Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2012

Monday, 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
4/2/2012 Brad DeLong, UC Berkeley  Fiscal Policy For A depressed Economy
4/12/2012  Pascaline Dupas, Stanford University Price Subsidies, Diagnostic Tests, and Targeting of Malaria Treatment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
4/17/2012  Steve Trejo, University of Texas at Austin  The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asisans
4/23/2012  No Seminar  No Seminar
4/30/2012  Dean Jamison, University of Washington  Seminar Cancelled
 5/7/2012  Sarah Reber, UC Los Angeles  Federal Aid and Equality of Educational Opportunity: Evidence from the Introduction of Title I in The South
5/14/2012 Yelena Takhtamanova, San Francisco Federal Reserve  Determinants
5/21/2012 Farhan M. Majid & Sheetal Bharat, UCR PhD Candidates  F: Does Maternal Fasting During Pregnancy Affect Children’s Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Indonesia

S: Where The Runners Went: Post Office Allocations In British India

5/23/2012 Chris Barrett, Cornell University Local Food for Local Schools: An Analysis of The Impact of Local Procurement for A School Feeding Program in Burkina Faso
5/24/2012 Chris Barrett, Cornell University The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Policy and Empirical Implications
5/28/2012  HOLIDAY  No Seminar
6/4/2012 Vilma Sielawa-Ferreira & Aparjita Dasgupta, UCR PhD Candidates  V: An Impact Evaluation of The Programa Nacional De Credito Fundiario-A Brazilian Market Assisted Land Reform Program

A: Can The Major Public Works Program in India Buffer Negative Shocks in Early Childhood? Panel Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India