Seminars

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Fall 2024

Friday, September 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm.  Wachenheim B11.  Bilal Zia, Duolingo, Economics special presentation, “Paths to data science and economics careers in tech”.

Friday, September 27 – Saturday, September 28, LACDev Conference.

Friday, September 27, 5:00pm-6:00pm.  Griffin 3.  Seema Jayachandran, Princeton, LACDev Keynote.

Thursday, October 3, 4:00pm-5:15pm.  Griffin 6.  Tina Mumladze CDE ’18, American University PhD program, Economics Department Seminar, Cultural Non-Independence in the Ethnographic Atlas and What to Do About It.

Wednesday, October 16, 12:45pm-2:00pm, Griffin 6.  Simone Schaner, USC, joint Economics Class of 1960 Scholars and CDE Seminar, Accountability at a Cost? The Impact of Citizen-Led Auditing on Government Service Provision.

Wednesday, October 23, 12:45pm-2:00pm, Griffin 6.  Shyam Raman, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, In the Shadow of Lawrence: Sodomy Laws and Health-Seeking Behaviors.

Friday, October 25, 11:45am-1:00pm, Hopkins 001.  David Cuberes, Clark University, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, The Impact of Horse Adoption on Native American Nations.

Monday, October 28, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Griffin 3.  Anna Weber, West Point, Economics Seminar, The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military.

Friday, November 1, 11:45am-1:00pm, Schapiro 129.  Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Can Parental Leave Policies Change Leave-Taking Norms? Evidence from Immigrants.

Thursday, November 7, 4:00pm-5:15pm.  Griffin 6.  Alan Finkelstein Shapiro, Tufts University, Ryan Family Fund for Economics Seminar, Climate Policies, Labor Markets, and Macroeconomic Outcomes in Emerging Economies.

Friday, November 8, 11:45am-1:00pm, Schapiro 129.  Lucy Page ’16, Yale/Pitt, Economics Department Seminar, Reaching across the aisle: Does affective polarization hinder grassroots climate mobilization?.

Thursday, November 14, 4:00pm-5:15pm, Griffin 6.  Jeff Carpenter, Middlebury, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Does racial animus determine redistributive policy in the United States?.

Thursday, November 21, 4:00pm-5:15pm, Griffin 6.  Todd Keister, Rutgers, Ryan Family Fund for Economics Seminar, Do we need a digital dollar? Money and payments in the digital age.

Friday, December 6, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Hopkins 001. Nathanael Vellekoop, Williams College, Economics brown bag lunch seminar.

 

Prior year seminars