Joaquin Garcia-Cabo came to the US with a prestigious master’s degree and an interest in macro and labor economics. As he completes his PhD program, his job market paper introduces a new model to understand the effects of firing costs on human capital accumulation, job cyclicality, and the persistence of job loss for Spanish workers. His research can be used to analyze the costs and benefits of future policies.

When Mons Chan started out as an undergraduate economics major, he didn’t want to just learn, he wanted to learn how to get things done. Economics, he came to realize, would give him the tools to contribute to positive change in the world. Now, as he wraps up the final year of his PhD program, Mons’ research on trade patterns is producing detailed information that policymakers will be able to use to ensure more people are better off.

Join us on November 9th for the 3rd Annual Jon Goldstein Memorial Lecture on Economics and Environmental Policy featuring Robert Pindyck, Professor in Finance and Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Professor of economics Tim Kehoe weighs in on Trump's pushback against NAFTA, and what it could mean for Minnesota.

Simone Civale, a graduate student in economics at the University of Minnesota, is advancing economists’ understanding of the causes behind wealth inequality.

Stagnant or falling earnings have put a squeeze on working- and middle-class households. And today's workers shouldn’t expect to their wages catch up with their predecessors'. These are among the conclusions from a new working paper by economics professor Fatih Guvenen and his colleagues.

Not many people in town are willing to take on the Minnesota Vikings or 77,000 members of the teachers union, but Art Rolnick (PhD ’73) isn’t one to back down when the research is on his side by using economic research to improve public outcomes.

Hanna Worku is double majoring in French studies and economics and finds that the combination of the two subjects gives her the unique opportunity to learn about the world in its different facets. “Studying many topics gives you skills that you will not find elsewhere and stretches you to go beyond what you thought were your limits.”

Tim Kehoe, professor of economics, comments on GOP candidates' views on programs that Minnesota beet farmers rely on.