Workshop in Applied Microeconomics

The workshop normally meets on Thursday afternoon from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the Economics Department Lecture Room (Andersen 3245), unless otherwise indicated.

The workshop covers topics in labor, education, health care, public finance, and the microeconomic aspects of development economics.


 

Date and TimeSpeaker and Title
Thursday, May 17
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Sandip Sukhtankar (Dartmouth College): "The Marginal Rate of Corruption in Public Programs: Evidence from India" Hard copies of the paper available in the Econ Main Office.

Thursday, May 24
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Fabian Waldinger (University of Warwick): Bombs, Brains, and Science: The Role of Human and Physical Capital for the Creation of Scientific Knowledge ­ Joint with Workshop in Economic History 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Thursday, May 31
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Jesse Rothstein (University of California, Berkeley):  "Teacher Quality Policy When Supply Matters"   This is part of the Economics/IPR Applied Micro and Labor & Education Policy Joint Seminar Series

August 19, 2011