We have outstanding faculty members who are active researchers and teachers. In the last decade, our faculty have published well over 300 articles, chapters and books on a wide variety of economic topics. This research appears in top general journals such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Canadian Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, and Review of Economics and Statistics, as well as top field journals such as the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Health Economics and the Journal of Public Economics.
We have been ranked particularly high in research productivity in labor economics, industrial organization, economic development, urban economics ,and international economics. This research expertise makes UWM an exciting and vital place in which to study economics. Prospective graduate students are strongly encouraged to browse our faculty profiles to identify faculty whose research interests align with theirs.
The department regularly hosts seminars and workshops with guest speakers from around the world.