World-renowned speakers

Workshops & Seminars

Our department hosts world-renowned speakers in our diverse set of weekly workshops. In addition, our faculty and students pursue research in many different areas of economic study.

Research Spotlight: Sibling Gender Composition and Women's Wages

Professor Eleonora Patacchini and Graduate Student Angela Cools find that women with any brothers earn roughly 10 percent less than women with no brothers in their late 20s and early 30s.

Read this abstract and explore a listing of other working papers here.

Economics News

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NY Times writer and Klarman '79: Civil debate can change minds

3/10/2026

A live and online audience of nearly 1,000 tapped into an ongoing conversation between Bret Stephens and Seth Klarman about media, democracy, education and the nature of debate.

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Alum took his case all the way to the Supreme Court – and won

3/06/2026

Wine importer Victor Owen Schwartz ’80 has made global headlines with his company’s successful battle against tariffs; an update

Three Cornellians named Schwarzman Scholars for study in China

2/04/2026

A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year and will spend it in a master’s program in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

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Threats to Fed independence already taking an economic toll

1/22/2026

While market movements have been modest so far, they signal declining trust in the ability or willingness of future FOMC members to achieve the Fed's inflation objectives, says Cornell economist Ryan Chahrour.

Celebrating the journey with our December A&S grads

12/12/2025

December graduates walk the stage this month, so we sat down for a talk with three A&S grads who’ve taken different pathways through Cornell.

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Universities’ role in society goes beyond education, research

11/12/2025

Americans broadly agree that universities should engage in a range of societal issues beyond their core education and research missions.

Hidden markets unveiled in talk by Wharton economist Nov. 4

10/24/2025

Wharton economist Judd Kessler will pull back the curtain on the hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life.

Nobelist explores women’s role in the workplace—and lives it

10/14/2025

Economist and Harvard professor Claudia Goldin ’67 studied under eminent Big Red faculty members Alfred Kahn and Walter LaFeber

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The S. C. Tsiang Macroeconomics Workshop

Sho-Chieh Tsiang, a world-renowned authority in macroeconomics, monetary theory and international ﬁnance, was a Professor of Economics at Cornell University from 1969 until his retirement and elevation to Emeritus status in 1985. His family has graciously endowed our department's weekly Macroeconomics Workshop.

Learn more about S.C. Tsiang and his contributions in the field of economics