Departmental News

Prof. Margo & Prof. Goodman Cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President

Congratulations to Prof. Margo and Prof. Goodman, who were cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Margo’s book Race and Schooling in The South (1990) and his article “The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid-Century” (Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991) were cited, as well as Goodman’s article “Heat and Learning” (American […]

Prof. Mourot and Prof. Ellis to Speak at Research on Tap Event 10/29

Boston University’s upcoming Research on Tap event will explore the social, economic, and policy-driven factors shaping health disparities in our communities. Notably, Professors Randall Ellis and Pauline Mourot will be among the speakers, highlighting their research on how systemic issues influence health care access and outcomes. This event, which features a variety of BU faculty […]

2024 Rosenstein-Rodan Prize Awarded to Justin Jihao Hong

We are very happy to announce the winner of the 2024 Rosenstein-Rodan prize, awarded by the IED: Justin Jihao Hong: Corruption and Human Capital Supply for the State Congratulations, Justin!  The Rosenstein-Rodan prize is awarded annually in memory of Professor Paul Rosenstein-Rodan. A monetary prize is awarded to the best research paper(s) in development economics […]

Prof. Perron named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS

Professor Pierre Perron has been named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS. ScholarGPS is a website that provides a new method for ranking scholarly accomplishments accounting for different citation and publication patterns across fields. The title of Highly Ranked Scholar is assigned to researchers in the top 0.05% across all fields. Congratulations to Professor Perron! See more here: […]

Prof. Lagakos promoted to Full Professor

Prof. David Lagakos has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Economics. He is a macroeconomist who studies the determinants of economic growth in some of the world’s least developed regions. Much of his research is inspired by his experience working as the lead academic for the International Growth Centre in Ghana. He has served […]