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Fall 2024

Alexa Prettyman

When: Monday, 12/02/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: In Person
Title of the Presentation: “Evaluating the Impact of Supplemental Instruction in Introductory Economics Courses on Grades”

Abstract: At Towson University, students struggle in introductory economics courses. To assist students with the rigorous coursework, we implemented Supplemental Instruction (SI), a proven approach in STEM courses. The program began in academic year (AY) 2021-22 and has grown from impacting 16 to 75 percent of the 1,600 students who take introductory microeconomics and statistics courses each year. We use administrative data to evaluate the impact of SI on student achievement. Students who attend SI review sessions do just under half a letter grade better than students who do not attend SI review sessions; however, the causal evidence is inconclusive. Less than 30 percent of students with SI attended at least one review session, and on average, students attended 4 to 5 SI sessions. Black students are more likely to utilize SI sessions compared to their White peers. Female students attend more SI sessions than their male peers. Future work will investigate potential explanations for these results.

More Info: https://www.alexaprettyman.com/

Gaia Dossi

When: Tuesday, 11/19/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: WebEx
Title of the Presentation: “Race and Science”

Abstract: What are the consequences of the racial gap in science and innovation? I study this question by combining data on US patents, medical research articles, clinical trials, and research grants with the racial distribution of last names in the US population. Using last names as a proxy for race, I find that the racial composition of scientists affects the direction, as well as the rate, of medical research and innovation. First, scientists with a Black-sounding name are three times as likely to design clinical trials with Black or African American participants and twice as likely to publish articles focused on Black or African Americans. Second, scientists with a Black-sounding name are more likely to research diseases frequent among Black or African Americans, and scientists with a white-sounding name among white Americans. Third, I draw a link between race and the direction of research by focusing on diseases more common in Black (e.g., sickle cell anemia) or white (e.g., melanoma) individuals due to evolutionary advantages in their ancestors’ countries of origin. Fourth, I document the impact of relative disease incidence on the direction of research by studying an exogenous change in HIV-related mortality among Black or African Americans compared to whites. I estimate a general equilibrium Roy model with racial frictions and endogenous choice of occupation. Using the data, I quantify the parameters and estimate that removing barriers would increase the overall number of inventors by 1 p.p., a 10% increase from the baseline.

More Info: https://sites.google.com/view/gaiadossi/home

Catherine van der List

When: Monday,11/04/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: PUP 367
Title of the Presentation: “How do Establishments Choose Their Location? Taxes, Monopsony, and Productivity”

Abstract: To study the distribution of economic activity across space and the effects of place-based policies, I develop a model of the location choice of new establishments incorporating taxes, monopsonistic labor markets, and spillovers. Estimates using administrative data from Germany indicate that establishments generally have a preference for lower taxes, as well a preference for lower worker outside options which enable establishments to pay lower wages. The degree to which various types of productivity spillovers matter in the location decision of establishments varies greatly between industrial sectors. I also quantify the effects of a counterfactual place-based tax policy and find that commuting zones display heterogeneous wage and economic activity responses to the same policy due to differing degrees of labor market power across space.

More Info: https://cvanderlist.github.io/Papers/vanderlist_JMP.pdf

David Alonzo

When: Tuesday,10/15/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: WebEx
Title of the Presentation: “Marrying Your Job: Matching and Mobility with Geographic Heterogeneity”

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of geographic heterogeneity in occupational returns on marriage market outcomes and the impact of family formation on the geographic distribution of labor. I document that workers living in cities that pay relatively lower wages to their occupation (i.e., workers who have higher potential pecuniary returns from migration) are less likely to marry and more likely to divorce. Using a structural model of migration and family formation, I assess individual and aggregate effects of marriage and location choices through counterfactual experiments. I find that, overall, the marriage-market amenity enhances productivity by drawing workers to high-return locations.

More Info: https://davidealonzo.github.io/index.html

 

Bernard Ganglmair

When: Monday, 9/30/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: In-Person
Title of the Presentation: “Regulatory Compliance with Limited Enforceability: Evidence from Privacy Policies”

Abstract: We study how asymmetric enforceability of regulatory rules affects firms’ compliance using a simple inspection model and a large sample of German privacy policies. We exploit the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation, compelling firms to disclose, in accessible language, details of their data use. The specifics of disclosure are objective, whereas readability is subjective and difficult to enforce. We show that firms increased disclosure, but the policy readability did not improve. In line with theory, firms anticipating regulatory scrutiny and those facing higher-budget data protection authorities demonstrated a stronger response in readability compliance without sizeable effects on disclosure.

More Info: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4600876

 

Marco Errico

When: Tuesday, 9/17/24 Time: 11:45-1pm
Where: WebEx
Title of the Presentation: “Oligopolies in Trade and Transportation: Implications for the Gains from Trade”

Abstract: Transportation services are crucial for goods to move globally; however, given the concentration in the industry, and its interaction with granular importers, the realized gains from trade differ from standard theories. We study the interplay between oligopoly in the transportation industry and oligopsony power retained by non-atomistic importers. We leverage transaction-level data from Chilean customs to document several empirical facts: (i) market concentration in the transportation sector and among importers, and (ii) that transportation prices are highly dispersed and are the outcome of bilateral negotiations. We then develop a trade model that departs from the usual iceberg cost assumption and allows for bargaining with two-sided market power in the transportation industry. We find that transport carriers charge large markups (on average 2), but importers benefit from substantial bargaining power (markdown of 0.85 and Nash bargaining 2.5 times larger). Finally, we embed the bilateral bargaining framework into a quantitative trade model of importing. We show that market concentration reduces the pass-through of tariff shocks to gains from trade, and that the welfare implications of trade liberalization are different when accounting for the strategic interaction between the transportation sector and importers.

More Info: https://www.marcoerrico.net/

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time /
Location
09/17
(T)		 Marco Errico
Banca Italia		 “Oligopolies in Trade and Transportation: Implications for the Gains from Trade” WEB

12:00 – 1:00 pm
09/30
(M)		 Bernhard Ganglmair
University of Mannheim		 “Regulatory Compliance with Limited Enforceability: Evidence from Privacy Policies” IN PERSON

11:45 am – 1:00 pm / PUP 467
10/15
(T)		 Davide Alonzo
University of Montreal		 “Marrying Your Job: Matching and Mobility with Geographic Heterogeneity” WEB

11:45 am – 1:00 pm
11/4
(M)		 Catherine van der List
University of Essex		 “How do Establishments Choose Their Location? Taxes, Monopsony, and Productivity” IN PERSON

11:45 am – 1:00 pm / PUP 467
11/19(T) Gaia Dossi
London School of Economics		 “Race & Science” WEB

11:45 am – 1:00 pm

 

Fall 2020

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/30
(W)		 Analisa Packham
Vanderbilt University		 Dying to Work: Effects of Unemployment Insurance on Health 12:00pm
WEB
10/13
(W)		 Andrew Friedson
U Colorado, Denver		 Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19a 12:00pm
WEB
11/11
(W)		 Jamil Scott
Georgetown University		 TBA 12:00pm
WEB

Spring 2020

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
03/03
(T)		 Benjamin Liebman
Saint Joseph’s University .		 Casualties of Trade Wars 1:00 pm
PUP 367
03/24
(T)		 Jamil S. Scott
Georgetown University		 Reconsidering Gender Stereotypes with an
Intersectional Lens		 1:00 pm
PUP 367
03/30
(M)		 Jonathan Wright
Johns Hopkins University		 The Excess Sensitivity of Long-Term Rates:
A Tale of Two Frequencies		 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/07
(T)		 Isabella Alcañiz
University of Maryland		 The Role of Race and Immigration in Shaping Attitudes
about Disaster Assistance in the United States		 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/20
(M)		 Stephie Fried
Arizona State University		 Seawalls and Stilts: A Quantitative Macro Study of
Climate Adaptation		 1:00 pm
PUP 367
05/04
(M)		 Ayhan Kose
The World Bank		 Global Confidence Cycles 1:00 pm
PUP 367

Fall 2019

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/18
(W)		 Anthony Diercks
The Federal Reserve Board		 Taxes and the Fed: Theory and Evidence from Equities 2:00 pm
PUP 367
10/01
(T)		 Eunhee Lee
University of Maryland, College Park		 Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare 2:00 pm
PUP 367
10/14
(M)		 Lyudmyla Ardan (Sonchak)
Susquehanna University		 Impacts of Prenatal Care on Early Childhood Health and Health Care Utilization 1:00 pm
PUP 367
10/29
(T)		 Paul Carrillo
George Washington University		 Counterfactual Dissimilarity: Can Changes in Demographics and Income Explain Increased Racial Integration in U.S. Cities? 2:00 pm
PUP 367
11/04
(M)		 Daniel Hammermesh
University of Texas, Austin		 O Youth and Beauty: Children’s Looks and Children’s Cognitive Development 1:00 pm
PUP 367
11/06
(W)		 Angela K. Henneberger, University of Maryland, Baltimore Student and School Concentrated Poverty: What Are The Long Term Consequences for Academic and Career Outcomes? 2:00 pm
PUP 367
11/12
(TU)		 Jose Ciro Martinez
University of Cambridge		 Site of Resistance or Apparatus of Acquiescence?  Tactics at the Bakery 2:00 pm
PUP 367

 

Spring 2019

 

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
02/21
(TH)		 Carola Binder
Haverford College		 Political Pressures on Central Banks 1:00 pm
PUP 367
02/26
(T)		 George R. La Noue
UMBC		 Social Sciences as a Contact Sport: Memoirs of Trial Expert 1:00 pm
PUP 367
03/4
(M)		 Dylan Conger George Washington University The Effect of Advanced Placement Science on Students’ Skills, Confidence, and Stress 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/1
(M)		 Elenev Johns Hopkins University Quantitative Tightening 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/11
(TH)		 Amanda Y. Agan, Rutgers University The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/16
(T)		 Gabriel P. Mathy, American University A Measure of Our Ignorance: Mismeasuring the Solow Residual and the Implications for Real Business Cycle Models 1:00 pm
PUP 367
04/30
(TU)		 David Farkas
Bureau of Revenue Estimates, the Comptroller of Maryland		 Taxpayer Participation Rate: The Decline of Tax Filing and its Repercussions 1:30 pm
PUP 367

Fall 2018

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
9/20
(TH)		 Paul Morgan
Penn State University		 Are Students of Color Being Over- or Under-Identified as Having Disabilities as They Attend U.S. Schools? 4:00 pm
Commons 329
9/27
(TH)		 Jeryl Mumpower
Texas A&M University		 Mispredicting Behaviors of Racial and Ethnic Minority Group Members: Evidence from Signal Detection Theory in Three Social Policy Domains 12:00 pm
PUP 451
10/08
(M)		 Cecilia Rouse
Princeton University		 ROI or RIP? Higher Education and the Future of America 4:00 pm
AOK Library, 7th floor
10/11
(TH)		 Sophie Osotimehin
University of Quebec, Montreal		 Misallocation and Intersectoral Linkages 12:00 pm
PUP 451
10/15
(TH)		 Richard Blissett
Seton Hall University		 The Ideological Politics of Charter Schools 4:00 pm
PUP 367
10/22
(M)		 Howard Bloom
MDRC		 Lessons from New York City’s Small Schools of Choice about High-School Features that Promote Graduation for Disadvantaged Students 12:00 pm
PUP 367
11/1
(TH)		 Alexander F. McQuoid
U.S. Naval Academy		 Exposure to International Trade and Mortality 12:00 pm
PUP 451
11/5
(M)		 Zoe McLaren
UMBC School of Public Policy		 HIV Treatment as Economic Stimulus: Community Spillover Effects of Mass ART Provision in Rural South Africa 12:00 pm
PUP 451
11/29
(TH)		 Lynn Addington
American University		 Using the National Intimate and Sexual Violence Survey to Explore Intimate Partner Violence Experienced by Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Individuals 12:00 pm
PUP 451

 

Spring 2018

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
2/23
(F)		 Anna Bykova
New Research University Higher School of Economics,Russia		 Firm Performance and Regional Economic Freedom 12:00 pm
PUP 367
3/8
(TH)		 Elizabeth Farley-Ripple
School of Education
University of Delaware		 Beyond outcomes: Using and accessing administrative data to understand the educational system. 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/4
(W)		 Scott Farrow
Economics Department
UMBC		 Modeling Social Rates of Return Resulting from University R & D on Homeland Security Operations 12:00 pm
PUP 451
4/11
(W)		 Ira Gang
Economics Department,
Rudgers University		 Migration and household informal activity 12:00 pm
PUP 451
4/25
(W)		 Bernadette Hanlon
City and Regional Planning
Knowlton School
Ohio State University		 From old suburb to post-suburb: The politics of retrofit in an inner suburb of Columbus, Ohio 12:00 pm
PUP 451

Fall 2017

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
9/14
(TH)		 Erica Schoenberger
Johns Hopkins University		 State, City, Market 12:00 pm
PUP 367
9/28
(TH)		 Constance Lindsay
Urban Institute		 The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/5
(TH)		 Michael Hansen
Brookings Institute		 Opportunity Culture Evaluation 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/26
(TH)		 Susan Sterett
UMBC School of Public Policy		 Collaboration as Big Data Ethics 12:00 pm
PUP 367
11/2
(TH)		 Joseph Newhouse
Harvard University		 How Well Can Government Regulate Adverse Selection in Individual Health Insurance? 12:00 pm
PUP 367
11/9
(TH)		 Matthew Chingos
Urban Institute		 The Long-Term Effects of Private School Choice: Evidence from Florida 12:00 pm
PUP 367
11/16
(TH)		 Anna Bykova
National Research University Higher School of Economics		 Economic Freedom and the Performance of Russian Companies 12:00 pm
PUP 367
12/7
(TH)		 Bernadette Hanlon
The Ohio State University		 Global Migration: The Basics 12:00 pm
PUP 367

