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The Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia is a global centre for research & hands-on learning about pressing economic issues. 🇨🇦 economics.ubc.ca Vancouver, British Columbia Joined January 2013-
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Listen to our own @felipev84 on VoxTalks Economics latest podcast!
Listen to our own @felipev84 on VoxTalks Economics latest podcast!
Explore Chapter 2 of World Happiness Report 2024 for a deeper dive into the factors which help to explain the variance between the world’s ‘happiest’ and ‘unhappiest’ nations. 🧵7/16 | #WHR2024
If you're hearing a lot about world happiness in your news feed today, that's no coincidence! Hear @HappinessRpt's founding editor John Helliwell (@ubcVSE) introduce the work they've done for 2024! youtu.be/85dThpXpD_Q?si…
A note on the passing of former @ubcVSE colleague Rhys Kesselman. economics.ubc.ca/news/rememberi…
We're happy to announce three new hires, marking the end of a very successful recruiting year. Join us in welcoming Ying Gao, Charlie Rafkin (@CharlieRafkin), and Miguel Ortiz (@mortiz217 ) to Vancouver, and to UBC! Article: econ.cms.arts.ubc.ca/?p=32068
Our very own @juhreka13 appeared on the latest @planetmoney with @_jeffguo to discuss industrial policy!
Our very own @juhreka13 appeared on the latest @planetmoney with @_jeffguo to discuss industrial policy!
Interested in majoring in Economics? Get answers to your questions at this information session! Email [email protected] for more info
In their recent @WSJ Op-Ed, @ubcVSE’s Gorkem Bostanci and Wharton’s @Prof_Yildirim describe how negative advertising can backfire for consumer brands: on.wsj.com/47QkNMg
In their recent @WSJ Op-Ed, @ubcVSE’s Gorkem Bostanci and Wharton’s @Prof_Yildirim describe how negative advertising can backfire for consumer brands: on.wsj.com/47QkNMg
Calling student researchers! Represent the @ubcVSE by entering a research competition through the Canadian Economics Association (@CanEconomics). Deadline: Feb 19th, link: economics.ca/cpages/epdc
*VSE in-person class meetings are canceled for THURSDAY Jan 18th.* Students: please check your email for further guidance from your instructor. Staff: please watch your email for further instructions from the VSE Manager. Faculty: we will email updates on the seminar visitor.
*VSE in-person class meetings are canceled for THURSDAY Jan 18th.* Students: please check your email for further guidance from your instructor. Staff: please watch your email for further instructions from the VSE Manager. Faculty: we will email updates on the seminar visitor.
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Congrats to @ubcVSE's Kevin Song and @vadimmarmer, and @TilburgEOR's Denis Kojevnikov (UBC PhD '19), for winning the Zellner Award for best theory paper in @JEconometrics!
Congrats to @ubcVSE's Kevin Song and @vadimmarmer, and @TilburgEOR's Denis Kojevnikov (UBC PhD '19), for winning the Zellner Award for best theory paper in @JEconometrics! https://t.co/YCGZZTLdbC
Congrats to Yukinori and Noah (BIE grads '22), newest members of Forbes 30 under 30, for their company Plufl (@weareplufl), making giant dog beds for humans: forbes.com/profile/plufl/…
Since its founding, VSE’s Bachelor of International Economics (BIE) has built a community of talented professionals, leading their industries around Canada and the rest of the world. See how the BIE prepares its students to excel in the workforce: youtu.be/fw-RbsqD3zk
We are very happy to announce our 2024 Lima Summer School in Economics, organized in collaboration with Vancouver School of Economics @ubcVSE, for more info visit our website limase.pe/summer-school-…
Congratulations to VSE’s Dr. Réka Juhász (@juhreka13) and Oxford’s Dr. Nathan Lane (@straightedge) for receiving a transformative grant from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation (@SloanFoundation) to expand The Industrial Policy Group. Read about the award here: econ.cms.arts.ubc.ca/news/ubc-and-o…
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👀Want to hear directly from the researchers themselves? We’ve created videos with each of our author teams to help explain some of the key findings from World Happiness Report 2024. Find them all on our YouTube channel 👉 youtube.com/playlist?list=… 🧵15/16 | #WHR2024
That's a wrap on another week at @ubcVSE!
