The Profession Index

From 2013-2022, this department of Econ Focus explored trends and issues affecting the economics profession.

Econ Focus, Third Quarter 2022

Economics Is a Lucrative Major

John Mullin

Econ Focus, Second/Third Quarter 2021

The Economist as Consultant

David A. Price

Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2020

The Leaky Pipeline in Economics

Hailey Phelps

Econ Focus, First Quarter 2020

The More We Get Together

John Mullin

Econ Focus, Second/Third Quarter 2019

The Making of Star Economists

Tim Sablik

Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2018

The Economist's Apprentice

David A. Price

Econ Focus, Second Quarter 2018

The Economist as Public Intellectual

Aaron Steelman

Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2017

Too Many Co-Authors?

Renee Haltom

Econ Focus, Second Quarter 2017

The Role of the Council of Economic Advisers

Aaron Steelman

Econ Focus, Third/Fourth Quarter 2016

Do Economists Ever Really Retire?

David A. Price

Econ Focus, First Quarter 2016

Why Do Economists and the Public Disagree?

Aaron Steelman

Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2015

Scrambling for Economists: The Ph.D. Job Search

Jessie Romero

Econ Focus, Third Quarter 2015

The Role of Lower-Ranked Economics Ph.D. Programs

Karl Rhodes

Econ Focus, Second Quarter 2015

Economists Learn to Grapple with Big Data

Jessie Romero and Aaron Steelman

Econ Focus, First Quarter 2015

Economists and the Real World

Tim Sablik

Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2014

Economics and Ideology

Tim Sablik

Econ Focus, Third Quarter 2014

When Economists Make Mistakes

Jessie Romero

Econ Focus, Second Quarter 2014

Breaking into the Mainstream

Aaron Steelman

Econ Focus, First Quarter 2014

Why U.S. Economics Departments Won

David A. Price

Index displays content through 2014. Articles from 2013 are available on our website in PDF form only.