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

Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16

3/02/2023

On Thursday, March 16, join the Cornell community to make a difference for students on Cornell Giving Day.

Migrations announces winners for creative writing, art

2/20/2023

Four winners of the competition by the Migrations Global Grand Challenge are affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences.

Campus rallies to support Syria, Turkey earthquake survivors

2/16/2023

With about 70 students on campus from Syria and Turkey affected by the devastation in their countries, students, faculty and administrators have mobilized to create relief efforts.

Two A&S alums honored for volunteer efforts

2/06/2023

The two are among five winners of the inaugural Robert S. Harrison ’76 Recent Alumni Volunteer Awards.

A&S welcomes 10 new Klarman Fellows to expanded program

2/01/2023

The fourth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program’s launch in 2019, includes scholars investigating quantum phases of two-dimensional materials, mechanisms of social mobility, housing politics of metro areas, and gaps between neuro cognition and artificial intelligence, among oth...

Students enthused by COP27 reparations agreement

12/08/2022

During COP27, Podpora and Fenningdorf helped with Cornell’s exhibit and other side events, as well as attended various sessions and workshops.

Economist Tom Davis dies at 93

11/23/2022

Tom E. Davis, professor emeritus of economics, was an expert on economic development in Latin America.

2022 Economics graduates listening to Prof. Jakubson

Fall 2022 - Updates from the Class of 2022

11/16/2022

Post-graduation plans for Class of 2022 Economics majors.

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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