Applied Economics Seminars 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.
| DATE | NAME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION |
|---|---|---|
| 5/30/2009 | Monica Das, Skidmore College | Income Inequality; Income Transfers and Growth in the US States |
| 4/6/2009 | Taryn Dinkelman, Princeton University | The Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: New Evidence from South Africa |
| 4/13/2009 | Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona | New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay |
| 4/14/2009* | Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona
*NOTE: Graduate Student Seminar, LOCATION TBA |
The Econometrics of Wage Decompositions |
| 4/15/2009* | Amnon Rapoport, UCR
*NOTE: Joint seminar with Economic Theory |
Information Effects in Congested Traffic Networks |
| 4/20/2009 | Josh Angrist, MIT | Autonomy and Decentralization in Public Schools: New Evidence from Boston’s Charters and Pilots |
| 4/24/2009* | Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University
*NOTE: FRIDAY, 3-4:30 in Sproul 2206 |
Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination |
| 4/27/2009* | Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University
*NOTE: This is an Econometrics Presentation |
Asset Return Predictability over Different Time Horizons: A Nonparametric Approach |
| 4/28/2009* | Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University
*NOTE: Graduate Student Seminar, location is Sproul 2206 from 5:10-6:30pm. This is also an Econometrics Presentation |
The Martingale theory in economics and finance: An Econometric Perspective |
| 5/4/2009 | Ken Wolpin, University of Pennsylvania | Seminar Cancelled |
| 5/11/2009 | Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol, GB | Seminar Cancelled |
| 5/18/2009 | Amalia Millier, University of Virginia | Does Temporary Affirmative Action Produce Persistent Effects? A Study of Black & Female Employment in Law Enforcement |
| 5/25/2009 | No Seminar, Memorial Day Holiday | NO SEMINAR |
| 6/1/2009 | (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. |