Archive: News

• 2025 Department Picnic

  Faculty, Students and Staff gathered for a department picnic on Sunday, October 19

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• Professor Ivana Komunjer Elected Fellow of the Econometric Society

  Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on her election as Fellow of the Econometric Society, one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics!  Since 1931, only 1254 scholars have b

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• After Working in the Fields, This Graduate Found Math as a Means to Help His Hometown

  A profile of Axel Abrica, an Economics major and recent graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences.

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• Congratulations to our 2025 Economics PhD Graduates

  Pictured from Left to Right: Angelo Diaz Reyes, Camila Rodrigues Gomes, Professor Neel Sukhatme, Professor Garance Genicot, Professor Susan Vroman, Professor Arik Levinson, Adrienne Judson, Professor

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• The Department of Economics honors four retiring professors

  This spring, the Department of Economics honors four retiring faculty, Susan Vroman, John Rust, Luca Anderlini and Jim Albrecht (l-r above). The contributions that these esteemed colleagues have

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• Households in the Twenty-first Century: Marriage, Fertility, and Challenges for Public Policy

  Both Europe and the United States have experienced a steady decline in fertility rates. While a number of factors are at play, one important economic determinant is the lack of wage growth experienced by women temporarily exiting the labor market for the purpose of childbirth. Many countries have responded to this by introducing public policy measures which aim to mitigate the impact of this so-called “child penalty.” This conference will discuss the presence of the child penalty and the impact of family-friendly policies on family formation, labor marker behavior, and wages.

  This event is co-sponsored by Bank of Spain – Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) and the Georgetown University Global Economic Challenges Network.

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• Undergraduate Aaron Zhong included in the Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Research Exhibition

  Graduating Economics major Aaron (Qixuan) Zhong's research was selected for inclusion in Georgetown University Library's Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Research Exhibition.  The presentation was b

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• ECONOMICS @ THE CALL

  Posted on 2/13/2025: The Economics Department has partnered with the CALL to create an ECON-focused immersive, place-based experience for majors.

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• Generative Artificial Intelligence: Powering Domestic Economic Growth, December 2, 2024 1:30 p.m. EST

  As the potential for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) expands, so does the interest in harnessing GenAI in facilitating and stimulating economic growth. In this half-day conference, leading academics and public and private industry experts will consider pressing questions related to GenAI’s potential to support economic development and its implications for the workforce.

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• Professor Garance Genicot discusses economic mobility in developing countries

  We don’t know much about economic mobility in developing countries compared to the wealthier, data-rich societies which have been the subjects of so much recent research. What does the data tell us so far, and what is important to find out? In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Debraj Ray and Garance Genicot tell Tim Phillips why measuring upward mobility in low- and middle-income countries is both difficult and important, and what their research is revealing about the impact of growth on that mobility.

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