The seventh annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given in Walk Auditorium on the Main Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia on October 25, 2024.

The lecture was cosponsored by Theta of PA (Temple University’s chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon), Temple Women in Economics, and the Temple Economics Society. The lecturer was Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras. You can read the lecture slides here: Nobel lecture 2024 final. Some photos from the event follow.

Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras lecturing, photo by Grace Conuel

Professor Diamantaras lecturing; photo by Madeline Pierce Ruder

The officers of Theta of PA and Professor Diamantaras; photo by Professor Charles E. Swanson

From left to right in the last photo: Walter Shallenberger, Vice President of Theta of PA, Madeline Pierce Ruder, President of Theta of PA and of Women in Economics, and Cecilia Schleinitz, President of the Temple Economics Society and Secretary of Theta of PA.

The sixth annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 27, 2023. The lecturer was Professor Michael Leeds of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given live and also virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As was the case with the first five lectures in this series, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by Women in Economics the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Vineetha Mummadi, Rachel Brodsky, and Kai von Bleicken, Michael Leeds from Phi Beta Kappa, Maddy Ruder from Women in Economics and Temple Economics Society President Owen Hurley for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

Michael Leeds honors Nobel Prize Laureate Claudia Goldin, comparing her efforts to those of past laureates.                  Photo Credit: Rachel Brodsky

Michael Leeds identifies the evolutionary stages for women in the 20th century labor market.                                    Photo Credit: Rachel Brodsky

Michael Leeds lectures on women’s altered identities in the 20th century, and how this shifted career decision making.  Photo Credit: Rachel Brodsky

Michael Leeds references Goldin’s observations that gender pay gaps are greatest in occupations with the highest return to hours worked and continuity of hours. Photo Credit: Rachel Brodsky

Micheal Leeds poses a question to the audience: “Should public policy support the need for flexibility”?                  Photo Credit: Rachel Brodsky

The fifth annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 28, 2022. The lecturer was Professor Charles Swanson of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given live and also virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As was the case with the first four lectures in this series, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Zainab Malik, Brandon Miskanic, and Akah Banerjee, Professor Michael Leeds from the Economics Department and Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Akash Banerjee for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

The fourth annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 22, 2021. The lecturer was Professor Michael Leeds of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As was the case with the first three lectures in this series, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Hazel Puchalsky, Rachel Small, and Bobby Miller, Chris Wolfgang from Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Ben Ginsberg for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

The third annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 23, 2020. The lecturer was Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As in the case of the first two such lectures, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Samer Salha, Justin Payne, Ali Tintera, past president Veronika Konovalova, Chris Wolfgang from Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Amanda Olsen for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.