Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2016
Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206
Questions? Contact Michael Bates or Carolyn Sloane.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9/28/2016 | Ruixue Jia, UC San Diego | Access To Elite Education, Wage Premium And Social Mobility: The Truth And Illusion Of China’s College Entrance Exam |
| 10/05/2016 | Rebecca Myerson, University of Southern California | The Impact Of State-Varying Components Of The Affordable Care Act In Prescription Fills For Diabetes And Hypertension |
| 10/12/2016 | Deepak Singhania, UCR PhD Candidate | Decentralization Synergies And Their Welfare Effects In Indonesia |
| 10/19/2016 | Dionissi Aliprantis, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Evidence of Neighborhood Effects from Moving to Opportunity: LATEs of Neighborhood Quality |
| 10/26/2016 | Leah Boustan-Platt, UC Los Angeles | Inter-generational Transmission Of Wealth Shocks: Evidence From The US Civil War |
| 11/02/2016 | Vikram Maheshri, University of Houston | Gender Homophily And Segregation Within Neighborhoods |
| 11/09/2016 | Anthony D’Costa, University of Melbourne | Why Are ‘Good’ Jobs So Hard To Come By? Institutional Perspectives On Employment In India |
| 11/15/2016* | Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia
*NOTE: (This is a Tuesday) Seminar in 4128 from 3:34-5:30 pm |
Skills, Occupation, And Wage Inequality |
| 11/16/2016 | Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia | The Minimum Wage Turnover, And The Shape Of The Wage Distribution |
| 11/23/2016 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| 11/30/2016 | Sara Reber, UC Los Angeles | The Impact of Virtual College Advising On Disadvantaged Students’ College Enrollment: Evidence From A Random Assignment Field Experiment |
| 12/07/2016 | Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University | Scientific Education And Innovation: Evidence From An Expansion Of University STEM Majors |