Seminars & Colloquia
Applied Economics Spring 2009
Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206
Questions? Contact Jorge Aguero, Mindy Marks, & Todd Sorensen. When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.
| Mar 30 | Monica Das, Skidmore College | Income Inequality; Income Transfers and Growth in the US States |
| Apr 06 | Taryn Dinkelman, Princeton University | The Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: New Evidence from South Africa |
| Apr 13 | Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona | New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay |
| Apr 14 | Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona - Graduate Student Seminar, LOCATION TBA | The Econometrics of Wage Decompositions |
| Apr 15 | Amnon Rapoport, UCR - Joint seminar with Economic Theory | Information Effects in Congested Traffic Networks |
| Apr 20 | Josh Angrist, MIT | Autonomy and Decentralization in Public Schools: New Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots |
| Apr 24 FRIDAY, 3-4:30 in Sproul 2206 | Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University | Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination |
| Apr 27, This is an Econometrics Presentation | Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University | Asset Return Predictability over Different Time Horizons: A Nonparametric Approach |
| Apr 28, This is also an Econometrics Presentation | Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University - Graduate Student Seminar, location is Sproul 2206 from 5:10-6:30pm | The Martingale theory in economics and finance: An Econometric Perspective |
| May 04 | Ken Wolpin, University of Pennsylvania | Seminar Cancelled |
| May 11 | Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol, GB |
Seminar Cancelled |
| May 18 | Amalia Millier, University of Virginia | Does Temporary Affirmative Action Produce Persistent Effects? A Study of Black & Female Employment in Law Enforcement |
| May 25 | No Seminar, Memorial Day Holiday | NO SEMINAR |
| Jun 01 |
(1) Trinidad Beleche (2) Arindam Nandi UCR Graduate Students (3) Encarna Esteban Gracia, University of Zaragoza, Spain |
(1) Intra-Family Violence Laws & Acts of Domestic Violence in Mexico (2)Sex-selective Abortion and Child Sex Ratio in India: Evidence from a Exogenous Policy Change in Selective Indian States (3) Regulating water quantity and quality. The case of Ebro basin and Western "La Mancha" aquifer, Spain. |