Albert Family Fund Seminar in Applied Microeconomics
Schedule for Spring 2012
Seminars are held on Tuesdays from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9383, unless otherwise noted.
The Kevin Albert Family Fund supports research in applied microeconomics. Researchers affiliated with the Fund engage in research addressing a wide variety of important issues including: Changes in the "returns" to education, the effects of economic crises in developing countries; the effects of welfare reform; the efficacy of job training programs and early intervention programs for disadvantaged children; the reasons for rising health insurance costs; effects of government regulation in the market for services; social security reform; rising inequality and the economic consequences of changes in the family. The Fund also supports speaker series and special events of interest to applied microeconomists.
Fund Director: Kathleen McGarry
Affiliated Faculty: Leah Boustan, Moshe Buchinsky, Maria Casanova, Dora Costa, Adriana Lleras-Muney, Dayanand Manoli and Maurizio Mazzocco
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Apr 3 More Info |
Justine Hastings (Brown University) |
| Apr 10 More Info |
Alessandra Voena (Harvard Kennedy School) : "TBA" |
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Apr 17 More Info |
Pierre Andre Chiappori (Columbia University) : "Partner Choice and the Marital College Premium" |
| Friday, Apr 20 More Info |
VON GREMP/ZIMAN MINICONFERENCE (8:40-3:30)
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"Edward Glaeser;J-L Rosenthal;Dave Donaldson;Christian Dippel"
Note: 8:40-3:30 in TBA |
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Apr 24 More Info |
Clement Joubert (UNC) : "TBA" |
| Wednesday, Apr 25 More Info |
Debopam Bhattacharya
(University of Oxford)
Note: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9294 Joint with Econometrics Workshop |
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Thursday, May 3 More Info |
Department Seminar at 3:30 |
| Wednesday, May 9 More Info |
Caroline Hoxby
(Stanford University)
:
"The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
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The Effects of Informational Interventions on College Choices: Big Decisions and Low Costs"
Note: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in Public Affairs 4240 |
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May 22 More Info |
Flavio Cunha (UPenn) : "Reference Points, Subjective Beliefs about the Technology of Skill Formation, and Early Investments in the Human Capital of Children" |
| Wednesday, May 30 More Info |
Miguel Urquiola (Columbia University) |
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Wednesday, Jun 6 More Info |
Mel Stephens (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) |