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		MIT News: As a population gets older, automation accelerates A recent study coauthored by Daron Acemoglu shows that aging populations lead to greater implementation of robots in workplace settings.

		The long afterlife of the "China Shock" New research by David Autor and colleagues David Dorn and Gordon Hanson shows that U.S. regions devastated by inexpensive manufacturing imports from China are still suffering economically.

		Parag Pathak: From fair schools to vaccine distribution Parag Pathak catches up with Science News about his efforts to make public education more equitable and his recent research on fair distribution of vaccines and other medical resources. Pathak was featured on the SN 10: Scientists to Watch list in 2019.

		Amy Finkelstein's career and data-driven research highlighted for IMF News In a recent profile for the IMF's Finance & Development magazine, Chris Wellisz talks with Amy Finkelstein about her career, groundbreaking studies in health economics, and extensive use of large data sets to test how economic models work in the real world.

		Esther Duflo and David Autor honored by MIT for exceptional mentorship David Autor and Esther Duflo are among 15 faculty members recognized for 2021-2023 by MIT's Committed to Caring program, which honors and celebrates faculty mentors who have gone above and beyond to support the success and well-being of their graduate students.

		MIT's Josh Angrist receives Nobel Prize Ford Professor of Economics Joshua Angrist, whose influential work has enhanced rigorous empirical research in economics, received the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences at a ceremony held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC on December 6. Watch Angrist's prize lecture, "Empirical strategies in economics: Illuminating the path from cause to effect," at the link below.

		MIT News: Comparing seniors who relocate long-distance shows where you live affects your longevity Research co-authored by Amy Finkelstein, the John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, shows that some U.S. locations enhance longevity for senior citizens more than others. The study, which quantifies the effect of location by analyzing the impact of long-distance moves on individual health, delivers important new information about large-scale drivers of U.S. health outcomes.

		David Autor elected Vice President of the American Economic Association Ford Professor of Economics David Autor has been elected Vice President of the AEA, along with Stanford's Caroline M. Hoxby (PhD '94). Autor previously served on the AEA Executive Committee and as Editor in Chief of the AEA's Journal of Economic Perspectives.

		Arnaud Costinot named 2021 Fellow of the Econometric Society Arnaud Costinot has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in recognition of his highly regarded contributions to the field. The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. New Fellows are elected annually by the Society's active Fellows.

		Victor Chernozhukov delivers fall UEA lecture The fall 2021 Undergraduate Economics Association lecture was delivered by Victor Chernozhukov on "AI for Economics? An Application to Inflation Measurement." Chernozhukov is the Ford International Professor at MIT's Department of Economics and Center for Statistics and Data Science, and former Senior Principal Scientist for Amazon's Core Artificial Intelligence Group.

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