The Economics BA at Northwestern equips students to decode complex market behaviors and design evidence-based policies. A rigorous core in micro-, macro-, and econometrics is bolstered by electives in behavioral finance, development economics, and machine-learning applications. Undergraduates collaborate with the Kellogg School and the Institute for Policy Research, accessing cutting-edge datasets on health, education, and environmental regulation. Chicago’s status as a financial hub yields internships at the Federal Reserve, fintech startups, and impact-investment funds. Graduates command quantitative fluency, critical reasoning, and ethical sensitivity vital for careers in consulting, policy analysis, banking, or graduate research.
Estimate the causal effect of universal basic-income pilots on gig-economy labor supply
Model consumer adoption curves for electric vehicles using discrete-choice analysis
Conduct a randomized controlled trial on financial-literacy nudges in Chicago schools
Value ecosystem services of urban green roofs through hedonic-pricing models
Analyze network externalities in cryptocurrency markets with graph theory
Compare carbon-tax incidence across income quintiles using CPS microdata
Forecast inflation dynamics with Bayesian vector-autoregressive techniques
Study gender wage-gap trends post-COVID in telework-friendly sectors
Develop an agent-based model of housing-market bubbles under different credit regimes
Evaluate tariff impacts on Midwest manufacturing employment via synthetic controls
Examine behavioral biases in retail investing using Robinhood transaction data
Assess effects of congestion pricing on public-transit ridership elasticity
Simulate DSGE models to test fiscal-stimulus multipliers in recession scenarios
Build a machine-learning classifier predicting SME loan defaults for community banks
Quantify social returns to early-childhood education investments in Illinois
Create a policy dashboard visualizing real-time labor-market indicators
Investigate spillover effects of microfinance on women’s empowerment in rural India
Drive impactful policy and market insights with Northwestern’s quantitative Economics degree.
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