Spring 2017

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
2/2
(TH)		 Aaron Kupchik
Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware		 The Real School Safety Problem: The Long-Term Consequences of Harsh School Punishment 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/3
(M)		 Francesc Ortega
Economics Department, Queens College CUNY		 Estimating the Economic Contribution of Unauthorized Workers in the United States 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/13
(TH)		 Donald F. Norris
School of Public Policy, UMBC		 Cyber Security at the Grasssroots: Results of the First Nationwide Survey of American Local Government Cyber Security Problems and Practices 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/20
(TH)		 Carl Lin
Economics Department, Bucknell University		 Can the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Urban China. 12:00 pm
PUP 367
5/1
(M)		 Robert Margo
Department of Economics, Boston University, and Research Associate, NBER		 The Persistence of Racial Inequality: An Intergenerational Perspective 4:00 pm
Library, 7th Floor
5/3
(W)		 Lina Maria Martinez
Political Science, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia		 Empirical evidence for decision making in a traumatized city 12:00 pm
PUP 451
5/11
(TH)		 Debin Ma
Economic History, London School of Economics		 Monetary Integration in Times of Political Disintegration – Silver Exchanges between Shanghai and Tianjin in Early 20th Century China. 12:00 pm
PUP 451

Fall 2016

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
9/1
(TH)		 Ivo Bischoff
University of Kassel		 Local Council Members’ View on Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Does Office-Related Self Interest Matter? 12:00 pm
PUP 367
9/22
(TH)		 Dan Hicks
University of Oklahoma		 Air Pollution and Pro-Cyclical Mortality: Causal Evidence from Thermal Inversions 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/6
(TH)		 Nuria Rodriguez Planas
Queens College		 Social Norms and Teenager Smoking, The Dark Side of Gender Equality 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/19
(W)		 Lora Cohen Vogel
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill		 TBD 12:00 pm
11/10
(TH)		 Jane Lincove
UMBC School of Public Policy		 Overworked or Overpaid? A Longitudinal Analysis of Principal Compensation in a Context of Increasing School Autonomy 12:00 pm
PUP 367
11/17
(TH)		 Tim Pawlowski
University of Tuebingen		 Sport Participation and Social Capital Formation 12:00 pm
PUP 367

Spring 2016

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
02/04
(TH)		 Seth Gershenson
American University		 Gender, Peer Advising, and Postsecondary Educational Success 12:00 pm
03/10
(TH)		 Soohyung Lee
University of Maryland		 The Impact of School and Classroom Gender Composition on Educational Achievement 12:00 pm
PUP 367
3/22
(TU)		 Doug Lauen
UNC, Chapel Hill
Department of Public Policy and
Department of Sociology		 School Poverty Contextual Effects 4:00 pm
PUP 431
3/24
(TH)		 Don Norris and Anupam Joshi
UMBC		 Don Norris, UMBC School of Public Policy — Cyber Security Challenges to American Local Governments; and Anupam Joshi, Department of
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering — Policy Driven Approaches to Security		 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/14
(TH)		 David Deming
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University		 The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/21
(TH)		 Paul Ferraro
JHU & GSU		 The Microeconomics of Technology:  Climate Change Adaptation Through Resource Conserving Technologies 12:00 pm
PUP 367
4/28
(TH)		 Jessica Sowa
University of Baltimore		 Retaining Critical Human Capital: Volunteer Firefighters in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 12:00 pm
PUP 367
05/03
(TU)		 Ben Castleman
UVA Batten School of
Leadership and Policy		 Knowing When and Who To Nudge in Education:  Evidence from Text Messaging Experiments 12:00 pm
PUP 367
05/05
(TU)		 Farah Farahati, UMBC
Scott Nystrom, U.S. Health and Human Services Department		 Economic Spillover Analysis from Public Medical Countermeasure Investments: A Case Study of NexoBrid (R) 12:00 pm
PUP 367

Fall 2015

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/10
(TH)		 James Fenske
Economics Department
University of Oxford, U.K.		 Dust Exposure and Infant Mortality in West Africa 12:00 pm
PUP 367
09/24
(TH)		 Tim Brennan
Economics/Public Policy
UMBC		 Opening the ‘Open Internet’ 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/2
(F)		 Ian Anson
Department of Political Science
UMBC		 Partisan Media and the Political Conditioning of Economic Perceptions 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/12
(M)		 Todd Nesbit
Department of Economics
Ohio State University		 Impact of Tobacco Taxation and its Influence on Illegal Sales of Tobacco Products 12:00 pm
PUP 367
10/23
(F)		 Ali Khan
Department of Economics
Johns Hopkins University		 TBA 2:00 pm
PUP 367
10/29
(TH)		 Evan Perlman
Public Policy
UMBC		 What are the True Employment and Wage Impacts of Casinos? 2:00 pm
PUP 367
11/12
(TH)		 Kelly E. Carter
School of Business
Morgan State University		 You Pitch In, I Pitch In, We All Pitch In: The Contributions of Labor and Management to Their Complementarities in a Competitive Environment 12:00 pm
PUP 367

