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

World at a Turning Point interview

UNDP's Dr. Pedro Conceição speaks with the Einaudi Center during the Oct. 3–5 CRADLE conference on the state of the global economy.

Kids don’t need to love salads to maintain healthy weight

Serving children more nutritious meals didn't reduce their taste for sweets, but promoted healthier weight over time by reducing added sugar and fat consumption, a Cornell-led study found.

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy.

Klarman Fellow to study consequences of the social safety net

Neil Cholli, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in economics, has received a grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to study how inequality affects economic growth and well-being in the U.S.

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