Georgetown Center for Economic Research

Continuing a proud Georgetown Economics tradition, the 30th Annual Razin Prize & Economic Policy Lecturehonors excellence in economic research and policy. 🎤 Keynote: Sir Timothy Besley (LSE) 🏆 Razin Prize: Luke Miller (Georgetown) 📍 Healy Hall, Riggs Library 🗓 March 19, 4-6pm

🎉 Exciting news! @dmckenzie001 has accepted the offer to join @GCER_Georgetown as the new Edmond D. Villani Chair Professor of Economics! We can't wait to welcome him to the Hilltop! 🙌 sites.google.com/site/decrgdmck…

Our very own Becka Brolinson, congratulations!! linkedin.com/posts/bates-wh…

Co-sponsored by the Georgetown Center for Economic Research (GCER), the Center for Business and Public Policy, and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM).

A full day of cutting-edge research on migration, refugee policy, and labor markets—featuring scholars from @WorldBank, @BrookingsInst, @IMFNews, @CGDev, @MigrationPolicy, @GWtweets & more.

📢 Join us for the first Washington Area Immigration Symposium (WAIS) 📍 Georgetown University | Fisher Colloquium, Rafik Hariri Building 📅 March 13 🔗 RSVP: sites.google.com/georgetown.edu…

🔹 New NBER working paper from professor Cauê Dobbin @cauedobbin on the rise of online higher ed in Brazil. 👉 Online programs boost access, especially for older students, yet shift younger students toward lower-return paths. 🔗 nber.org/papers/w34522

Shareen Joshi writes why India won’t lower its tariffs, even under Trump’s pressure. As India faces pressure to reduce tariffs, the political reality is clear: dismantling its protectionist structure risks political survival. With a dual constituency of farmers and industrialists, any significant reform would challenge the very foundation of India's political landscape. #IndiasWorld #TradePolicy @shareenjoshi Read the article here: indiasworld.in/why-india-wont…

🔵 Prof. Anna Maria Mayda (@mayda_anna) has co authored a chapter on immigration and border policies in CEPR’s new volume on the economic consequences of a second Trump administration. Read the publication here: 🔗 cepr.org/publications/b…

🔷 Each year, the Economics Department awards the Razin Prize for the best dissertation or research paper by an advanced graduate student. This year’s winner is @luke_benjamin_, whose job market paper earned the prize. 🏅 Congratulations Luke!. Find More on his JMP 👇

Call for Papers 📢 DC Search and Matching Workshop Deadline: January 31 🗓️ April 17 to 18 in Washington, DC 📍 Submit to: dcsearchandmatching@frb.gov ✉️ Organized by @GCER_Georgetown and the @FedResearch 🔗federalreserve.gov/conferences/fi…

We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026! Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). 👉 thred.devecon.org/conferences/26…

Arik Levinson (@ArikLevinson) & alumna Claire Brunel (PhD ’15) have a forthcoming NBER paper, “Carbon Tariffs.” Using Econ 101 tools, they show how taxing imports can reverse “leakage” from climate policy. 🔗nber.org/books-and-chap…

🌟Call for papers 👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026. ⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tgW8…

An event of shared interest for our community @GCER_Georgetown: Hosted by @GUAmericas 🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI featuring @baselinescene, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences. 🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM ET 🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-ame…

🌐How do inequalities persist across generations? Why do some families & communities have lasting advantages while others face structural barriers to mobility? Figure it out in the next event from the Global Economic Challenges Network 🔗global.georgetown.edu/events/worksho…

👉 Zhentao's research examines competition and regulation in the ride-hailing industry. She develops & estimates a structural model of platform behavior under NY City’s minimum pay rules to evaluate how wage regulations affect market outcomes, driver earnings, and rider welfare

👉 Pranjal's research is on the drivers of user purchase in online marketplaces, such as advertising, pricing and product aesthetics; and how to leverage them. He also has PhD internships at Roblox and Uber.

📢The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates. 🔗econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/… We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread. #Economics #EconJobMarket #econtwitter