Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2010
Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206
Questions? Contact Steve Helfand & 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4/2/2010 | Giovanni Peri, UC Davis | Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs |
| 4/9/2010 | Serkan Ozbeklik, Claremont McKenna College | Leadership Skills and Wages Revisited: Is There a Casual Relation? |
| 4/16/2010 | No Seminar | Applied Economics Faculty attending the So. Calif. Microeconomics Conf. at the Claremont McKenna Colleges |
| 4/23/2010 | Gustavo Gonzaga, Catholic University, Rio De Janeiro | Going Private: Public Sector Rents and Privatization in Brazil |
| 4/30/2010 | Jeffrey Nugent, University of Southern California | Midwives and Maternal Mortality: How Effective Has Indonesia’s Village Midwife Program Been? |
| 5/7/2010* | Mauricio Cardenas, Brookings Institution
*NOTE: 1st Presentation in HMNSS 1500, 12-1:30pm |
What’s Next for Latin America after the Global Crisis? |
| 5/7/2010* | Mauricio Cardenas, Brookings Institution
*NOTE: 2nd Presentation in Sproul 2206, 4:10-5:30pm |
State Capacity in Latin America |
| 5/14/2010 | Andre Portela Souza, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil | Measuring the Quality of Schools: Evidence from Brazil |
| 5/21/2010 | Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University | International Remittances and Migrant Portfolio Interests |
| 5/24/2010* | Randy Akee, Tufts University
*NOTE: (This is a Monday) |
Squeezing Through the Needle’s Eye: The Effects of Income Transfers on Obesity in American Indian and Non-Indian Children |
| 6/4/2010 | Jonathan Brooks, OECD | Agricultural Policy Choices in Developing Countries |