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Clair Brown - Professor, Economics
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs Location: On Campus
This URAP team focuses on the Sustainable, Shared-Prosperity Policy Index (SSPI) that pulls together the data for over 50 policies that structure how markets operate, creates government programs (such as health care, education, housing) and protects human rights, and supports healthy ecosystems and protects the environment. This year the...
Social SciencesClair Brown - Professor, Economics
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs Location: On Campus
This project focuses on the Richmond ballot measure to impose $1 per barrel tax on Chevron, and on major California legislation related to Environmental Justice or climate justice that are submitted in 2025. The students will work on finding and evaluating data and research studies related to the problem the...
Social SciencesTamma Carleton - Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs Location: On Campus
We are looking for highly motivated students interested in conducting research and analyses on a project investigating the impacts of climate change on human migration at global scale. This research initiative aims to leverage large historical datasets to empirically quantify how human migration responds to climate change, both within and...
Social Sciences Environmental IssuesStefano DellaVigna - Professor, Economics
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
This URAP project exposes the students to 2-3 ongoing projects that the professor (Stefano) is working on. The idea of this URAP group is to provide a sampling of research at the frontier in applied behavioral economics and in other areas of applied microeconomics that Stefano works on. As such...
Social SciencesUlrike Malmendier - Professor, Economics
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
We are looking for highly motivated apprentices interested in behavioral economics or behavioral finance research for the 2025 spring semester. You will find below the list of open projects. Expectations: - Undergraduates will be required to complete assignments weekly. They will also be required to fill out weekly reports detailing the...
Social SciencesUlrike Malmendier - Professor, Economics
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
One of the most exciting areas of research in economics is “Law and Economics/Finance." This research starts from a central question in economics: What are the causes of financial development and economic growth? Why do some countries flourish while others do not? The “Law and Finance” literature suggests that...
Social SciencesBenjamin Schoefer - Professor, Economics
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
We will conduct research in macroeconomics and labor economics. The student may work on early-stage and advanced research projects. For an overview of potential topics, please see my website: https://eml.berkeley.edu/~schoefer/ Please do not reach out by email before you have been selected. I cannot respond to email...
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