Spring 2015

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
 02/12
(TH)		 Peter Henry
NYU Stern School of Business		  Data and Discipline: The Science of Economic Turnaround 4:00 pm
Library Gallery
 02/13
(F)		 Marc Law
University of Vermont		  Political Centralization,Federalism, and Urban Development: Evidence from U.S. and Canadian Capital Cities 12:00 pm
PUP 367
02/18
(W)		 Isaiah Andrews
Harvard University		 Weak Identification: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions. 4:00 pm
PUP 367
 02/18
(W)		 Jamie Chriqui
Health Policy and Administration
University of Illinois Chicago		  Obesity-related policies: Influences on communities, schools, and individual outcomes 12:00 pm
PUP 451
02/19
(TH)		 Sanjay Pandey
Trachtenberg School,
George Washington University		 Does Mission Matter for Social Enterprise?: A study of US arts and cultural organizations 2:00 pm
PUP 451
03/05
(TH)		 Gregory Clark
University of California Davis		 TBA 4:00 pm
Library Gallery
03/05
(TH)		 David Deming
Grad. School of Education,
Harvard University		 The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: an experimental study 2:00 pm
PUP 451
03/25
(W)		 Teresa Romano
Department of Economics,
Goucher College		 Gaming the System? Teacher Responses to Changes in Accountability 2:00 pm
PUP 451
04/16
(TH)		 Seth Gitter
Department of Economics,
Towson University		 Welfare Impacts of Rising Quinoa Prices: Evidence from Peru 2:00 pm
PUP 451
05/01
(F)		 Steve Hemelt
University of North Carolina		 TBA 2:00 pm
PUP 451

Fall 2014

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/17
(W)		 John Parman
Dept of Economics,
William and Mary		 Adoption and Adult Outcomes in the Early 20th Century. 2:00 pm
PUP 203
09/18
(TH)		 Stephen F. Ross
Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research,
The Pennsylvania State University		 The Unforeseen Anticompetitive and Racially Discriminatory Effects of Baseball’s North American Draft 4:00 pm
UC 312
09/23
(T)		 Darrell Gaskin
School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University		 Where you live really does matter. The impact of community level factors on the mortality of life
insurance enrollees.		 2:00pm
PUP 204
10/3
(F)		 Inas Kelly
Dept of Economics,
Queens College and CUNY Grad. Center		 Proximate and Economic Determinants of Obesity: A Cross-National Analysis. 2:00pm
PUP 204
10/13
(M)		 Robert A. Lawson
O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom,
Southern Methodist University		 Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Health of Nations. 4:00 pm
U Library
7th floor
10/23
(TH)		 Sara Heller
Dept of Criminology,
University of Pennsylvania		 The Effects of Summer Jobs on Disadvantaged Youth. 2:00 pm
PUP 204
11/20 (TH) David Autor
Dept of Economics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology		 Will the Workplace of the Future Have Any Workers? Technological Change, Employment, and the Structure of Jobs. 4:00 pm
Library Gallery

Spring 2014

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
02/7
(F)		 Carolyn Moehling
Rutgers and NBER
Melissa Thomasson
Miami U. and NBER		 The Swan Song of the Country Doctor: Flexner and the Economics and Practice of Medicine 3:00 pm
PUP 204
05/2
(F)		 Leah Boustan
Dept of Economics
UCLA and NBER		  To the New World and Back Again: Return Migration and Upward Mobility 12:00 pm
PUP 451

Spring 2013

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
02/1
(F)		 Karen Clay
Carnegie Mellon Heinz School		 Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating, 1920-1959. 2:00 pm
PUP 438
03/8
(F)		 Lesley Turner
Dept of Economics
University of Maryland		 The Impact of Financial Aid on Program of Study and Educational Attainment. 2:00 pm
PUP 438
04/4
(TH)		 Kasey Buckles
Dept of Economics
Notre Dame University		 The Effect of College Education on Health. 2:00 pm
PUP 438
04/26
(F)		 Robert Kaestner
Dept of Economics
University of Illinois Chicago		 TBA. 2:00 pm
PUP 438
05/7
(T)		 Christy Chapin
Dept of History
UMBC		 Ensuring America’s Health: The Role of Insurance Companies in the Health Care System’s Development. 2:00 pm
PUP 438

 

Fall 2012

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/14 Nadwa Mossaad
Public Policy dept
UMBC		 The Consequences of Increased Enforcement of Legal Minimum Wages in a Developing Country: An evaluation of the impact of the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos in Costa Rica 12:00 pm
PUP 438
09/28 Joanne Tsu
Federal Reserve		 Aging and Strategic Learning: The Impact of Spousal Incentives on Financial Literacy 12:00 pm
PUP 438
10/12 Marv Mandell and Nicole Stewart
Public Policy dept
UMBC		 The Impact of Qualified Census Tract Designation on Low Income Housing Tax Credit Development 12:00 pm
PUP 438
10/24 Sean Reardon
School of Education
Stanford University		 The Effect of NCLB on Narrowing Achievement Gaps Between Minority and White Students 12:00 pm
PUP 438
11/29 Brent Gibbons
Public Policy dept
UMBC		 Working with a Severe Mental Illness: Stressful or Salubrious for Overall Mental Health? 12:00 pm
PUP 438
12/7 David Frisvold 
Dept of Economics
Emory University		 Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program 2:00 pm
PUP 438

