on Chivo, a currency app developed for users in El Salvador

May 4, 2022
Michael Greenstone

NYT - Why Americans Became More Vulnerable to Oil Price Spikes; Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on global oil production and prices

May 4, 2022

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