{"687875":{"#nid":"687875","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Pablo A. Pe\u00f1a: \u0022Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Economics is pleased to welcome Pablo A. Pe\u00f1a, associate instructional professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, for a talk about his new book, \u003Cem\u003EHuman Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People,\u003C\/em\u003E published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPe\u00f1a\u0027s book offers an accessible guide to understanding human capital theory \u2014 the idea that investing in a person\u0027s knowledge and skills has wide-ranging economic effects. Drawing on the revolutionary insights of Nobel laureate Gary Becker, under whom Pe\u00f1a studied, the book explores how human capital theory applies to everyday decisions about parenting, aging, marriage, health, and household labor. With an illustrative and immersive style, Human Capital for Humans makes this consequential science accessible to general audiences while remaining intellectually rigorous.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPe\u00f1a specializes in applied price theory, human capital theory, and empirical economics. In addition to his teaching at UChicago, he co-founded Microanalitica, a consulting firm using experiments and quasi-experiments to produce actionable intelligence for businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies, and previously served as chief economist of Mexico\u0027s National Banking and Securities Commission. The book has received enthusiastic endorsements from Steven Levitt (co-author of Freakonomics), Angela Duckworth (author of Grit), Michael Kremer (2019 Nobel laureate in Economics), and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUniversity of Chicago economist Pablo A. Pe\u00f1a discusses his new book on human capital theory and its applications to everyday decisions about parenting, health, marriage, and household labor.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"University of Chicago economist Pablo A. Pe\u00f1a discusses his new book on human capital theory and its applications to everyday decisions about parenting, health, marriage, and household labor."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2026-01-30 21:53:58","changed_gmt":"2026-02-09 19:43:26","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-09T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-09T12:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-09T12:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-09 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-09 16:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-09 16:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Scholars Event Theater, Room 1280, Price Gilbert Memorial Library","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECiCi McNamara\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cmcnamara30@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecmcnamara30@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}