 

Fall 2011

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
9/22
(TH)		 Darrell Gaskin
School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins		 Healthcare Disparities — Race, Place, or Both? 12:00 pm
PUP 438
10/7
(F)		 Timothy Moore
Dept of Economics
University of Maryland		 Employment Effects of Terminating Disability Benefits: Insights from Removing Drug Addictions as Disabling Conditions 12:00 pm
PUP 438
10/14
(TH)		 Nicola Tynan
Dickenson College		 TBA 12:00 pm
PUP 438
11/10 (TH) Roy Meyers
Dept of Political Science
UMBC		 Why the Supercommittee isn’t Super: Improving How the Federal Government Allocates Resources and Sets Priorities 12:00 pm
PUP 438
11/17 (TH) Thomas Peeters
University of Antwerp		 An Empirical Contest Model of the English Premier League 12:00 pm
PUP 438

 

Spring 2011

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
03/3
(TH)		 Michael Grossman
CUNY		 The Impact of National Health Insurance on Birth Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in Taiwan 2:00 pm
PUP 438
03/16
(W)		 Erin Todd Bronchetti
Swarthmore College		 When a Nudge Isn’t Enough: Defaults and Saving Among Low-Income Tax Filers 12:00 pm
PUP 438
03/31
(TH)		 Damon Clark
University of Florida		 TBA 2:00 pm
PUP 438
04/22
(F)		 Roy Meyers
Political Science
UMBC		 How does the Federal Government ‘Set Priorities’ and How Should It? 12:00 pm
PUP 438
04/29
(F)		 Dennis Coates and Tim Gindling 
Economics dept
UMBC		 Are Hispanic Immigrant Families Reviving the Economies of America’s Small Towns? 12:00 pm
PUP 438

 

Fall 2010

 

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/15
(W)		 John Rennie Short
UMBC		 The Postcolonial Creative City: an Antipodean Case Study 12:00 pm
PUP 203
09/29
(W)		 Peter Hinrichs
Georgetown University		 Affirmative Action Bans and College Graduation Rates 12:00 pm
PUP 203
10/13
(W)		 Sergio Prada
IMPAQ Intl.		 Level-I Trauma Center Effects on Return to Work Outcomes 12:00 pm
PUP 203
10/29
(F)		 Bing Ma
Economics dept
UMBC		 Socioeconomic Status and Overweight and Obesity: How Does the Gradient Change with Age? New Evidence from China 12:00 pm
PUP 203
11/17
(W)		 Eric Slade
UMBC		 Access to VA Assertive Community Treatment Services: Effects on Mental Health Costs 12:00 pm
PUP 203
12/13
(M)		 Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago		 The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime 12:00 pm
PUP 203

 

Spring 2010

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and
Location
02/25 Erdal Tekin
Georgia State University		 Child Care Subsidies and Child Development 2:00 PM
PUP 203
03/4 David Figlio
Northwestern University		 Competitive effects of means-tested school vouchers 2:00 PM
PUP 203
03/10 Lisa Dickson
Economics
UMBC		 Do Universities Practice Gender Sensitive Admissions? 12:00 PM
PUP 203
04/14 George LaNoue
UMBC		 Methodological and Conceptional Issues in Writing a Book on the History of UMBC 12:00 PM
PUP 203
04/22 Christelle Viauroux
Economics
UMBC		 Stable Schedule Matchings using a Fixed Point Method 12:00 PM
PUP 203
04/29 Scott Farrow
Economics
UMBC		 A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Slot Machine Gambling in Maryland 12:00 PM
PUP 203
04/30 Sheila Olmstead
Yale University		 The Value of Scarce Urban Water 11:00 AM
PUP 367
05/6 Burt Barnow
Johns Hopkins University		 Setting Up Social Experiments: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 12:00 PM
PUP 203

 

Fall 2009

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and
Location
10/7 Frances Carter
UMBC		 Estimation of Average Treatment Effects of On-campus, Academic Year Research on STEM PhD Pursuit for Talented, Underrepresented Minorities 12:00 PM
PUP 203
10/9 Martha Bailey
University of Michigan		 The impact of US Family Planning Programs: Evidence from the War on Poverty and Title X 2:00 PM
TBA
10/16 Melinda Miller
US Naval Academy		 Destroyed By Slavery?: The Effect of Slavery on African-American Family Formation Following Emancipation. 12:00 PM
PUP 367
10/21 Gary Burtless 
Brooking Institution		 Is There Evidence Workers Are Rational in Preparing for Retirement? 12:00 PM
PUP 203
11/13 Allen Fawcett 
Environmental Protection Agency		 Cap-and-trade bill 12:00 PM
TBA
11/18 Joseph Sabia
American University		 Parental Involvment Laws, Sexual Activity, and Youth Suicide 12:00 PM
PUP 203
12/2 Laura Hussey 
UMBC		 TBA 12:00 PM
PUP 203
12/ 9 Tim Brennan 
Economics
UMBC		 Behavioral vs. standard economics: A dozen observations against, for & tied. 12:00 PM
PUP 203

