Labor and Development Seminar Series - Fall 2015

Usual time and place: 3:15pm - 4:45pm on Wednesday in Social Sciences 111.
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09/02/2015
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Simone Schaner  (Dartmouth)
The Persistent Power of Behavioral Change: Long-Run Impacts of Temporary Savings Subsidies for the Poor
09/09/2015
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Francisca Antman  (University of Colorado)
For Want of a Cup: The Rise of Tea in England and the Impact of Water Quality on Economic Development
Joint with Economic History.
09/16/2015
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Xiao Yu Wang  (Duke)
The One Child Policy and Promotion of Mayors in China (with Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato and Shuang Zhang)
09/23/2015
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Jim Berry  (Cornell University)
"The Impact of Mother Literacy and Participation Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India" (joint with Rukmini Banerji (Pratham and ASER) and Marc Shotland (JPAL))
09/30/2015
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Ben Olken  (MIT)
Privatization at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Experimental Evidence on Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesian Villages (with Banerjee, Hanna, Kyle, and Sumarto)
10/01/2015
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Andy Foster  (Brown University)
Household Recombination, Retrospective Evaluation, and Educational Mobility over 40 Years
Joint with Duke University Population Research Institute.
Note: Seminar will be in Gross Hall - 270 at 3:30pm on Thursday.
*Individual meetings with speaker will take place in 267 Gross Hall.
10/07/2015
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Matt Gentzkow  (Stanford)
Measuring Polarization in High-dimensional Data: Method and Application to Congressional Speech
Joint with Public and IO, ERID Seminars and Workshops.
10/14/2015
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Robert Garlick  (Duke University)
Heterogeneity in the Efficiency of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Investment in Children
10/21/2015
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Rafael Dix-Carneiro  (Duke University)
Local Labor Market Conditions and Crime: Evidence From The Brazilian Trade Liberalization
10/27/2015
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Wilbert van der Klaauw  (New York Federal Reserve Bank)
"Microeconomic Research at the NYFed: Household Expectations and Financial Behaviors"
Joint with ERID Seminars and Workshops, Public and IO.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 111 at 3:15pm on Tuesday.
This presentation covers ongoing data and research projects involving two new panel datasets: the NYFed Consumer Credit Panel (based on credit report data on over 12 million individuals and households) and the Survey of Consumer Expectations. For background information see: http://newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/index.html
10/28/2015
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Wilbert Van Der Klaauw  (New York Federal Reserve Bank)
Anatomy of Welfare Reform Evaluation: Announcement and Implementation Effects [joint with Richard Blundell (UCL & IFS) and Marco Francesconi (University of Essex & IFS)]
Joint with ERID.
11/04/2015
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Claudio Ferraz  (PUC Rio de Janeiro)
11/11/2015
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Suresh Naidu  (Columbia University)
Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
11/12/2015
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Arie Kapteyn  (University of Southern California)
Consumption Smoothing, Frequency of Benefit Payments, and Effectiveness of Social Programs
Joint with Duke University Population Research Institute.
Note: Seminar will be in Gross Hall - 270 at 3:30pm on Thursday.
*Individual meetings with speaker will take place in 267 Gross Hall.
11/13/2015
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Nancy Qian  (Yale)
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900
Meetings must be approved by Katie-Rose.
11/18/2015
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Fred Finan  (Berkeley)
Do Government Audits Reduce Corruption? Estimating the Long-Term Impacts of Exposing Corrupt Politicians (joint with Eric Avis and Claudio Ferraz)


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