Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)

This seminar series covers research topics in empirical microeconomics, including (but not restricted to) development economics, political economy, labor economics, and urban economics. Seminar organizers are Yarine Fawaz, Monica Martinez-Bravo, Diego Puga and Tom Zohar.

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First term
21 September 2023	13:30	Amanda Agan (Rutgers University), Removing the Mark: Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation.

28 September 2023	13:30	Luigi Pascali (UPF), The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution (joint with Matthias Flückiger, Mario Larch and Markus Ludwig).

2 November 2023	13:30	Pedro Rey Biel (ESADE), Ideological Bias Prevents Evidence-Based Policy Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Local Policy Makers .

15 November 2023	13:30	Treb Allen (Dartmouth College), The Topography of Nations .

23 November 2023	13:30	Erika Deserranno (Bocconi Universit), Gender Differences in Worker Response to the Minimum Wage (joint with Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico).

30 November 2023	13:30	Gerard Padró-i-Miquel (Yale University), Competitive Capture of Public Opinion (joint with Ricardo Alonso).

Second term
22 February 2024	13:30	Heather Sarsons (University of British Columbia), TBA.

29 February 2024	13:30	Jason Sockin (IZA), TBA.

21 March 2024	13:30	Nagore Iriberri (Universidad del País Vasco), TBA.

Third term
13 June 2024	13:30	Léa Bou Sleiman (National University of Singapor and NBER), TBA.