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We welcome all submissions for the 2026 Conference on Discrimination in the 21st Century: Fostering Conversations Across Fields. This year’s conference will be held April 28–29, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. This conference will bring together researchers from different fields to discuss crucial themes around discrimination. Experts from economics, sociology, law, behavioral sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, Read more...

On April 30–May 1, 2026, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics. Joining the 2026 Health Economics Initiative Conference as the keynote speaker will be Ambitabh Chandra, Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Read more...

Program Chairs: Wendy Morrison, Duke University Marta Prato, Bocconi University The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago invites you to share your academic paper to be reviewed for the 8th annual Women in Macroeconomics Conference. This year’s conference will be held May 14-15, 2026, at University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. The 8th annual Women in Read more...

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Department ADV Schools & Units About the Department The Advancement Office engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. Advancement raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute. Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economic...

Starting in 2022, central banks around the world raised interest rates more aggressively than they had in over 50 years. These policies have direct impacts on consumers. When the central bank raises i...

Program Chairs: Wendy Morrison, Duke University Marta Prato, Bocconi University The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago invites you to share your academic paper to be reviewed for t...

Boxed lunches were provided. BFI’s Student Lunch Series invites prominent speakers to engage undergraduate and graduate students in discussions on economics. The talks highlight the practical use of economics for answering real-world questions pertinent to businesses and policy makers. Why do so many American children start school already behind—and what can be done about it? Read more...

Lunch will be provided. This workshop on the Chinese economy, hosted jointly by BFI-China and the China Lab at Northwestern University, aims to convene scholars and students from across the Midwest who are interested in issues related to China.

Who bears the burden of tariffs? In light of recent tariffs on imports, policymakers, researchers, and the public have debated how tariff costs are distributed among foreign producers, domestic import...

Global efforts to increase women’s political representation often frame the issue as a universal challenge. Yet Africa presents a notable exception: the continent has produced numerous female heads of state (in 25 of 54 African countries, women have served as either president, vice president, or premier), and boasts some of the highest rates of female Read more...

INTERACTIVE FIGURE Employee Outflow from Microsoft One effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many workers who formerly worked five days a week in an office now work from home all or some of the time. And this trend will likely continue. As of June 2023, an estimated 75% of tech and 28% of all Read more...