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

Apr 3
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Justine Hastings  (Brown University)
Apr 10
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Alessandra Voena  (Harvard Kennedy School) "TBA"
Apr 17
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Pierre Andre Chiappori  (Columbia University) : "Partner Choice and the Marital College Premium"
Friday,
Apr 20
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VON GREMP/ZIMAN MINICONFERENCE (8:40-3:30) "Edward Glaeser;J-L Rosenthal;Dave Donaldson;Christian Dippel"
Note: 8:40-3:30 in TBA
Apr 24
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Clement Joubert  (UNC) : "TBA"
Wednesday,
Apr 25
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Debopam Bhattacharya  (University of Oxford)
Note: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9294

Joint with Econometrics Workshop
Thursday,
May 3
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Department Seminar at 3:30
Wednesday,
May 9
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Caroline Hoxby  (Stanford University) "The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students and The Effects of Informational Interventions on College Choices: Big Decisions and Low Costs"
Note: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in Public Affairs 4240
May 22
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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
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Miguel Urquiola  (Columbia University)
Wednesday,
Jun 6
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Mel Stephens  (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor)

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