This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. It meets weekly on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in Saieh Hall Room 146.
Speakers scheduled for fall quarter were:
Agenda
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Using Instrumental Variables for Inference about Policy Relevant Treatment Parameters
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Valuing Alternative Work Arrangements
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Do Banks Pass Through Credit Expansions to Consumers Who Want to Borrow? Evidence from Credit Cards
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Is There An Energy-Efficiency Gap? Experimental Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Plants
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The Allocation of Food to Food Banks
In this paper, Canice Prendergast documents significant improvements in the allocation of food to food banks through the implementation of an auction system that allows the food banks to bid for desired items.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Conservation
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Clustering as a Design Problem
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Bounding Outcomes in Counterfactual Analysis
Tuesday, December 6, 2016