Faculty Profile

Assistant Professor Leah Platt Boustan received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Research interests include: Internal migration; residential segregation; growth of American cities; suburbanization; race and labor markets.

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Winter 2012 Undergraduate Newsletter

Please take a look at our second newsletter of the Undergraduate Roundtable. Please email roundtable@econ.ucla.edu with suggestions for the future issues.


2011-2012 Ph.D. job market candidates

Please visit our placement website to see the profiles of our 2011-2012 Ph.D. job market candidates.


Understanding the Current Economic Crisis: UCLA Economists Speak Out

In recent months, UCLA economists have actively written and spoken about the current economic crisis. We have compiled links (in chronological order) to the various opinions and ideas put forth by our economics faculty on issues such as how the current disaster was allowed to develop, how the proposed economic policies are likely to work, and what the future holds for our economy.







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