Very happy to share that I will start as an assistant professor at @ubcVSE in Jan 2026, after postdoc visits at Berkeley and Stanford! So grateful for my time at @MITEcon, and for my fantastic advisors, mentors, coauthors, and classmates.
We're happy to announce three new hires, marking the end of a very successful recruiting year. Join us in welcoming Ying Gao, Charlie Rafkin (@CharlieRafkin), and Miguel Ortiz (@mortiz217 ) to Vancouver, and to UBC! Article: econ.cms.arts.ubc.ca/?p=32068
*VSE in-person class meetings are canceled for THURSDAY Jan 18th.* Students: please check your email for further guidance from your instructor. Staff: please watch your email for further instructions from the VSE Manager. Faculty: we will email updates on the seminar visitor.
Due to forecasted weather, UBC is cancelling all in-person learning activities on the Vancouver campus for Jan. 18. Classes may move online. Students are asked to look for communication from instructors. Necessary services will be maintained. Read more: ubc.ca
.@ubcVSE undergraduate student Bashar Rahman and UBC #COP27 delegate shared his hopes for COP27. via @cbcradio cbc.ca/radio/whatonea…
The 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) starts today in Dubai! Check out what Abul Bashar Rahman, one of UBC’s COP28 delegation, expects to observe at the Conference! ✨ #COP28 #ClimateAction
Wish me good luck!
Yige Duan (@ygduan) studies labor, urban, and public economics. His job market paper examines the scarring effect of job displacement on workers' commuting costs to subsequent jobs. Profile: sites.google.com/view/yige-duan
⭐️Many great colleges and fantastic human beings going this year to the job market. Variety of fields and rigor. I had the opportunity to share with many of them during my years at @UBC, @UBCVSE strong !! ⭐️
Here are the job market candidates from @ubcVSE for 2023/2024 economics.ubc.ca/people/?type=j…
Check out the great @ubcVSE undergraduate programs here: economics.ubc.ca/undergraduate/ All Canadian students pay same tuition at UBC.
🚨 The Legault government is going to almost double the tuition it charges out-of-province students at Quebec's English-language universities from $8,992 per year to $17,000 montrealgazette.com/news/local-new… #polQC
This conference is also held in the most beautiful economics building in the world 😍🇨🇦
Today kicks off the CfPE Conference at the VSE & the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research, a 2-day event uniting a global group of researchers to discuss topics like electoral turnovers, nation-building, polarization & more. Learn more: economics.ubc.ca/CIDER 🌎📚📈
The inaugural recipients of the fellowship are Henri Kengne, from Cameroon, and Lia Braga, from Brazil. Congrats to @ubcVSE and these PhD students!
Thrilled to announce a $1M gift from Dominic Barton to establish an endowed fellowship for international PhD students. The John & Barbara Barton Fellowship in Economics supports budding economists from the around the world pursue graduate studies at UBC. bit.ly/3qSG30V
Business leader Dominic Barton has donated $1 million to his alma mater, the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC – the largest single gift from an individual in the school’s history.
Thrilled to announce a $1M gift from Dominic Barton to establish an endowed fellowship for international PhD students. The John & Barbara Barton Fellowship in Economics supports budding economists from the around the world pursue graduate studies at UBC. bit.ly/3qSG30V
Today take a moment to appreciate the faculty member who appears at the top of the list of faculty on your school website. Those of you near the bottom will never know the unpaid services we provide to the community.
.@ubcVSE professor emeritus Dr. John Helliwell says working on the World Happiness Report has enriched his idea of what actually makes us happy. via @inversedotcom inverse.com/mind-body/worl…
This was a fascinating discussion with BC’s Basic Income Panel, and some great questions from a very engaged audience. Thanks for letting me moderate!
And that’s a wrap! Thanks for following along and thank you to the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research and the UBC Faculty of Arts for hosting. Thank you to all the panelists and @michelle_eliot for moderating. Learn more at bcbasicincomepanel.ca