LISTEN: Ph.D. candidate Ashish Sedai on “Ideas of India”

Ph.D. candidate Ashish Sedai is featured on an episode of Ideas of India, a podcast that features young scholars entering the job market, to discuss his job marketing paper on the impact of piped drinking water on women’s employment. Full paper: “Piped Water: Welfare and Empowerment: Empirical Evidence From a Gendered Analysis in India.”

Applications for Undergraduate Research Internships open through November 26

The Department of Economics is seeking to hire four Economics majors for paid research internships for the spring 2022 semester. Positions pay $15/hour for approximately 10 hours of work per week, up to $2,500 per internship. Spring research projects support CSU research centers on a variety of economics issues:   High School Education Performance, assisting PAC@REDI […]

CSU economics professor appointed vice chair of Colorado Legislature’s Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund Subpanel

Chair and Professor of Economics Elissa Braunstein has been appointed to serve as Vice-Chair of the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund Subpanel created by the Colorado Legislature. The subpanel was created to guide Colorado’s spending of $700 million in federal relief funds remaining from the American Rescue Plan Act.  

Braunstein to vice-chair panel guiding $700 million in COVID relief funds 

Chair and Professor of Economics Elissa Braunstein has been appointed to serve as Vice-Chair of the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund Subpanel created by the Colorado Legislature. The subpanel was created to guide Colorado’s spending of $700 million in federal relief funds remaining from the American Rescue Plan Act.   “The economy is getting better, but the still-fragile recovery is unequally distributed across different […]

Undergraduate Research Internships Increase Student Data Skills, Partnerships across Colorado

Under the leadership of Undergraduate Program Co-Director Steven Shulman, Economics faculty offered internships to an initial cohort of six students who worked for CSU research centers REDI@CSU, PAC@REDI, and CSAL; Feminist Economics, a peer-reviewed journal edited by Economics Chair Elissa Braunstein; an independent project on U.S. labor, led by Assistant Professor Zachary Schaller; and an external placement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Undergraduate Research Internships accepting applications through Aug. 25

The Department of Economics is seeking to hire eight Economics majors for paid research internships for the fall 2021 semester. Positions pay $15/hour for approximately 10 hours of work per week, up to $2,500 per internship. Fall research projects support CSU research centers, external partners, and independent faculty research on a variety of economics issues: […]

CSU promotes Economics faculty members Tavani, Numa, Fremstad

Three faculty members of the CSU Department of Economics have received promotions, effective July 1, 2021. Guy Numa and Anders Fremstad have both been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. Daniele Tavani has been promoted to full Professor.   The department celebrates the accomplishments of our dedicated and richly talented faculty, whose research and commitments to […]