Seminars Archive

Spring ’10

Feb
15
Do Firms Discriminate Against Less-Educated Workers? A Test of Labor Market Signaling
Labor Lunch
Damon Clark, Princeton University
Feb
22
The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services
Labor Lunch
Carlos Dobkin, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mar
04
International Trade and Labor Income Risk in the United States
Labor Lunch
Pravin Krishna, Johns Hopkins University
Mar
10
Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-Z Pass
Labor Lunch
Janet Currie, Columbia University and Princeton University
Mar
22
Structural Estimation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries
Labor Lunch
Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania
Apr
01
DEPARTMENT WIDE SEMINAR
Labor Lunch
Patrick Kehoe
Apr
05
Quasi-Experimental Identification and Estimation in the Regression Kink Design
Labor Lunch
David Lee, Princeton University
Apr
12
The Role of Simplification and Information in College Decisions: Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment
Labor Lunch
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto
Apr
19
Employer Learning, Productivity and the Earnings Distribution: Evidence from Performance Measures
Labor Lunch
Lisa Kahn, Yale University
Apr
26
Immigrant Workers, Precarious Work and the U.S. Labor Movement Working for Justice - The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy
Labor Lunch
Ruth Milkman, The City University of New York

Fall ’11

Sep
21
The Financial Crisis and the Well-Being of Americans (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series)
Labor Economics Seminar
Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Sep
22
Loss Aversion and Environmental Nudges: Evidence from the D.C. Area Bag Tax
Labor Lunch
Tatiana Homonoff
Sep
26
Find a Job Now, Start Working Later Does Unemployment Insurance Subsidize Leisure?
Labor Economics Seminar
Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, Princeton University
Sep
29
Financing Human Capital
Labor Lunch
Martin Schmalz
Oct
03
Economic Conditions and Earnings over the Lifecycle
Labor Economics Seminar
Xiaotong Niu
Oct
06
(Not) Just Another Pretty Face - Experimental Evidence for Discrimination in Recruitment
Labor Lunch
Philipp Kraft, (CERGE) Charles University Prague
Oct
10
Bounds on Elasticities with Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply
Labor Economics Seminar
Raj Chetty, Harvard University
Oct
13
Fiscal Externalities and Reduced-Form Analysis of Labour Market Programs
Labor Lunch
Nicholas Lawson
Oct
17
"Dynamic Opting-in Incentives in Income-tested Social Programs: Evidence from Medicaid/CHIP
Labor Economics Seminar
Zhuan Pei, Princeton University
Oct
20
Geographical Mobility in the Labour Market
Labor Lunch
Nikolaj Harmon
Oct
26
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University, (Department Wide Seminar), "Labor Supply, Taxes and The Evolution of Hours Worked in the OECD"
Labor Economics Seminar
Richard Rogerson
Nov
09
Panle Jia, MIT (joint with Micro Economics), "The Costs of Free Entry: An Empirical Study of Real Estate Agents in Greater Boston"
Labor Economics Seminar
Panle Jia
Nov
14
Matthew Freedman, Cornell University, "Teaching New Markets Old Tricks: The Effects of Subsidized Investment on Low-Income Neighborhoods".
Labor Economics Seminar
Matthew Freedman
Nov
17
Teaching Effects and Relative Position in the Classroom
Labor Lunch
Yan Lau
Nov
28
Extended Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Duration in The Great Recession: The U.S. Experience
Labor Economics Seminar
Henry Farber, Princeton University
Dec
01
Nonparametric Bounds on Returns to Tenure
Labor Lunch
Yoonsoo Park
Dec
07
Trickle-Down Consumption
Labor Economics Seminar
Marianne Bertrand
Dec
08
The FDZ at UM: Access to German Labor Market Data at the University of Michigan
Labor Lunch
Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Dec
12
The Growth of Hospital Unions: Impacts on Wages, Staffing, and Patient Outcomes
Labor Economics Seminar
Joanne Spetz
Dec
15
Suit, Settlement, and False Patent Marking
Labor Lunch
Neel Sukhatme
Oct
31
Fall Break
Labor Economics Seminar

Spring ’12

Feb
09
Yoonsoo Park, "Religion, Health, and Mortality"
Labor Lunch
Yoonsoo Park
Mar
01
Nicholas Lawson, "Fiscal Externalities, Liquidity Constraints and Grants to Post-Secondary Students"
Labor Lunch
Nicholas Lawson
Mar
07
Robert Willis, University of Michigan (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series), "The Implications of Alzheimer's Risk for Household Financial Decision-Making"
Labor Economics Seminar
Robert Willis, University of Michigan (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series)
Mar
08
Yan Lau, "Education Resources and the Chinese Zodiac"
Labor Lunch
Yan Lau
Mar
14
Ulrich Müller, Princeton University (Department-wide Seminar), "Low Frequency Econometrics"
Labor Economics Seminar
Ulrich Müller, Princeton University
Mar
28
Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Davis (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series), “Childhood Exposure to the Food Stamp Program: Long-Run Health and Economic Outcomes”
Labor Economics Seminar
Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Davis (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series)
Mar
29
Nikolaj Harmon, "Geographical Mobility, Labor Market Frictions and the Assignment of Workers to Jobs"
Labor Lunch
Nikolaj Harmon
Apr
02
Johannes Schmieder, Boston University, "The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Reemployment Wages"
Labor Economics Seminar
Johannes Schmieder, Boston University
Apr
05
Simon Janssen, University of Zürich, "Firms' Monopsony Power, Gender Specific Preferences and the Gender Pay Gap. Evidence from Multi-Establishment Firms"
Labor Lunch
Simon Janssen, University of Zürich
Apr
09
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College, "Estimating Heterogeneous Take-up and Crowd-Out Responses to Current Medicaid Limits and Their Nonmarginal Expansions"
Labor Economics Seminar
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College
Apr
16
David Card, University of California, Berkeley, "Rent-sharing, Hold-up, and Wages: Evidence from Matched Panel Data"
Labor Economics Seminar
David Card, University of California, Berkeley
Apr
18
Nancy Qian, Yale University (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing), "The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China"
Labor Economics Seminar
Nancy Qian, Yale University (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing)
Apr
23
Betsey Stevenson & Justin Wolfers, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series),“Growth in Income and Subjective Well‐Being Over Time"
Labor Economics Seminar
Betsey Stevenson & Justin Wolfers, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (joint with The Center for Health and Wellbeing and The Research Program in Development Studies Weekly Seminar Series)
Apr
26
Tatiana Homonoff, Princeton University, "Environmental Sin Taxes: Evidence from the D.C. Area Bag Tax"
Labor Lunch
Tatiana Homonoff
Apr
30
Robert Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, “House Lock and Structural Unemployment”
Labor Economics Seminar
Robert Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
May
10
Jacob Goldin and Tatiana Homonoff, Princeton University, "Payday Loans: Some New Insights"
Labor Lunch
Jacob Goldin
May
24
Wifag Adnan, Princeton University - "Explaining Inter-Industry Wage Dispersion in the Palestinian Territories"
Labor Lunch
Wifag Adnan

Summer ’12

Aug
23
Nikolaj Harmon, Princeton University, "Are Workers Better Matched in Large Labor Markets?"
Labor Lunch
Nikolaj Harmon
Aug
30
Yan Lau, Princeton University, "Academic Competition, Cohort Size, and the Chinese Zodiac"
Labor Lunch
Yan Lau

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