Economics

LOCATED IN BOSTON, the Department of Economics at Northeastern University offers undergraduate degree programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Economics and the Bachelor of Science in Economics. Also offered at the undergraduate level are combined degrees in Economics/Math, Economics/International Affairs, Economics/Political Science, and Economics/Environmental Studies. Additionally, the best of Northeastern's undergraduate economics majors are offered the opportunity to enter a combined BS/BA/MA program in their senior year, allowing them to complete both the undergraduate degree program (BS or BA) and the professional program (MA) in applied economics in less time than if the programs were completed sequentially.
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Graduate degree program offerings include the Master of Arts in Applied Economics, which focuses on applied economic policy analysis, and the Ph.D. in Applied Economics, with concentrations offered in Labor Economics and Industrial Organization.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

EVENTS

The Department of Economics' Young Alumni Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 @ 6:00 p.m. in Room 440 Egan.

The Department of Economics' Ph.D. Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @ 6:30 p.m. in the Frost Lounge.

STUDENTS

The Department of Economics congratulates the following recipients of the 2012 Morris A. Horowitz Excellence in Economics Awards: Chantalle Hanna (B.A.), Ethan Anderson (B.S.), Michael Hsu (M.A.), Jonathan Snow (M.A.), and Tess Forsell (Ph.D).

New members of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society in Economics include undergraduate students Rina Asemamaw, Suzanne Chisena, Abigail Crenshaw, Robert Dent, Tomas Dicpinigaitis, Ty DiNapoli-Chiappelli, Tala Elborno, Marykate Fallon, Alexander Faust, Leigha Gardner, Sean Hartmann, Derek Kong, George Kritharis, Samantha Lepore, Paul Marx, Mohammed Sania, Stephanie Norris, Rebecca Pineiro, Miranda Polin, Kevin Soucy, Riley Stille, Victoria Wei, and Aristotle Zosherafatain. Graduate students are Dang Mail, Nehan Naim, Shahriar Sadighi, Xiaolin Shi, Kishor Thapa, and Xiao Yang.

RESEARCH

The Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) is an applied research, evaluation, and policy-oriented technical assistance unit located within the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, and is nationally known for its work on demographic developments, such as the aging of the population, impacts of foreign immigration, the employment behavior and problems of older workers, and the changing economic and social status of families.
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