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Bert G. Hickman, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, passed away at the age of 95 on November 23, 2019. Hickman spent 31 years in the Stanford Economics Department, first as an Instructor from 1949-51 and then as a Professor from 1966 to 1995. He had
Nicholas Bloom and his research colleagues use their newest measure of uncertainty, the World Uncertianty Index, to assess trade uncertainty in more than 140 countries and the effect on global economics growth. Read more about Nicholas Bloom's World
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John Pencavel has been awarded the 2018 Richard A. Lester Book Award for Diminishing Returns at Work: The Consequence of Long Working Hours, the outstanding book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics published in 2018. Princeton Industrial
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At the September 13-15 meetings of the Economics History Association in Atlanta, Georgia, Ran Abramitzky received the Gyorgi Ranki Prize for The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in the Capitalist World. The prize is awarded every other
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B. Douglas Bernheim has been selected to give the Oskar Morgenstern Lecture at the 6th World Congress of the Game Theory Society in Budapest. According to the GTS website, "The Oskar Morgenstern Lecture honors an individual who has made important
Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater found positive change to new mothers' postpartum health after Sweden's 2012 law that gives fathers paid leave also in the year after a birth went into effect. See details at the New York Times
John Shoven, known for encouraging Americans to postpone their collection of Social Security benefits for as long as possible, is retiring after almost five decades of service at Stanford. Read more about John Shoven's accomplishments
Pascaline Dupas is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 168 mid-career scholars, artists, and writers are awarded the 2019 Guggenheim Followships. There were almost 3,000 applicants in the competition
In his new book, The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determins Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviours, Matthew Jackson talks about how human networks influence lives and drive success or failure.
Stanford Economics' Melaine Morten is awarded a $70,000 research fellowship from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a recognition as one of the most promising scientific researchers today. 126 early-career scholars are awarded the 2019 Sloan Research