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June 14, 2025

Should Boys Start Kindergarten a Year Later Than Girls?

“Age really matters,” says David Figlio, the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education. Yet he also didn’t think universal redshirting—the term used for starting kindergarten one year later, at age 6—for boys was the answer.

May 20, 2025

Congratulations to Chang Liu!

2024-2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient

The Outstanding Dissertation Award is bestowed upon nominated students who are truly exceptional. Nominees are evaluated on the merit and creativity of their research.

May 16, 2025

Call for Papers

The Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy is now soliciting papers for a conference on “Macroeconomic Consequences of Micro-Development Policies” to be held at the University of Rochester on May 8-9, 2026. Proposals should be submitted online no later than May 26, 2025 (11:59 p.m. EST).

May 16, 2025

25th Stockman PhD Alumni Conference

The Department of Economics will host the 25th Stockman PhD Alumni Conference on September 26-27.

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Rochester’s economics PhD program—in existence since the 1950s—was created in part by Lionel McKenzie, one of the leading economists of the time.

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Bryce Davis ’20: Combining music and finance into a fulfilling career

The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected opportunities.

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