Seminars & Colloquia
Applied Economics (DAE) Fall 2009
Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206
Questions? Contact Richard Arnott & Mindy Marks. When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.
| Sep 25 | No Seminar | All UC Econometrics Conference hosted by UCR, 9/25 & 9/26/09 |
| Oct 2 | Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M University | Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Access to Fertility Control on the 19th Century Demographic Transition |
| Oct 9 | Doug Miller, UC Davis | Why Are Recessions Good For Your Health? Understanding Procyclical Mortality |
| Oct 16 | Melissa Famulari, UC San Diego | Remedial Writing and Collegiate Performance: Using Placement Exam Graders' Failing Tendencies to Identify Casual Effects |
| Oct 23 | Suresh Naidu, Harvard University | 2:10 - 3:30pm: Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South |
| Oct 23 | Nzinga Broussard, The Claremont-McKenna Colleges | 4:10 - 5:30pm: Food Aid and Adult Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia |
| Oct 30 | Arindrajit Dube, UC Berkeley | Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information |
| Nov 6 | Trinidad Beleche, PhD Candidate, UCR Economics | What's Law Got To Do With It? Bargaining, Intra-Family Violence Laws and Acts of Domestic Violence in Mexico |
| Nov 13 | Karthik Muralidharan, UC San Diego | Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence From India |
| Nov 20 | Shruti Kapoor, UCR | CANCELLED (due to a faculty conference) |
| Nov 27 | No Seminar, Thanksgiving Holiday |
NO SEMINAR |
| Dec 4 | Stephen Lewis, Jr., Carleton College | TBA |