Congratulations to Xi Song for receiving an honorable mention for this year’s ASA Family Section Graduate Paper award

Xi Song’s paper entitled "Heterogeneous Grandparent Effects: The Effect of Grandparents' Education on Grandchildren's Education in One-Parent and Two-Parent Families" has been selected to receive an honorable mention for this year's American…

Prof. Till von Wachter is quoted in MyNewsLA

Prof. Till von Wachter’s reviews and comments on the effect of the Los Angeles wage hike on the economy were mentioned in MyNewsLA. Link: http://mynewsla.com/government/2015/05/05/city-council-to-discuss-peer-assessment-for-raising-minimum-wage/

Danielle Callendar recipient of the 2015-16 Ford Fellowship

Danielle Callendar has been awarded a Ford Fellowship for 2015-16. Congratulations, Danielle!

Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America

Prof. Leah Platt Boustan's data showed that the immigrants in the past already arrived looking pretty good relative to natives so there wasn’t much of a gap on average to close. Link: http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/04/27/past-immigrants-had-it-easier-than-todays-newcomers/

Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn featured in The Washington Post

Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn's research study on the effect of peer pressure on educational investments among Hispanic high school students was mentioned in the news article. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/30/meet-the-economist-who-grew-up-among-crack-dealers-and-won-a-mini-nobel-for-his-research-on-race/

Prof. Gary Gates featured in the Fox News

Prof. Gary Gate's report on the LGBT community was mentioned in the news article. Link: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-transition-how-many-americans-are-transgender/

Graduate students Sung Park and Goleen Samari won awards for their 2015 PAA Poster

Graduate student Sung Park won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, “Homeleaving During the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of Two American Cohorts”. Graduate student Goleen Samari won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, "Cross Border…

Prof. Till von Wachter featured in 89.3 KPCC

Prof. Till von Wachter's peer review on labor and employment, Beacon Economics, and the Economic Roundtable was mentioned in the podcast. Link: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/30/51365/new-report-puts-more-momentum-behind-l-a-minimum-w/

Prof. Beate Ritz is quoted in NBC News

Prof. Beate Ritz's research indicates that the biggest concern for seniors involves the 46 percent increase in mini-strokes. Article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102617527/print/1/displaymode/1098/

Congratulations to Prof. Gary Gates!

Prof. Gary Gates is the Williams Institute’s inaugural Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director. Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/william-s-institute-s-gary-gates-blachford-cooper-distinguished-scholar-and-research-director