Fall 2008

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and
Location
09/9 Tim Gindling and Sara Poggio
Economics
UMBC		 Family separation and re-unification as a factor in the United States 12:00 PM
PUP 204
09/17 Jonah Rockoff
Columbia University		 Does mentoring reduce turnover and improve skills of new employees? Evidence from teachers in New York City 12:00 PM
PUP 203
09/29 Carolyn Hill
Georgetown University		 Longer-term effects of the Tulsa Public Schools pre-K program 12:00 PM
PUP 203
10/8 Bill Rothstein
Sociology
UMBC		 The great twentieth-century pandemic of coronary heart disease: How well do we understand it? 12:00 PM
PUP 203
10/15 Judy Shinogle
MIPAR
UMBC		 Determinants and costs of physical inactivity 12:00 PM
PUP 203
10/29 Dylan Conger
George Washington University		 The effects of native language instruction on how quickly English learners can acquire proficiency 12:00 PM
PUP 203
11/12 Ted Joyce
Baruch College		 TBA 12:00 PM
PUP 203
11/19 Don Norris
UMBC, Public Policy		 Disirregardless of the facts, Ma’am: Technology, public opinion, advocacy groups and policy outcomes affection election administration in Maryland 12:00 PM
203 PUP
12/3 Jason Fletcher
Yale University		 Peer influences on alcohol consumption 12:00 PM
204 PUP

Fall 2007

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and
Location
09/26 Betsey Stevenson
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania		 Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to
Measure the Return to High School Sports		 12:00 PM
204 PUP
10/10 Randi Hjmalarsson
UMCP(co-sponsored with Public Policy)		 Crime and Expected Punishment 12:00 PM
PUP 203
10/17 Krishna Ladha
UMBC		 Paradox of Unbiased Public Information 12:00 PM
367 PUP
10/24 James Hilger
Federal trade Commission		 TBA 12:00 PM
367 PUP
10/29 David Walker, Government Accountability Office
Elmendorf, Brookings Institution
Butler, Heritage FoundationBixby, Concord Coalition		 U.S. Fiscal Situation 5:00 PM
Lecture Hall V
Grad Student session 3:00
11/14 Melissa Kearney
University of Maryland- College Park		 TBA 12:00 PM
Public Policy
Seminar Room
(4th floor PUP)
12/5 David Mitch
Dept of Economics
UMBC		 TBA 12:00 PM
Public Policy
Seminar Room
(4th floor PUP)

Fall 2005

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and Location
10/26 Scott Farrow
Department of Economics
UMBC		 When Is Some Number Better Than No Number 12:00 PM
367 PUP
11/11 Dennis Coates
Department of EconomicsUMBC		 Spending on Sports: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey 4:00 PM
367 PUP

Fall 2004

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time Location
10/6 Bill Lord
Department of Economics
UMBC		 Family Production and Economic Growth 1:00 PM
PUP 367
11/11 William J. Baumol
New York University		 Independent Entrepreneurs and Giant Enterprises: The David-Goliath Pertnership? 4:00 PM
AOK Library 7th Floor
11/12 Nandita Dasgupta
Dept of Economics
UMBC		 Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to India Since the 1990s–Issues and Challenges: Comparison with China 1:00 PM
PUP 367
11/19 Roger Betancourt
University of Maryland College Park		 The Role of the State in a “Democratic” transition: Cuba 1:00 PM
PUP 367

Spring 2004

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
03/14 Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Georgetown University		 Long-Run International
Inequality in Real Income and Human Development: Evidence from Europe and the New World		 1:00 pm
PUP367
04/2 Kenneth Koford
University of Delaware		 Experiments on trust and Bargaining in Bulgaria:
The Effects of Institutions and Culture		 1:00 pm
PUP367
04/16 Bryan L. Boulier and Herman Stekler
George Washington University		 Evaluating National Football League Choices: The Passing Game 1:00 pm
Public Policy
Seminar Room

Fall 2003

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/24 Mark A. Carlson
Federal Reserve Board of Govenors		 Were There Other Ways Out? Bank Failures During the Panics
of the Great Depression		 1:00 pm
Admin 829
10/10 Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
National Science Foundation and
University of South Florida		 Alcohol Availability and Crime: A Robust Approach 1:00 pm
Admin 829
10/15 Tim Gindling
UMBC		 The Effects of Legal Minimum Wages in Costa Rica on
Wages, Employment, Hours Worked and Monthly Earnings Throughout the Distribution		 1:00 pm
Admin 829
11/10 Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas		 Time Use, Time Crunch and Work Time in America 3:00 pm
AOK Library 7th Floor

