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, 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

CANCELLED Heather Sarsons (University of British Columbia), Moving to Opportunity, Together (joint with Seema Jayachandran, Lea Nassal, Matt Notowidigdo, Marie Paul, and Elin Sundberg).

29 February 2024

13:30

Jason Sockin (IZA), Will I Ever Be Satisfied? Job Quality and Unionization.

21 March 2024

13:30

Nagore Iriberri (Universidad del País Vasco), Women in Editorial Boards: An Investigation of Female Representation in Top Economic Journals .

Third term

19 April 2024

13:30

joint MadMac - Costas Meghir (Yale University), Earnings Dynamics and Firm-Level Shocks (joint with Benjamin Friedrich, Lisa Laun and Luigi Pistaferri).

23 May 2024

13:30

Carolina Arteaga (University of Toronto), The Political Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic (joint with Victoria Barone).

13 June 2024

13:30

Léa Bou Sleiman (National University of Singapor and NBER), Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris.

26 June 2024

13:30

joint FIRMS - Tomás Domínguez-Iino (University of Chicago), TBA.

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