Grace Gu

Grace Gu is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Professor Gu earned a Ph.D. in economic from Cornell University. Prior to joining UCSC, she conducted research at University of Delaware, Cornell University, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, International Monetary Fund, Brookings, and American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC.

Professor Gu’s research focuses on international finance and macro labor using dynamic programming and micro-level data.

Areas of Expertise

• Computational Economics
• International Finance
• Labor Economics
• Macroeconomics

Employment

• 2020 - Present Associate Professor of Economics with Tenure, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 2013 - 2020 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Affiliations

• 2020 Spring Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Board
• 2019 - Present Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• 2016 Fall Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
• 2015 - Present Liaison, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, AEA
• 2014 - Present Faculty Fellow, Crown College, UCSC
• 2013 - Present Research Affiliate, Center for Analytical Finance, UCSC

Teaching

• Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate)
• Economic Growth (Undergraduate)
• International Finance (Undergraduate)
• International Finance (Ph.D.)

Awards, Honors, and Grants

• 2020 - 2021 Faculty Research Grant, UCSC Committee on Research
• 2019 Research Grant, Russell Sage Foundation
• 2019 Research Grant, UCSC Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN)
• 2018 Co-Principal Investigator, Employee Compensation Confidential Data Access, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 2018 Research Grant, Danish Research Council
• 2018 Faculty Research Grant, UCSC Committee on Research
• 2015 Research Grant, Carlsberg Foundation
• 2015 Research Grant, Hellman Fellowship
• 2014 Principal Investigator, Employee Compensation Confidential Data Access, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 2014 Faculty Research Grant, UCSC Committee on Research
• 2013 New Faculty Research Grant, UCSC
• 2012 Southern Economic Association Graduate Student Workshop Award
• 2012 Western Economic Association International Graduate Student Workshop Award
• 2011 - 13 Conference Grants, Cornell
• 2008 Graduate Fellowship, Cornell
• 2008 University of Delaware Gerald L. Cole Award
• 2006 Beijing Foreign Studies University Best Thesis Award
• 2003 Beijing Foreign Studies University Excellent Student Leadership Award