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Economics Department at UMass Boston | Undergraduate & Graduate Program | https://www.umb.edu/liberal-arts/academic-departments/economics/

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UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The annual David G. Terkla Seminar is on Tuesday, March 31 at 4pm with guest speaker Peter Q. Blair. Peter will be presenting "The Economics of Skill Recognition: Defining, Measuring, and Rewarding Skill in a Changing World of Work". Details below.

The David G. Terkla Seminar “The Economics of Skill Recognition: Defining, Measuring, and Rewarding Skill in a Changing World of Work” Tuesday, March 31, 2026 4:00-5:15pm Alumni Lounge Campus Center 2 Floor Room 2551 Reception immediately following Dr. Peter Q. Blair Harvard University, Faculty BE-Lab, Principal Investigator NBER, Faculty Research Associate Harvard Project on Workforce, Co-Director Stanford University, National Fellow Dr. Peter Q. Blair is on the faculty at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Education where he co-directs the Harvard Project on Workforce. He also serves as a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Principal Investigator of the BE-Lab – a research group with partners across several universities. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Blair has served as a volunteer economist with the Council of Economic Advisers during the Biden-Harris presidential transition.
UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The annual David G. Terkla Seminar is on Tuesday, March 31 at 4pm with guest speaker Peter Q. Blair. Peter will be presenting "The Economics of Skill Recognition: Defining, Measuring, and Rewarding Skill in a Changing World of Work". Details below.

The David G. Terkla Seminar “The Economics of Skill Recognition: Defining, Measuring, and Rewarding Skill in a Changing World of Work” Tuesday, March 31, 2026 4:00-5:15pm Alumni Lounge Campus Center 2 Floor Room 2551 Reception immediately following Dr. Peter Q. Blair Harvard University, Faculty BE-Lab, Principal Investigator NBER, Faculty Research Associate Harvard Project on Workforce, Co-Director Stanford University, National Fellow Dr. Peter Q. Blair is on the faculty at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Education where he co-directs the Harvard Project on Workforce. He also serves as a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Principal Investigator of the BE-Lab – a research group with partners across several universities. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Blair has served as a volunteer economist with the Council of Economic Advisers during the Biden-Harris presidential transition.
UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 8mo ago

UMass Boston Econ faculty @jfcogliano.bsky.social sat down with @ineteconomics.bsky.social to discuss his work on exploitation & inequality. See the interview below & a short thread on how exploitation highlights aspects of inequality that conventional approaches miss. #exploitation #inequality

INET - Institute for New Economic Thinking@ineteconomics.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Exploitation isn’t abstract—it’s measurable. 👉 youtu.be/0jJZV7NgCVg 👀 Jonathan Cogliano @umassbostonecon.bsky.social shows how inequality runs deeper than income or wealth.

UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!

UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Jonathan Cogliano@jfcogliano.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Very excited my paper (co-authored with Roberto Veneziani), "Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis" is forthcoming in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper develops an agent-based computational model (ABM) of (1/n)

Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis*

In A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System, Pasinetti (1960) lays out the foundations of what has been dubbed the canonical classical model. He proves the model to be logically consisten...

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UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Quick reminder that we are hiring in health economics! Review of applications begins November 15. JOE ad linked below.

UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our next department seminar is Wednesday, October 22 at 11:15am with David McMillon (Emory University). David is presenting "Does Racial Hierarchy Really Harm Everyone? Relative Racial Status Resentment and the Economics of Reparative Reforms". (Details below)

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UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our first department seminar of the year is next Wednesday, October 1 at 11:15am with Patricia Cortés (Boston University). Patricia is presenting "Making Information Stick: Evidence from Correcting Misperceptions toward Paternity Leave-Taking in Japan". (Details below)

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