Structural economic models, while parsimonious and interpretable, often exhibit poor data fit and limited forecasting performance. Machine learning models, by contrast, offer substantial flexibility ...

The Center for Applied AI recently hosted our annual Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute. This year the Institute was held from August 1st to August 5th. Following the Institute, the first ...

I was not much of a math student in high school and college. Actually, that’s a gross understatement. I avoided math like the plague. I blamed my math phobia on a young middle-school teacher whose ...

Presented ahead of the Union Budget, Economic Survey 2026 describes education as a core pillar of human capital and central to achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.

Students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of micro and macro economic theory at the undergraduate level. Students should be able to apply their knowledge of economic theory and the ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Dispatches from Abroad, a series highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world. Every summer, the hallways of ...

Economic Survey 2025-26 shows education has achieved scale but weak early learning, secondary dropouts, skill mismatches and ...

Moreover, urban areas have a higher share of secondary schools (38.1 per cent). This disparity limits rural students' access to higher-level classes, resulting in "transition losses, increased travel ...

Mark Witte, Department of Economics Professor of Instruction; Director of Undergraduate Studies “You can learn a lot in study abroad economics classes, and also a lot when you’re outside of class as ...