{"629174":{"#nid":"629174","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Economics Faculty Present Research Across United States Ahead of 8th Atlanta International Economics Workshop Co-hosted with Emory and Atlanta Federal Reserve","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Economics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E faculty showcased the breadth of the School\u0026#39;s research this month as faculty presented on topics ranging from poverty to the future of education. In addition, the School will co-host\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/629138\/atlanta-workshop-international-economics\u0022\u003E8th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E with Emory University and the Atlanta Federal Reserve Board in December.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn November 7, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEconomics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was featured on a panel entitled \u0026#39;\u003Cstrong\u003EComparisons of Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty\u0026#39;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the recent \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iariw.org\/c2019washington.php\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWorld Bank-International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E conference in Washington, D.C. Dhongde presented her recent paper \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iariw.org\/washington\/Dhongde-paper.pdf.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;A Comparison of Income Poverty and Multidimensional Deprivation: Lessons Learned from the United States\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to underscore the conference\u0026#39;s theme of discovering \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026#39;New Approaches to\u0026nbsp;Define\u0026nbsp;and Measure\u0026nbsp;Poverty in a Growing World.\u0026#39;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hughes.econ.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEconomics Professor and\u0026nbsp;Director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL)\u0026nbsp;Danny Hughes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E gave a talk entitled \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Payments, Access, and Regulation: Provider Participation and Behavior in U.S. Healthcare Markets\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hospitals.jefferson.edu\/departments-and-services\/radiology.html\u0022\u003EJefferson University\u0026#39;s Department of Radiology\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ein Philadelphia, PA\u0026nbsp;on November 4. In addition to his appointments at Georgia Tech, Hughes also serves as the executive director of the\u0026nbsp;Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn November 19, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/ries\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEconomics Professor and former Chair Christine Ries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was a featured guest speaker at a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/cne\/about-cne\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommission on Creating the Next in Education (CNE)\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/a\u003Elunch regarding Artificial Intelligence and the future of education. CNE is an initiative of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s Center for 21st Century Universities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which serves as a living laboratory for fundamental change in education. Ries, who is a former board member\u0026nbsp;of the Georgia Charter Educational Foundation,\u0026nbsp;has extensive experience working in education policy and\u0026nbsp;the use of computers and information technology in education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/629138\/atlanta-workshop-international-economics\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe 8th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E will be held\u0026nbsp;on December 6 and 7 at the Emory Conference Center and Hotel. Registration, which is free but required, is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdV_l7m9Rqibd1r0noo3XxpbqfyGJcbSveyVjdhDULP_OwKQA\/viewform\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ethis link\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. A full agenda for the Workshop can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/Int%20Economics%20Agenda%202019.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Economics is a unit of \u003Cstrong\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Economics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E faculty showcased the breadth of the School\u0026#39;s research this month as faculty presented on topics ranging from poverty to the future of education. In addition, the School will co-host\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/629138\/atlanta-workshop-international-economics\u0022\u003E8th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E with Emory University and the Atlanta Federal Reserve Board next month.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Economics Faculty Christine Ries, Shatakshee Dhongde, and Danny Hughes were featured guest speakers at influential conferences and workshops this month ahead of the upcoming 8th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-11-20 19:45:35","changed_gmt":"2020-09-03 16:59:30","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629243":{"id":"629243","type":"image","title":"Shatakshee Dhongde at World Bank Conference","body":null,"created":"1574375810","gmt_created":"2019-11-21 22:36:50","changed":"1574375810","gmt_changed":"2019-11-21 22:36:50","alt":"A photo of School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde presenting at the World Bank\/IARIW Conference in Washington, D.C.","file":{"fid":"239640","name":"shataksheedhongde.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shataksheedhongde.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shataksheedhongde.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":196500,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shataksheedhongde.jpg?itok=ZCvNPK3y"}}},"media_ids":["629243"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11161","name":"Christine Ries"},{"id":"175258","name":"Danny Hughes"},{"id":"167037","name":"school of economics"},{"id":"171220","name":"Shatakshee Dhongde"},{"id":"183120","name":"Atlanta Workshop on International Economics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}