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Upcoming Events

Webinar: Immigration's Role in Workforce Sustainability

Friday, January 30, 2026, 12 p.m. ET: in which an expert panel of scientists will provide a demographic overview of the U.S. immigrant population. In addition, they will discuss how immigrants contribute to the U.S. workforce and the solvency of social insurance programs, including Medicare and Social Security. Participants will also learn how some recent policy changes are impacting specific industries, including the technology and agricultural sectors.

Panelists include:

• Matthew Hall, Cornell University
• Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California-Merced
• Phillip Connor, Princeton University
• Chloe East, ������ý����
• Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania

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Spring classes began Thursday, January 8. Important dates can be found on the university's����and watch the course schedule��for the latest changes and updates to��Economics courses.��If you have any questions about courses or recitation schedules��please email��kit.colombo@colorado.edu.

2025–26 Seminar Series

For future seminars check out the��seminar��series calendar, all seminars are��held 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.

Announcements

Main Office

The main office, ECON 212,��is open 8:00��a.m.–Noon and 1–5��p.m. Monday through Friday except when noted for holiday closures. In the event that something��needs immediate attention when the front office is not available, please email the appropriate staff member for assistance. Email addresses and phone numbers are available under the��People Tab.��

Department Highlights

• Jonathan Hughes'scampground reservation research in "Welcome to the Camping Games (now please show up)," Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Chloe East's research featured in "," The Nation. as well as in "" on NPR
• Chloe East cited in "" and "" in The Atlantic
• Joongsan Hwang's paper "Seller-buyer Bargaining Explained by Fixed Bargaining Costs, Risk Preferences and Value Discovery," conditionally accepted at Journal of Applied Economic Sciences
• Elizabeth Sorensen Montoya's (PhD '25), paper "," has been accepted by the Journal��of Environmental Economics and Management for publication September 2025.
• Harry Johnson prize for the best paper in the Canadian Journal of Economics in 2024 awarded to James Markusen: “,” (with Antoine Gervais and Anthony Venables) Canadian Journal of Economics 57(4) (2024), 1236-1264.
• Pan Chen has been awarded a CU Graduate School Summer Fellowship. The fellowship provides a biweekly stipend to allow the student to pursue their research during the summer.
• talks about presenting his honors thesis, "Airbnb Density, Housing Prices, and Short-Term Rental Restrictions in Hawaii," at the Carroll Round Economics Conference at Georgetown University
• Joongsan Hwang's Job Market Paper "Veto Bargaining with Incomplete Information and Risk Preference: An Analysis of Brinkmanship" submitted to Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy��and received a revise and resubmit