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Students in Andrew Jonelis’ Economics of Emerging Markets course used virtual reality to get an up-close view of markets thousands of miles away.
Undergraduate Studies
Under the guidance of distinguished faculty, students develop the quantitative skills to think critically about the relationships between resources, incentives and behaviors that inform the decision-making process. Along with one-on-one advising and a breadth of opportunities to learn outside of the classroom, economics majors graduate with a portfolio of methods, problem-solving techniques and practical experience that is highly valued by employers.
Graduate Studies
While there are separate tracks toward the M.A. and the Ph.D., both esteemed graduate degree programs focus on applied and policy-related economics. Emphasizing a strong foundation of theory, statistical and econometric methods, students develop advanced understanding of market functions and hone analytical skills that are in high demand across a wide range of fields.
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Our faculty comprises one of the strongest and most active research groups in the areas of urban, regional and real estate economics. Our focus and depth allows us to offer two semester-long Ph.D. courses in urban economics and related areas augmented by a third upper level undergraduate course in real estate economics that many of our Ph.D. students audit.
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Applied Micro Seminar: Emily Weisburst
Emily Weisburst from UCLA will present “Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants.”
Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants
We study the role of victim reporting in the production of public safety. We examine the Secure Communities program, a crime-reduction policy that involved police in detecting unauthorized immigrants and increased deportation fears in immigrant communities. We find that the policy reduced the likelihood that Hispanic victims report crimes to police and increased offending against Hispanics. The number of reported crimes is unchanged, masking these opposing effects. We show that reduced reporting drives the offending increase and provide the first elasticity of offending to victim re- porting in the literature, calculating that a 10% decline in reporting increases offending by 7.9%.