Read the latest department news, including faculty announcements, student achievements, and more.
In “The Work Goes On,” Princeton’s Orley Ashenfelter interviews some of the most influential economists of the modern era to record an oral history of labor economics and industrial relations. The podcast recently released its 50th episode!
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
Nicolas Hommel has received the 2026 Top Finance Graduate Award from HEC Paris.
Now 50 episodes in, look back on favorite moments from Orley Ashenfelter's "The Work Goes On" podcast, an oral history of labor economics.
The Uwe Reinhardt Distinguished Lectureship was created to honor Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton’s James Madison Professor of Political Economy, professor of economics and public affairs.
The Economics Department is saddened to share the passing of esteemed faculty member and Nobel Prize winner Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
On February 7, Princeton's JRCPPF and BCF hosted a finance interview-preparatory workshop led by Wall Street Prep.
Professor Ellora Derenoncourt recently spoke at the "Why Wealth Inequality Matters" Symposium held by MIT's Stone Center.
Meghana Gaur, Rachel Moore, and Bennett Smith-Worthington are the recipients of this year's graduate research grants, awarded by PRI, to support new research on inequality.
Learn more about ECO 316: Economic Lessons from the World of Sports with Professor Gene Grossman. In the fall semester of 2025, this course included lectures from four former Princeton athletes, now luminaries in the world of sports.
What can you do with an Economics degree from Princeton? To find out, we checked in with several recent graduates.
On November 3, Atif Mian and Owen Zidar participated in a panel discussion on wealth inequality at an event celebrating the opening of the Stone Center.
The Economics Department is saddened to share the passing of esteemed faculty member Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University.
In her recent working paper, Professor Ayşegül Şahin details the website she and her co-author created, "www.labormarketupdate.net," which provides real-time data on the labor market.
Nicolas Hommel has received the 2025 Ben Bernanke Prize in Financial and Monetary Economics.
The Economics Department is celebrating three students as recipients of this year's Junior Prizes: Koda Gursoy (1st Place), Annie Xu (2nd Place), and Siling Song (3rd Place).
The Program for Research on Inequality hosted its annual reception on October 9, celebrating this year's research grantees and welcoming everyone to the new academic year.
Five seniors presented their outstanding junior research at the 7th annual Junior Independent Work (JIW) Research Forum hosted by the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies.
The award is presented annually to the authors of the best paper presented at TME the prior year.
Shruti Venkat ('23) graduated with a major in Economics and a Certificate in Finance. She now works in venture capital at Insight Partners. Learn more about her experience in the Economcis Department and BCF and how that has translated to a rewarding career.
