The Economics department celebrated the accomplishments of its’ graduate students at a virtual celebration on Zoom held on Friday, June 26, 2020.
Several panel members presenting for an event hosted by Waterloo’s Gateway for Enterprises to Discover Innovation (GEDI) about "Rebooting the Economy". Economics professor Joel Blit was one of the panel members. He talked about the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian Economy, saying it will likely be a long recovery that will not affect all Canadians equally.
With the pandemic going on, there is lots of talk about CERB, the benefit that was created as an emergency response. Professor Stephanie Lluis wrote a memo for the C.D. Howe Institute titled, "Lessons from Employment Insurance for the CERB" where she discusses how employment insurance can provide guidance for the CERB.
The CRDCN (Canadian Research Data Centre Network) hosted a series of webinars on a variety of topics featuring panelists who are experts in those areas. In a webinar titled, "Income and Employment", Professor Mikal Skuterud was one of the panelists.
Statistics Canada released the numbers from the Labour Force Survey and there were some surprising results. Mikal Skuterud, along with colleagues from Laurier and UBC examined the data. Find the full article with results and graphs at the CD Howe Institute.
Yichun Huang, a PhD student in Economics, competed in the Arts 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition earlier this term. Yichun had three minutes to explain her thesis with one static slide.
Congratulations to Andrés Arcila-Vasquez who successfully defended his PhD thesis titled, ‘Three Essays in Policy Evaluation’. His supervisor was Ana Ferrer.
Congratulations to Annie (Yazhuo) Pan for successfully defending her thesis titled, "Essays in Wealth Effect, Family Structure, and Female Labour Supply". Her supervisors were Ana Ferrer and Stéphanie Lluis. We wish Annie all the best on her next steps!
Congratulations to our 2019 graduates!
The Arts Young Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their professional field, in the community, and in public service within 10 years of graduation. This year, the recipient of this award is Mandy Tao, a graduate of the UW Economics program (2011).
This Arts Young Alumni Award is another proud achievement Mandy can add to her already impressive resume. Currently serving as the Director of Strategy at Merck, Mandy has also been busy co-founding "Education Togo Switzerland", learning new languages and climbing volcanoes.