Albert Family Fund Seminar in Applied Microeconomics
Schedule for Summer 2009
Seminars are held on Tuesdays from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9383, unless otherwise noted.
The workshop organizer is Adriana Lleras-Muney.
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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: Moshe Buchinsky
Affiliated Faculty: Sandra Black, Leah Boustan, Moshe Buchinsky, Maria Casanova, Dora Costa, Pascaline Dupas, Frederico Finan, Adriana Lleras-Muney, Dayanand Manoli and Maurizio Mazzocco
There is no schedule available for Summer 2009.
