Happiness economics is the formal study of the relationship between individual satisfaction and economic factors such as employment and income. Skip to content. News Markets Companies ...

It may seem strange that the field of economics would have such a gaping gender gap when one of the most powerful economists in the world, Janet Yellen, is a woman.

Understanding Experimental Economics . Experimental economics is used to help understand how and why markets function the way they do. These market experiments, involving real people making real ...

“Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.” So starts Alfred Marshall’s “Principles of Economics”, a 19th-century textbook that helped create the common language ...

The Economics Department offers two undergraduate degrees, one through the College of Arts & Sciences, and the other through the Leavey School of Business. Students have the option to choose a ...

The Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) is the premier research and data arm of the World Bank. DEC increases understanding of development policies and programs by providing intellectual ...

Harvard University's Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on women in the labor market. She studies the causes of the persistent pay gap between men and women.

W hen the economics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology issues a statement, it is often to celebrate a Nobel Prize. In the past decade, six of its professors have won the award ...

Economics is the science of decision-making and how to create value through trade. Since we make decisions and we trade every day, we all use economics – all the time. Economics is also fundamental ...

Managerial economics is a dynamic degree that prepares students for a variety of careers in business and beyond. The major goes beyond the limits of traditional economics and business. Students gain a ...