http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/economics.html Economics headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/economics.html 88 31 Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/autor-tt0507.html Do standardized tests that some employers require of job applicants serve as a barrier to equal employment? A pioneering study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that screening helps productivity without hindering minority hiring. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/autor-tt0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/china-forum-tt0507.html MIT will kick off a new monthly lecture series on China with a May 14 talk by Yingyi Qian, dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and professor of economics at UC Berkeley. Qian will speak about China's economic transformation. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/china-forum-tt0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/real-estate-0506.html Despite signs of a widening disconnect between buyers and sellers, transaction sale prices of U.S. commercial property owned by institutional investors rose 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to an MIT index. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/real-estate-0506.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/econ-childcare-0502.html Universal day care, the recurring dream of working parents everywhere, benefits adults economically but may affect young children's well being, according to an MIT economist's study of a highly subsidized childcare program in Quebec. Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/econ-childcare-0502.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bingaman-0429.html Boosting Washington's "anemic and unreliable support for basic science and engineering enterprise" is a critical step toward a viable energy future, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., told an MIT audience on Friday, April 25. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bingaman-0429.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lemelson-sustainability-0423.html Dr. Martin Fisher is transforming the lives of poor African farmers through a combination of technological invention and business development. For his work, Fisher has been named the 2008 recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lemelson-sustainability-0423.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/patrick-0423.html Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told an enthusiastic crowd at MIT on Tuesday that clean energy has the potential to bring about an economic bonanza for the commonwealth at the same time that it improves the planet's well-being. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/patrick-0423.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/poverty-edwards-0418.html The global problems of climate change, population growth and severe poverty are so enormous that no one country can solve them alone, John Edwards told attendees at a student-organized conference on global poverty at MIT. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/poverty-edwards-0418.html