Forecast Direct

Ep. 14 - Entrepreneurship and Opportunity Zones

This month, our podcast features a conversation with Kenan Fikri, Research Director at the Economic Innovation Group. We discuss entrepreneurship and opportunity zones.

Ep. 13 - The Future of Cities

This month, our podcast features a conversation with Vernon Henderson, Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. Professor Henderson is one of the world’s leading urban economists. We talk with him about the future of cities.

Ep. 12 - Job Search, Job Posting and Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Crisis

This month, our podcast features a conversation with Leo Feler and Ioana Marinescu regarding research on how enhanced unemployment insurance affected job search and employment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ep. 11 - How Climate Change and Weather Directly Affect Labor Supply

This month, our podcast features a conversation with Leila Bengali, Nora Pankratz, and Jisung Park regarding their recent work on how climate change and weather affects labor supply.

Ep. 10 - Groundwater Use in California Agriculture

This month, our podcast features a conversation with UCLA Anderson Economist, Leila Bengali, and Professors Fiona Burlig, Louis Preonas, and Matt Woerman, regarding their recent paper on groundwater use in California agriculture.

Ep. 9 - Streets of Gold

For this edition of Forecast Direct, Leo Feler has a conversation with Leah Boustan, Professor of Economics at Princeton University about American Immigration. Following is an edited summary of our conversation. Condensed transcript and full video of our conversation are available here

Ep. 8 - To Close or Not to Close: Public Health Interventions and the Economy

For this edition of Forecast Direct, UCLA Anderson Forecast director Jerry Nickelsburg has a conversation with Emil Verner, Assistant Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan on whether pandemics or public health interventions depress the economy.

 

Summary of the conversation and full video are available here:

Ep. 7 - Income Inequality, Side Hustles, and Social Insurance

April 2021

For this edition of Forecast Direct, UCLA Anderson Forecast senior economist Leo Feler and Kathryn Edwards of RAND have a discussion about trends in income, the gig economy, and unemployment insurance. A transcription of the conversation and full video of our conversation are available here, and Professor Edwards’ research is available here.

Ep. 6 - The Differential Impacts of the Pandemic Recession on Women and Men's Employment and Roles

March 2021

For this edition of Forecast Direct, Jerry Nickelsburg has a conversation with Jane Olmstead-Rumsey of Northwestern and Titan Alon of UCSD on the differential impacts of the pandemic recession on women and men’s employment and roles. Condensed transcript of our conversation is available here.

Ep. 4 - Lessons From the 1920s for the Coming Decade

January 2021

For this edition of Forecast Direct, we discuss economic history and comparisons to the current recovery with Professor Martha Olney from UC Berkeley. Professor Olney’s articles are available here. Condensed transcription of the conversation is available here.