Department News

Economics faculty members Hani Mansour, James Reeves, and Andrea Velasquez, together with Pamela Medina from the University of Toronto, have been awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant for their project " The Intergenerational Effects of Import Competition ". The project will examine the intergenerational effects of increased Chinese import competition...

Ryan Brown and Andrea Velásquez have been awarded an NIH R03 grant for their project "Long-term Effects of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Mexico." Public health insurance programs are increasingly being implemented worldwide, placing significant demands on public finances. However, there is limited evidence on their long-term...

Andrea Velásquez awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant on the Socioeconomic Integration and Assimilation of Mexican-Origin Migrants: Who Stays and Who Returns?

Hani Mansour and Andrea Velásquez write about the adverse employment effects of Chinese import competition in Peru .

The 2023 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Weizhe Sun and Vicente Veatch. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

Andrea Velásquez is a 2023-2024 awardee of The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. Each year, The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society awards a diverse range of interdisciplinary faculty research projects that address critical issues. Learn more about the 13 selected for 2023-24: https://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/news/neubauer-collegium-announces-new-research-projects-for-2023-24 .

Santiago Saavedra, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, presented at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings . At this conference, Nobel Economic Laureates participate and meet the next generation of leading young economists from all around the world.

The 2022 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Yuxin Cai and Quynh Hoang. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

The 2021 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Yue Yu and Cyril Waymel. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

The inaugural 2020 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Xiao Wang and Ismael Bosch-Bello. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and...