Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2021
December
6
2021
This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. The seminar series meets weekly on Mondays 3:30-4:45pm.
Agenda
Monday, October 11, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
The Economics of Content Moderation: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Hate Speech on Twitter
Rafael Jiménez Durán, University of Chicago
Monday, October 18, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Testing for Racial Bias in Police Traffic Searches
Joshua Shea, University of Chicago
Monday, October 25, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Human Capital Investment in the Presence of Child Labor
Natalie Bau, UCLA
Monday, November 1, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
The Impact of Neighborhood School Choice: Evidence from Los Angeles' Zones of Choice
Christopher Campos, Princeton University
Monday, November 8, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Spatial Economics for Granular Settings
Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago
Monday, November 15, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Anti-Insurance: Health Insurance Increases Risk Exposure
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia
Monday, November 29, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Teacher Preferences and Student Achievement
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University
Monday, December 6, 2021
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago