Today, after more than fifty years at the front of the classroom, Orley Ashenfelter taught his final class at @Princeton.
Extra credit to anyone who spotted the🍔(iykyk).
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- “Deciding to make children the focus of my research, when there was no ‘field’ for it and no one else was doing it, was one of the hardest decisions I made as a researcher. People told me that it was ‘interesting, but not economics.’" bit.ly/33xsko9
- If you're a Ph.D. student working at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, check out these online lectures from @AtifRMian, @MarkusEconomist, Chris Sims, and more:
- Congratulations to Professor @AtifRMian on being awarded the 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Economics. gf.org/announcement-2…
- We're pleased to officially welcome @EDerenoncourt to our department & the Industrial Relations Section as an Assistant Professor of Economics! Derenoncourt will also be leading a new center to advance the study of inequality. Learn more about her work:
- We are thrilled to announce that the Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the promotions of Michal Kolesár, Eduardo Morales, and Owen Zidar to the role of full professor with tenure. ow.ly/7W2i50zhaZL
- Open to the public! Please join us on Wednesday, 10/4 at 5 PM ET for a discussion with @DAcemogluMIT. Acemoglu will discuss his book, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity." Register here to watch online: bit.ly/3EOV4b2
- Using data from centralized college admissions systems in Chile, Croatia, and Sweden, @ChrisANeilson and co-authors find causal evidence that social interactions greatly influence where students go to school and what they study. Read more: ow.ly/rcY350xW7Lg
- We're thrilled to announce that the Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the promotion of Ezra Oberfield to the role of associate professor with tenure. Congrats to Professor Oberfield! economics.princeton.edu/news/ezra-ober…
- At this year’s centenary celebration for the Industrial Relations Section at @Princeton, David Card, Ph.D. *83 spoke about the 3 a.m. meeting that coined the term "difference in differences."
00:00 - If you're a PhD student working in monetary economics, check out this online lecture series based on “The I Theory of Money” and “Redistributive Monetary Policy” by @MarkusEconomist and Yuliy Sannikov:
- In March we had the privilege of hosting Bob Solow for a conversation w/ Orley Ashenfelter. Solow spoke dynamically about his early life, dropping out of Harvard to join the Army, & much more. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, & colleagues. 🎙️ bit.ly/3IZOH6o
00:00 - Congrats to Prof. @leah_boustan on becoming the new director of the Industrial Relations Section here at @PrincetonEcon. Boustan is a renowned economic historian whose work has greatly expanded our understanding of trends in immigration and migration over the last 100 years.
- "Rare for an economist, Deaton offers a lucid and unsparing critique of America's political system." More from NPR on the new book by @Princeton Professor Angus Deaton:
