Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Spring 2010

Social Science Plaza B Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 3:30pm-5:00pm

30 March

 

6 April-Joint with Macroeconomics

 

13 April

 

20 April

 

27 April
Grant Miller (Stanford University)

“The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia�s Mortality Crisis”

 

4 May
Todd Sorensen (University of California, Riverside)

“The Effect of Immigration on Ethic Composition and Occupational Relocation”

 

11 May

 

18 May
Sarah Reber (University of California, Los Angeles)

“The Effects of School Desegregation on Social Interactions: Evidence from Mixed-Race BirthsA”

 

25 May
Michael Andersen (University of California, Berkeley)

“Vehicle Weight, Highway Safety, and Energy Policy”

 

1 June
Tara Watson (Williams College)

“Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Particiaption”

 

 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Winter 2010

Social Science Plaza B Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 3:30pm-5:00pm

26 January

2 February
Dan Ackerberg (University of California, Los Angeles)
“Identification of Time and Risk Preferences in Buy Price Auctions”

9 February

18 February- THURSDAY 12:00pm-1:00pm (Location: SB 116)
Kitt Carpenter (University of California, Irvine)
“Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) in Public Places”

23 February
David Neumark (University of California, Irvine)
“Detecting Discrimination in Audit and Correspondence Studies”

2 March
Heather Royer (University of California, Santa Barbara)
“Incentives and Commitments for Exercise: Evidence from a Field Experiment at an On-site Corporate Fitness Center ”

9 March
 Daiji Kawaguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
“Trends of Job Stability in Japan”

16 March CANCELLED
Mary Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
“TBA”
 

 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Fall 2009

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 3:30pm-5:00pm

13 October
Daria Burnes (University of California, Irvine)
“An Empirical Estimate of the Impact of Enterprise Zone Incentives On Commercial Property Values”

19 October

20 October
Smith Williams (University of California, Irvine)
“Do Minimum Wage Workers Favor the Minimum Wage?: Evidence from a Ballot Initiative”

27 October

3 November

10 November
Matt Neidell (Columbia School of Public Health)
“Environmental Conditions and the Productivity of Agricultural Workers”

17 November
Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego)
“Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India”

1 December
Joanna Lahey (Texas A & M)
“TBA”
 

 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Spring 2009

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 3:30pm-5:00pm

31 March
Abigail Wozniak (University of Notre Dame)
“Employer Drug Screening and Employment Outcomes”

7 April
Mindy Marks (University of California, Riverside)
“A New Approach to Estimate the Effect of Family Size on Child Development”(with Jorge M. Aguero)

14 April
David Figlio (Northwestern University)
“Accountability and Vouchers in Florida”

22 April (Wednesday, 3:30pm-5pm)
Melissa Kearney (University of Maryland)
“The Market Response to the Toy Recalls of 2007”(with Seth Freedman and Mara Lederman)

27 April (Monday, 2:00pm-3:20pm)

28 April

5 May
Gordon Dahl (University of California, San Diego)
“Family Violence and Football: Testing a Behavioral Model of Violent Crime”

12 May
Heather Royer (University of California, Santa Barbara)
“Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services”(with Mireille Jacobson)

19 May
 
 

 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Winter 2009

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm

6 January
Kamhon Kan (Institute of Economics Academia Sinica)
“Physical Attractiveness and Social Interaction: Evidence from China”

22 January (Note: Seminar is on a Thursday)

3 February

10 February
Francesca Mazzolari (University of California, Irvine)
“Immigration and the level and composition of demand: a study of California establishments”(with David Neumark)

11 February (Note: Seminar is on a Wednesday)

17 February
David Neumark (University of California, Irvine)
“Do Enterprise Zones Create Jobs? Evidence from California's Enterprise Zone Program”(with Jed Kolko)

24 February
Gordon Hanson (University of California, San Diego)
“Birth Rates and Border Crossings: The Demographic Push Behind Latin American Emigration”(w. Craig McIntosh)

3 March
Julie Cullen (University of California, San Diego)
“Jockeying for position: High School Student Mobility and Texas' top-ten percent rule”(with Mark Long and Randy Reback)

10 March
Alexandra Spitz-Oener (Humboldt University Berlin, visiting UCLA)
“How does entry regulation influence self-employment and employee reallocation? Evidence from German reunification”
 

 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Fall 2008

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm

16 September (12:00pm-2:00pm)
Randy Akee (Institute for the Study of Labor)
“Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment”

7 October
Kathleen Wong (University of California, Irvine)
“Looking Beyond Test Score Gains: State Accountability�s Effect on the Differential Black-White Levels of Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes”

14 October
Kent Hymel (University of California, Irvine)
“Does Traffic Congestion Reduce Employment Growth?”

21 October
Jennifer Graves (University of California, Irvine)
“Consequences of an Aging Population: The Effect of Need for Care by Elderly Parents on Women's Labor Market Participation and Hours Worked”

23 October (Thursday, 2:00pm-3:30pm)

28 October

4 November
Wojciech Kopczuk (Columbia University)
“The Choice of Personal Income Tax Base”

5 November (Wednesday, 2:00pm-3:30pm)
Damon Clark (University of Florida)
“The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from the United Kingdom”

12 November (Wednesday, 3:30pmm-5:00pm)

18 November
Jonah Gelbach (University of Arizona)
“When Do Covariates Matter? And Which Ones, and How Much?"”

25 November
Kejun Song (University of California, Irvine)
“How Drug R&D Alliances are Made? A Double-Sided Matching Model of Licensing Market in the Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Industry”

2 December

**Please note that this date falls on a Thursday.
*** Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday.
Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.


Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Spring 2008

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm

1 April
Sandy Black (University of California, Los Angeles)
“Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effect of School Starting Age”(with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes)

9 April, Wednesday
Joe Doyle*** (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays�”(with Douglas Almond)

22 April
Paola Giuliano (Harvard University)
“Growing up in bad times: Macroeconomic Volatility and the Formation of Beliefs ”

29 April
Alex Mas (University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business)
“Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999”

7 May, Wednesday
Shoshana Grossbard *** (San Diego State University)
“Quasi-Wages and Income Pooling”

20 May
David Autor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“The Pure Income Effect of Disability Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Department of Veterans' Affairs Disability Compensation Program”

27 May
Nora Gordon (University of California, San Diego)
“Education and the Age Profile of Literacy into Adulthood”

3 June
Hilary Hoynes (University of California, Davis)
“The Impact of the Food Stamp Program on Infant Outcomes”

5 June
Mario Macis (University of Michigan)
“Incentives and Altruistic Behavior: Evidence from Blood Donors”(with Nicola Lacetera)

**Please note that this date falls on a Thursday.
*** Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday.
Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.

 


 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Winter 2008

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm

26 February
Steve Stillman (Motu Economic Public Policy and Research)
“Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand”

**Please note that this date falls on a Thursday.
*** Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday.
Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.

 


 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Fall 2007

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm

27 September**

2 October

9 October

23 October

6 November

13 November

20 November
Steven Carter (University of California, Irvine)
“Housing Tenure Choice and the Dual Income Household”

21 November ***

27 November

4 December
Pablo Spiller (University of California, Berkeley)
“An Institutional Theory of Public Contracts”

**Please note that this date falls on a Thursday.
*** Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday.
Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.

 


 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Spring 2007

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, 2-3.20pm*

5 April
Mireille Jacobson (University of California, Irvine)
“The Impact of Cost Shocks on California Hospitals: A Differential Diagnosis”

10 April
Francesca Mazzolari (University of California, Irvine)
“The Dynamics of Low-Skill Labor Outcomes: An Analysis at the Local Labor Market Level”

17 April
David Neumark (University of California, Irvine)
“Spatial Mismatch or Racial Mismatch?”

24 April

1 May

8 May

15 May
David Levine (University of California, Berkeley-Haas School of Business)
“The Effects of Industrialization on Children: Evidence from Mexico, Indonesia, and China”

22 May
Doug Miller (University of California, Davis)
“Head Start and Health”

29 May
Giovanni Peri (University of California, Davis)
“Comparative Advantages and Gains from Immigration”

5 June

*(Unless otherwise indicated.)
**Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday. Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.

 


 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Winter 2007

Social Science Plaza Rm. SSPB 3266, 2-3.20pm*

20 February

**28 February

6 March
Dan Bogart (University of California, Irvine)
“Private Ownership and the Development of Transport Systems: Cross Country Evidence from the Diffusion of Railroads during the 19th Century.”

13 March

20 March
Raj Chetty (University of California, Berkeley)
“Salience and Taxation”(with A.Looney and K. Kroft)

*(Unless otherwise indicated.)
**Please note that this date falls on a Wednesday. Seminar organized by Professor Francesca Mazzolari.

 


 

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Fall 2006

Social Science Plaza A
Rm. 2112, 2-3.20pm

3 October

10 October
Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley)
"Peers at Work," (with A. Mas)

24 October
Christopher Carpenter (University of California, Irvine)
"Intended and Unintended Consequences of Bicycle Helmet Laws"

31 October
Jeff Grogger (University of Chicago)
"Is Roy Dead? Evidence on Migrant Selection from International Data"

7 November
SSPA 2112
Jun Ishii (University of California, Irvine)
"Simulating an Equilibrium Model of Power Plant Investments: A Tool to Address a Multi-Billion Dollar Question?"

14 November
EG 3161

21 November

28 November
Michael Greenstone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“The Health Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S. Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather and Mortality”

5 December
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University)
To be rescheduled next year.

*(Unless otherwise indicated.)

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