How meaningful is your research?
Research students, please get in here! One frequently asked question by undergraduate and graduate students, during the concluding semesters of their course of study, is about what research project topic to select. For many such research students, the idea is just to do a research investigation in order to fulfil the partial requirements for obtaining a degree certificate, a necessary evil as they say. However, I think student investigations should be seen as a necessary good, because the outcomes of meaningful research may contribute to national policy as well as decision-making processes of individual economic agents. So, I would always advise that students seek out topics in their areas of interest. Subject to research time and budget constraints, I think we can all carry out empirical studies on real world phenomena we truly care about. So doing, we can passionately and diligently carry on research that may general social impact. For the most part, many economics studen