Notre Dame Economics

A few days late, but congratulations to Dr. Grace Ortuzar, who successfully defended her dissertation earlier this week. Grace will be headed to NYU Wagner @NYUWagner for a post-doc later this year.

Congratulations to now Dr. Haley Wilbert, @wilbert_haley, who successfully defended her dissertation this morning. Haley will be joining Texas Christian University, @TCU, as an assistant professor this summer.

Some pics from our graduate student-faculty social hour, with some prospective PhD students on hand!

Women in Econ Club @nd_econ got together to write letters to women admitted to @NotreDame who declared Econ! 🎉🎊Several club member remembered how these influenced their decisions💝 and then we joined a national Zoom watch party w other clubs🍕!

Credit card default is driven by job loss, not contract terms Sara G. Castellanos (@Banxico), @d_jimenez (@ChicagoFed), @aprajitmahajan (@AreBerkeley), Eduardo Alcaraz Prous (@Tu_IMSS) & @SeiraEnrique (@nd_econ) outline research on Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…

We were thrilled to host Joe Davis, chief economist @Vanguard_Group, as part of our Combs Lecture series on Tuesday. Students and faculty heard about Joe's perspectives on AI, the labor market, and financial markets.

Some pictures from our department’s annual “faith and reason” dinner @kearney_melissa

Check out this new @vox_dev piece from our colleague Enrique Seira, @SeiraEnrique

Congratulations to Alex Houtz, who just successfully defended his dissertation. Alex will be joining Hope College as an assistant professor this summer.

We are excited to host the latest installment of our Combs Distinguished Lecture Series next Tuesday, March 24. Students will hear from Joe Davis, of Vanguard (@Vanguard_Group), about AI and the future of the economy and investing.

Congratulations to Dario Cardamone, who successfully defended his dissertation today. Dario will be an assistant professor at Villanova University starting this fall. @VillanovaU. Pictured here with his committee, his sister (a first-year PhD student here), and other students.

We have completed a periodic update of our featured alumni wall. This go-round, we feature Jim Broderick, Megan Ferowich, Danny O'Connor, and Patrick Zimmer.

We have completed a periodic update of our "Recent Faculty Publications" wall. This cycle, we are highlighting four papers from Victoria Barone (@Viquibarone), Robert Johnson, Jeremy Majerovitz, and Heitor Pellegrina (@HPellegrina)

Our colleague Christiane Baumeister is quoted in this @nytimes article about America's economic dependence on oil. nytimes.com/2026/03/14/bus…

Some of the recent work from our colleague Jeff Biddle is highlighted in this @FT article, "The Economics of Night-Time Work." ft.com/content/6624c6…

In a diversion from otherwise productive activity, our graduate students evidently had some fun over the weekend decorating for Spring Break.

Our graduate students celebrating some placement success!

📢 🌍 Don’t miss the BIG Lab's Colloquium on Debt Relief in the Global South this May! Be part of two days of forward-thinking discussion and real-world problem-solving with experts in the field. Register here: buff.ly/alOPFa6

Notre Dame’s LEO joins national initiative to stop homelessness before it starts, serving as the lead evidence partner bit.ly/4kSO2X3

Nice New York Times @nytimes article this morning on declining US birth rates. It highlights not one but two @NotreDame economists: Kasey Buckles and Melissa Kearney, @kearney_melissa. Check it out: nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/…