Rutgers Masters Program in Economics

Fall 2016 Paid Internships with the Federal Diversity Internship Initiative!

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view.twc-email.org I hope you have had a wonderful school year so far. As this semester comes to an end, I would like to keep you updated on future opportunities we have at The Washington Center, through our Federal Diversity Internship Initiative - a fully funded, paid internship program with various federal agencies…

Professor Barr, P.Mizrach, and Professor Mundra's, recent paper, “Skyscraper height and the business cycle: separating myth from reality”, and Professor Barr's paper "“Skyscraper height”, were cited on The Economist.

Towers of Babel THE world is in the middle of a skyscraper boom. Last year nearly 100 buildings over 200 metres tall were built—more than ever before. This year China’s business...

Professor Loeb's research in The Economist:

Fatal distraction FOR motorists, mobile phones have been both a blessing and a curse. In 1995, when 34.5m Americans carried them, fatalities from road-traffic accidents began to...

Professor Coate's recent article entitled "Improving the GOP’s Free-Market Pitch" was featured on The Wall Street Journal.

Improving the GOP’s Free-Market Pitch In The Wall Street Journal, economist Douglas Coate writes that capitalism’s virtues don’t easily reduce to sound bites, but that isn’t a reason to give up.

Professor Mundra's recent paper “Immigrant Homeownership during the Great recession and beyond: Role of Birth Networks” was cited by the NAHB Eye on Housing Blog.

Immigrant Homeownership | Eye On Housing Immigrants can have a large impact on housing demand. Research from NAHB in 2012 demonstrated that using the low end Census projections on net immigration (1.2

Professor Mundra's recent paper “Immigrant Homeownership during the Great recession and beyond: Role of Birth Networks” was cited by the NPR Marketplace.

Immigrants closing gap on homeownership Immigrants fared better on homeownership than the native-born in the recession.

Professor Mundra's recent paper “Immigrant Homeownership during the Great recession and beyond: Role of Birth Networks” was cited by the US News.

Foreign-Born Homeowners Fared the Housing Crisis Better - US News The gap in homeownership between immigrants and native-born narrowed more during the 1990s than the 2000s.

Professor Mundra's recent paper “Immigrant Homeownership during the Great recession and beyond: Role of Birth Networks” was cited by the Washington Post, US News, NPR Marketplace, and NAHB Eye on Housing Blog.

Why immigrants weathered the housing bust better than the U.S.-born population Two studies show that homeownership rates for immigrants did not suffer -- and may have increased -- in the recession's aftermath.

Seminar Series in the Economics Department for Spring 2015

All Seminars this semester will be held in the Economics
Department's Conference Room (Hill 815).

Monday, March 23, 11:30-12:30pm
Morris Davis (Rutgers Business School)
“Default when House Prices are Uncertain"

Monday, April 6, 11:30-12:30pm
Zhutong Gu (Rutgers University, New Brunswick)
"Testing for improved efficiency of Average Structural Functions for Nonseparable Models"

Monday, April 13, 11:30-12:30pm
Alex Abakah (Rutgers Business School)
“Religious Beliefs, Political Orientation, and Municipal Finance”

Monday, April 27, 11:30-12:30pm
Saurabh Singhal (World Institute for Development Economics Research)
“Spillover Effects of Agriculture Extension Services: Evidence from Malaria Reduction in Uganda”