Department of Economics
Forming economists and leaders in the service of the nation
In describing the master economist, John Maynard Keynes wrote:
“[He] must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions, and must combine talents not often found together. He must be [a] mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher-in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in light of the past for the purposes of the future. No part of man’s nature or his institutions must lie entirely outside his regard. He must be purposeful and disinterested in a simultaneous mood; as aloof and incorruptible as an artist, yet sometimes as near to earth as a politician.”
Memorials of Alfred Marshall, ed. by A.C. Pigou, 1966
p.12, Paragraph 3
The Ateneo Department of Economics presents an excellent environment to develop such a synthesis of talents to become master economists. Indeed, graduates have assumed important posts that determine the direction of the private and public sectors in the Philippines.
Department News
2021 Working Paper (2021-02)
Working Paper 2021-02 Evaluating a Community-Led Central-Kitchen Model for School Feeding Programs in the Philippines: Learnings for Multisectoral Action for Health Vanessa T. Siy Van...
2021 Working Paper (2021-01)
Working Paper 2021-01 Multilevel Determinants of Childhood Undernutrition among Low-Income Urban and Rural Households in the Philippines Vanessa T. Siy Van, Zarah G. Sales, Normahitta...
2020 Policy Brief (2020-26)
Policy Brief 2020-26 No problem staying home? Maybe you can afford it. CJ Castillo, Marjorie Muyrong
2020 Policy Brief (2020-25)
Policy Brief 2020-25 Switching to Natural Gas: Evidence from Philippine Manufacturing Firms Majah-Leah V. Ravago, Raul V. Fabella, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Renzi G. Frias...
2020 Policy Brief (2020-24)
Policy Brief 2020-24 Impact of Extreme Rainfall Days on the Well-being of the Household in the Formal and Informal Sectors Majah-Leah V. Ravago, Gerald Gracius...
2020 Policy Brief (2020-23)
Policy Brief 2020-23 The Impact of COVID-19 and the ECQ on Low-income Households in Microenterprises: analysis of the ASA Philippines Client Survey Geoffrey Ducanes, Leonardo...