Spelman Economics
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Department of Economics
Today, Chair Powell visited @SpelmanCollege to participate in a fireside chat with President Helene Gayle in Atlanta, Georgia. youtube.com/watch?v=0X5a4M…
🎉🎉🎉🎉 I am excited to join @nberpubs' Retirement and Disability Research Center as a Co-Director. The Center is funded by @SocialSecurity. @NicoleMaestas2 is the Center's Director and @ccoile is the other Co-Director. For more information, visit nber.org/programs-proje….
We had an amazing Day 2 of the inaugural Stanford-Spelman-Sloan Summer Institute! @SpelmanCollege @Spelman_Econ @SloanFoundation [1/13]
Always a pleasure to talk to @PaulinaSodi @Univision @UnivisionNews. We discussed the impact that the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative between Russia and Ukraine could have on global prices of grain, wheat, and corn, especially for EU and MENA. youtu.be/-ztfROep-N4
Dr. Marionette Holmes, C’90, chair of Spelman’s economics department and principal investigator of a grant funded by the @SloanFoundation, is driving initiatives to increase the representation of Black women in economics doctoral programs. Read more: bit.ly/3CUbhei
It was great to attend the @PhDEI_Econ #PhDEI2023 workshop @NewYorkFed with Jadyn Jones and Dahlia Tarver, @SpelmanCollege VLab RAs. Jadyn presented on the interaction between cash transfers and remittances. Thanks for the invite, @PeterBlairHenry! @SloanFoundation @HooverInst
Left to accomplish some tasks but I'm back!
Today is tough day. We lost a pillar of our department, @HowardU and the economic profession. A mentor to countless and an advocate for all. @WSpriggs we are forever indebted to your leadership. Please keep the Spriggs family in your thoughts.
‼️ New Paper Alert ‼️ Our paper on “Racial and ethnic disparities in retirement preparedness” is forthcoming @RevBlkPolEcon, the premier journal on race in economics (@NEAEcon’s journal). Joint work with @SpelmanCollege students Amaia Calhoun (C’23) and Gabriella Lee (C’25).
🎉🎉I have been promoted to Full Professor of Economics @SpelmanCollege and will be spending AY 2023-24 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Phyllis Wallace Visiting Professor @MITSloan, hosted by Bob Gibbons and Ray Reagans. More at mlkscholars.mit.edu mitsloan.mit.edu/institute-work…
Historically Black colleges and universities punch significantly above their weight in preparing Black college students, from Gregory Price and @aviceisza nber.org/papers/w31131
Today's interview (in Spanish) with @carolinasarassa on La Voz de la Mañana @Univision @UniNoticias @UnivisionNews #VIX focused on the state of the dairy/milk industry and the potential impact of barn fires, particularly given a recent major fire in Texas. youtu.be/uvPdccqCFIQ
I was interviewed by @PaulinaSodi @UniNoticias about how high demand for small chickens relative to low supply has led to high prices in the fast food industry. We also covered the potential for lab-grown chicken meat as a substitute for farm-raised. See youtu.be/hIonrE9Z8_U
