Department of Economics

Seattle's economy and population have skyrocketed in the last few years but some important pieces have fallen behind. Elaina Rose, UW associate professor of economics, is quoted.

If there’s one thing other tech hubs have that New Orleans doesn’t, it’s a highly educated workforce, says Jacob Vigdor, an economist at the University of Washington.

Crosscut offers a guide to all 47 contenders for the seven district positions and two at-large seats on Seattle's City Council.

A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.

Economics senior Joshua Kim is hardly a fan of sports — but his knack for digging up information about the NFL and its players became his ticket to presenting a preliminary paper at the AEA.

They could have spent their week off at a beach. They could have gone home to see family. Instead, five University of Washington students spent their spring break helping in the classroom.

Nora Strothman talks about a bench placed at the University of Washington in honor of her husband Bill, a graduate of economics and communication who died in a helicopter crash.

A 2013 Rasmussen Reports poll found that only 37 percent of surveyed Americans thought daylight saving time was worth the hassle. Hendrik Wolff, an environmental economist at the UW, is quoted.

The life of a Bangladeshi garment factory worker is not an easy one. But new research from the University of Washington indicates that access to such factory jobs can improve the lives of young Bangladeshi women.

The economy's no laughing matter, unless you're watching comedian Yoram Bauman ('03), "the world's first and only stand-up economist."

Can a stand-up comedian lead the state on climate change issues? We're about to find out the punchline to that.

Does Daylight Savings Time save electricity too? Not so fast says assistant economics professor Hendrik Wolf.

"If this was truly a currency this would be unprecedented levels of volatility right now," says University of Washington economics professor Phillip Bond.

Frustrated by the current funding model for scientific research, Cindy Wu ('11) and Denny Luan ('11) created a crowdfunding platform for research.

Geography professor Kam Wing Chan discusses the little known "hukou," a small document that could have a big impact on keeping China's poor from joining the middle class.