Professor Henke and Professor Hsu publish on Journal of Economic Studies

In this article, the authors study the relationship between increasing unemployment insurance and crime.

Next Juneteenth, Let’s Have More Black Economists

The American Economic Association’s training program is an example worth building on.

AEASP 2022 Seminar: Howard Alumni Roundtable

Seminar held on June 1, 2021

Makada Henry-Nickie, Ph.D., Robert and Virginia Hartley Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Chantal Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington & Lee University
Noimot Bakare Ayoub, Ph.D., Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

AEASP 2022 Seminar Speakers

Professor Henke talks about the side effect of stay-at-home orders

During this podcast, Professor Henke talks about how domestic violence increased during the first three months of the pandemic.

Dr. Jevay Grooms Appointed as an NBER Fellow

"Following a call for nominations in January, the NBER has appointed 70 new affiliates: 23 research associates and 47 faculty research fellows.  In addition, four faculty research fellows have been promoted to research associates..."

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Supply and Demand: How Howard’s Department of Economics is Paving its Own Path

"$10,911,640 and counting. That’s approximately how much the Howard University Department of Economics has earned in grants and awards in 2021 alone..."


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AEASP 2022: Charles River Associates Welcome a Visiting Scholar

Charles River Associates welcomes an AEA Summer Program scholar.

AEASP 2022: Equitable Growth Welcome Visiting Scholars

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth welcomes three AEA Summer Program scholars.

AEASP 2022 Faculty Gaminie Meepagala

Dr. Gaminie Meepagala is an associate professor of economics at Howard University. He teaches introductory economics, business statistics and econometrics.  His research interests are in econometrics theory and methods, and his publications are focused on finite sample distributions. He earned his doctoral degree from the University at Albany.