2025 Research Review Published
The 2025 edition of the Research Review from the Institute for Economic Development at Boston University is now published. The Review includes… More
Prof. Hassan featured in Boston Globe article on Immigration
Prof. Hassan was featured in a Globe article titled “Immigration raids roil key industries”. Click here to access the story with a Globe subscription… More
Social Security Q&A with Prof. Kotlikoff in BU Today
Read Prof. Kotlikoff's interview with BU Today, where he discusses the current state of social security. As It Turns 90, Social Security… More
Graduate Students: RSVP for Funding Webinar 8/7
Join BU's Foundation Relations and a panel of graduate students (featuring our own PhD candidate Danielle Graves Williamson) for a webinar on… More
NBER Summer Institute | BU Faculty Highlights
Explore the videos below to watch presentations by our faculty from the 2025 NBER Summer Institute. 7/7 Tarek Hassan’s Discussion of Economic… More
BU Master’s in Economics Ranked Among Top 10 by TFE Times
Our Master's program has been ranked #7 nationwide by the TFE Times! Click here for the full list. For more information about… More
2025 Rosenstein-Rodan Prize Awarded to Grant Goehring & Plinio Bicalho
The Institute for Economic Development awards the Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the best original research on development economics or a related discipline among… More
Danielle Graves Williamson selected as a NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow
Congrats to PhD candidate, Danielle Graves Williamson, who was recently selected as a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. This… More
Prof. Hassan speaks on new tariff court ruling in WCVB segment
Check out Prof. Hassan's feature in this WCVB segment about new court rulings against Trump's tariffs. More
Prof. Fiszbein promoted to Associate Professor
Professor Martin Fiszbein has been promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure for his outstanding research, teaching, and service. You can read… More