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Enrico Spolaore
Chair, Department of Economics

Department to Offer New M.S. in Economics:
We are thrilled to announce a significant upgrade and strengthening of our graduate program. Starting in 2010 the Department of Economics will offer a new Master of Science in Economics, with two tracks. The Department will award course-based M.S. degrees to be completed in one year, without a thesis, and research-based M.S. degrees to be completed in two years, with a master's thesis. The course-based M.S. will replace the current M.A. degree.

New Faculty:

We are delighted to welcome three new faculty members in 2009-2010: Randall Akee, Emilia Simeonova, and Heiwai Tang, who are joining our department as Assistant Professors of Economics. Read more.

Randall Akee

Emilia Simeonova

Heiwai Tang

Department Highlights:
NEUDC Conference at Tufts:
On November 7 and 8 the Economics Department at Tufts hosted the 2009 Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, a major forum in development economics rotating among the organizing institutions (BU, Brown, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Williams, and Yale).
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In The Media:
Jenny Aker's research on the economic effects of cell phones in Africa reported on PBS and in
The Economist.

Enrico Spolaore's research featured on Australian radio (ABC network). Read the story and download the audio.

Maggie McMillan interviewed by CNN about child labor farmers. Read the article.

Enrico Spolaore's research on the roots of international conflict has been featured in Newsweek (Russian edition) and Vanity Fair (Italian edition).
Read the Newsweek article (in Russian) and the Vanity Fair article (in Italian).

"Vox” recently featured editorials by three of our faculty members: an article by  Gilbert Metcalf on tax policies for low-carbon energy, an article by Enrico Spolaore on the relation between kinship and international conflict, and an article by Maggie McMillan on international trade, offshoring, and US wages.

Thomas Downes' and Jeffrey Zabel’s research report on education reform titled "Incomplete Grade: Massachusetts Education Reform at 15" has recently been cited in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, the Patriot Ledger, Metro West Daily News, as well as several other news outlets.

Gilbert Metcalf interviewed by Technology Review. Read the article.

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