Profs. Harmon, Alpert, coauthors Archita Banik (UConn, Ph.D., 2013), and James Lambrinos have an article “Class Absence, Instructor Lecture Notes, Intellectual Styles, and Learning Outcomes” recently accepted for publication in the Atlantic Economic Journal. 
Profs. Segerson and Ross members of AAAS
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Congratulations to Profs. Prof. Ahking interviewed by ctpost.com
Prof. Alpert speaks at Ascend Event
Professor Bill Alpert was one of three panelists (the other two being IBM Senior Vice Presidents, including their chief economist) discussing “Big Data” at an event in Stamford in December. Ascend is the largest, non-profit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America. Established in 2005, Ascend has grown to serve professionals and corporations across various professions and across multiple industries.
Prof. Randolph Publishes Book
One of the most ambitious legacies of the 20th century was the universal commitment to ensure freedom from want as a human right. But to what extent are countries across the world living up to this commitment? Find out in Prof. Randolph’s new book with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Terra Lawson-Remer, Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights develops an innovative evidence-based index for comparing performance on education, food, health, work and housing across very differently situated countries over time and explores the factors influencing performance. In doing so, it provides empirical evidence to resolve some longstanding controversies over the principle of “progressive realization” and advances our knowledge about the status of and factors promoting social and economic rights fulfillment in the 21st century.
Prof. Agüero Presents
On January 15, 2015, Prof. Jorge Agüero presented his findings on domestic violence to the Peruvian Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations.
Prof. Naknoi Publishes in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Prof. Naknoi’s sole-authored paper titled “Exchange Rate Volatility and Fluctuations in the Extensive Margin of Trade” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. Her study provides new evidence that the extensive margin of trade fluctuates over the business cycle, using quarterly data of U.S. bilateral trade with 99 countries. Also, she shows that fixing exchange rates with the U.S. dollar, having a free trade agreement with the U.S., and an increase in country size is significantly associated with the stability of the pattern of trade with the U.S.
To read the article in its entirety, click here.
Prof. Ross in Washington Post Blog
Professor Ross‘s work on mortgage lending was featured in the Washington Post’s Storyline Blog.
Read it here.
Professor Ross’s work finds large differences in the price of credit paid by African-Americans and Hispanics compared to white borrowers that cannot be explained by traditional underwriting variables. These differences primarily arise due to differences in loan pricing across lenders, rather differential treatment of whites and minority borrowers at the same lender. Further, these differences are concentrated among borrowers from locations that have high poverty rates and relatively lower education borrowers
Prof. Alpert quoted on CT Job growth
Prof. Bill Alpert was quoted in the Stamford Advocate in an article regarding job growth in Connecticut for the month of November.
Read more here.
Couch organizes Conference at AARP
Couch organizes Conference at AARP
Professor Couch along with his collaborators, Julie Zissimopoulos (USC) and Mary Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), organized a one-day conference on Social Insurance and Lifecycle Events Among Older Americans held at the national headquarters of AARP in Washington, D.C. on December 5th. Researchers from major universities, federal agencies, consulting firms, and think tanks made presentations. About 80 people attended the event including representatives of two Congressional committees, multiple federal agencies, several philanthropic organizations, the NIA, and numerous universities and think tanks. The papers presented will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of Research on Aging. The event was supported by a grant from AARP to the University of Connecticut.