Learning from Senior Economists
The Center for Advancing Women in Economics (AWE) regularly spotlights the work of economists at all career stages as a source of learning and inspiration.
On this page, you’ll find interviews with senior economists sharing about their research and career journey.
Videos
In this series of videos, senior economist Galina Vereshchagina, associate professor of Economics at Arizona State University, shares her journey towards becoming an economist, the lessons she's learned along the way and her advice for those early in their careers.
In this video, economist Lisa Kahn, Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, discusses her research, her path towards becoming an economist, her experience advising on Labor policies at the Council of Economic Advisors and the balance between parenthood and career.
Interviews
University of California, Berkeley professor Ulrike Malmendier on the long-term effects of inflation and the remembrance of crises past.
The University of Maryland's Melissa Kearney, author of The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind, on the American fertility decline, the role of social norms, and the link between single-parent households and economic gaps.
Annamaria Lusardi on financial literacy, seniors versus scammers, and learning from the mistakes of NFL players.
Columbia University economist on inflation, capital controls, and finding research topics.
Yale University economist on developing countries, measuring economies by satellite, and the learning crisis.
University of Texas at Austin economist on wage growth, labor's share of income, and the gender unemployment gap
UC San Diego economics professor on fiscal stimulus, technological lull, and the rug-rat race.
Northwestern University economist on firms' investment decisions, intangible capital, and the college premium