Spring 2003

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
03/10 John Robst
Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services		 “Estimation of a Hedonic Pricing Model for Medigap Insurance” 1:00
TBA
04/4 Laura Razzolini
University of Mississippi,
National Science Foundation		 “Raising Revenues for Charity: Auctions Versus
Lotteries”		 1:00 pm
Admin 829
04/4 Stanley Engerman
University of Rochester		 “Factor Endowments, Inequality, and Paths of Development among New World
Economies”		 8:00 pm
Commons 318
04/11 Hakan Berument
Bilken University		 treasury Auction Interest Rates and Economic
Performance in Turkey
 1:00
Admin 829
04/16 Eva Marikova
LeedsMoravian College
Michael Leeds
Temple University
Irina Pistolet
Temple University		 What’s in a Name? The Value of Naming Rights 1:00 pm
Admin 829 
05/2 Bill Lord
UMBC		 “Re-thinking the Early Decline in American Fertility” 1:00 pm
Admin 829

Fall 2002

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/26 Phil Cook
Duke University		 “Evaluating Gun Policy”(Sponsored by Social Sciences Forum) 4:00 pm
UC 312
11/14 Gregory Mankiw
Harvard University		 “Economics Education and Economic Policy:
From the Classroom to the White House”
7th Annual Jack Mullen Lecture		 4:00 pm
AOK Library
7th floor
12/6 Robert Goldfarb
George Washington University		 “Inequality of What Among Whom: Rival Conceptions of Distribution in the
20th Century”		 1:00 pm
Admin 829

Spring 2002

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time and Location
03/4 Malay K. Dey
Morgan State		 Order Time, Multiple Shocks,
and Short Selling in Security Price Adjustment		 1:00 pm
Admin 829
03/15 Dennis Coates
UMBC		 Voting on Stadium and Arena Subsidies 1:00 pm
Admin 829
04/10 Mike Bailey
Georgetown University		 Do States Race to the
Bottom?		 1:00 PM
Admin 829
04/15 Burton Malkiel
Princeton		 A Random Walker Looks Back: Is the Stock Market Predictable After All?Sponsored by a generous donation from TIAA-CREF 4:00 PM
AOK Library
7th floor
05/1 Tim Gindling
UMBC		 Causes of Changing Earnings Inequality in Costa Rica 1:00
Admin 829
05/3 Tim HaabOhio
State University		 Information Conveyance on
Behavioral Changes from Perceived Risks: An
Application to Seafood Consumption and Pfiesteria Piscicida		 1:00 pm
Admin 829
05/8 Shoshana Grossbard-Schectman
San Diego State University		 Marriage and the Economy 1:00
Admin 829

Fall 2001

 

Date Speaker Presentation Title/Topic Time
Location
09/14 George Deltas
FTC and University of Illinois U.C.		 “Passenger Shipping Cartels and Their Effect on transatlantic Migration” 1:00 pm
Admin 829
10/16 Alice Rivlin
The Brookings Institution		 “Reviving the Economy: What Can Policies Do?”
6th Annual Jack Mullen Lecture		 4:00 pm
Albin O. Kuhn
Library
(7th floor)

Spring 2001

 

Date Speaker Presentation
Title/Topic		 Time
Location
03/30 Nathan Rosenberg
Stanford		 “America’s University/Industry Interfaces, 1945-2000” 7:45 pm
UC 312
02/15 Philip Keefer
Development Research Group
The World Bank		 “When do special interests run
rampant? Disentangling the role of elections, incomplete information, and
checks and balances in banking crises.”		 1:00 pm
UC Ballroom
03/27 Stanley Black
Chapel Hill, IMF		 Economic Reform in Mongolia 1:00 pm
TBA

Fall 2000

 

Date Speaker Presentation
Title		 Time
Location
09/13 Jim Bessen
Research on Innovation		 “The Skills of the Unskilled in the American Industrial
Revolution”		 1:00 pm
Adm 829
09/25 Partha Dasgupta
University of Cambridge		 Resource Policy in Imperfect Economies
5th Annual Jack Mullen Lecture		 4:00 pm
Albin O. Kuhn
Library Gallery
10/3 Tyler Cowan
George Mason University		 “The Economics of Global Culture”
(Lecture sponsored by the UMBC Social Sciences and Humanities Forums)		 4:00 pm
Albin O. Kuhn
Library Gallery
11/30 Peyton Young
Johns Hopkins Univerity		 “The Evolution of Social Institutions”
(Sponsors: Social Sciences Forum, Department of Economics, Department of
Political Science)		 4:00 pm
Albin O. Kuhn
Library Gallery

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