Applied Economics/Econometrics
Workshop Schedule 2021-2022
Program Directors:
Fall Term 2021
Tuesday, September 21: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Shelly Lundberg (UC – Santa Barbara) Distinguished Lecture
"Educational Gender Gaps"
Wednesday, September 22: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Shelly Lundberg (UC – Santa Barbara), Department Seminar
"Gender Economics: Dead-Ends and New Opportunities"
Wednesday, October 20: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Charles Gauthier (Western University)
"Price Search and Consumption Inequality: Robust, Credible, and Valid Inference"
Wednesday, October 27: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Marco Pariguana (Western University)
"School Choice, Mismatch, and Graduation"
Thursday, October 28: 12:00-1:30 p.m., ONLINE
E. Martin Luccioni (Western University)
"The Determinants of Teaching Effectiveness: Evidence from a Model of Teachers' and Students' Interactions"
Wednesday, November 3: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Martin O'Connell (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"TBA"
RESCHEDULED
Wednesday, November 10: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Robert Millard (Western University)
"Early-Onset Disability, Education Investments, and Social Insurance"
Wednesday, November 17: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 2050
Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
"Dynamic demand for differentiated products with fixed-effects unobserved heterogeneity"
Thursday, November 18: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Cecilia Diaz Campo (Western University)
"Dynamic Moral Hazard in Nonlinear Health Insurance Contracts"
Wednesday, December 1: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 2050
Siha Lee (McMaster University)
"Spousal Labor Supply, Caregiving, and the Value of Disability Insurance"
Wednesday, December 8: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Phuong Vu (Western University)
"Employment Mobility and Long-run Earnings Inequality among Canadian Immigrants"
Winter Term 2022
Wednesday, March 9: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Chris Taber (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Methods for using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection on Unobserved Variables”
Joint with Tim Conley, Joe Altonji, and Todd Elder
Short Term Visitor
Wednesday, March 16: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Chris Neilson (Princeton University)
"TBA"
CANCELLED
Wednesday, March 23: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Basit Zafar (University of Michigan)
“Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors”
Joint with with Patricia Cortés, Jessica Pan, and Laura Pilossoph
Wednesday, April 6: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Marlene Koffi (University of Toronto)
"Innovative Ideas and Gender Inequality"
Wednesday, April 13: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Milena Almagro (Chicago Booth School of Business)
"Location Sorting and Endogenous Amenities: Evidence from Amsterdam"
Wednesday, April 20: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Martin O'Connell (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"The Evolution of Concentration and Markups in Grocery Markets”
Joint with Howard Smith and Øyvind Thomassen
Thursday, April 21: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Martin O'Connell (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Optimal Sin Taxation and Market Power”
Joint with Kate Smith
Wednesday, April 27: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Xiaoxia Shi (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Semi-Nonparametric Estimation of Random Coefficient Logit Model for Aggregate Demand"
Summer Term 2022
Wednesday, May 4: 3:30-5:00 p.m., ONLINE
Matt Shapiro (University of Michigan)
"How Worker Productivity and Wages Grow with Tenure and Experience: The Firm Perspective"
Wednesday, May 11: 12:00-1:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Hans Martinez Torres (Western University)
"TBA"
Wednesday, May 11: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Emmanuel Murray Leclair (Western University)
"TBA"
Thursday, May 12: 3:30-5:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Charlotte Ursenbach (Western University)
"TBA
Thursday, May 19: 12:00-1:00 p.m., SSC 4161
Javier Martinez Hernandez (Western University)
"TBA"
Wednesday, May 25: 12:00-1:00 p.m., ONLINE
Anastasiia Suvorova (Western University)
"Parental investment, Child's Gender, and Skill Deficits"
Thursday, May 26: 12:00-1:00 p.m., ONLINE
Alisaleh Shariati (Western University)
"Immigration and Frictions in the Labor Market: How Does Immigration Affect Labor Market Dynamics in the United States?"
