Applied Economics Workshop 2016-2017
Meetings take place on Monday ,14:15-15:30, Berglas Building, room 101
Workshop Coordinators: Eran Yashiv Fall Semester; Dan Zeltzer Spring Semester
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F A L L S E M E S T E R
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►31.10.16
Oren Danieli, Harvard
Decomposing Wage Polarization in the US
►7.11.16
Alex Cukierman, TAU an IDC
REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURAL RATE OF INTEREST, ITS MEASUREMENT, MONETARY POLICY AND THE ZERO LOWER BOUND
►14.11.16
Ori Katz, TAU
The Effect of Industrialization on Fertility and Human Capital: Evidence From 19th Century US
►21.11.16
Assaf Sarid, Haifa University
"The Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures", joint with Oded Galor (Brown) and Omer Ozak (SMU)
►28.11.16
Scott Baker, Northwestern
Shopping for Lower Sales Tax Rates
►5.12.16
Applied Micro Workshop conference
►12.12.16 - no seminar
►19.12.16
Simcha Barkai , University of Chicago
Declining Labor and Capital Shares
►26.12.16
Gadi Barlevy, Chicago Fed
On Interest Rate Policy and Asset Bubbles (joint with Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale)
►2.01.17
Nadav Ben Zeev, Ben Gurion
Household Debt, Adjustable-Rate Mortgages, and the Shock-Absorbing Capacity of Monetary Policy
►9.01.17
Tomer Blumkin, BGU
Anti-discrimination Legislation and the Efficiency-Enhancing Role of Mandatory Parenta Leave (joint with Spencer Bastani and Luca Micheletto)
►16.01.17
Francesco Decarolis, Boston University and EIEF
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S P R I N G S E M E S T E R
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►13.03.17
Hannes Schwandt ,Zurich
The Lasting Legacy of Seasona lInfluenza: In-utero Exposureand Labor Market Outcomes
►20.03.17
Revital Bar / Asaf Zussman ,Hebrew U
Identity and Bias: Insights from Driving Tests
►27.03.17
Amanda Starc ,Northwestern
Ask Your Doctor? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals (joint with Michael Sinkinson The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and NBER)
►3.04.17
Marla Ripoll, University of Pittsburgh
The Elasticity of Intergenerational Substitution, Parental Altruism and Fertility Choice
►10.04.17 -Passover - no seminar
►17.04.17 -Passover - no seminar
►24.04.17
Paul Beaudry, UBC
Putting the Cycle Back into Business Cycle Analysis, joint with Dana Galizia and Franck Portier
►1.05.17-Remembrance Day - no seminar
►8.05.17
Dan Zeltzer, TAU
Horizon Effects and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets (joint with Olivier Darmouni)
►15.05.17
Stefania Albanesi, University of Pittsburg
Slowing Women's Labor Force Participation: The Role of Rising Income Inequality.
►22.05.17
Daniel Shoag, Harvad Kennedy
The Causal Effect of Place: Evidence from Japanese-American Internment (joint with Nicholas Carollo,University of California)
►29.05.17
TBA
►5.06.17
►12.06.17
Naomi Hausman , Hebrew University
Small Establishments and City Growth
►19.06.17
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt
Explaining the Antebellum Puzzle: Market Access, Food Prices, and Stature in the United States, 1820-1847
►26.06.17
Jessica Goldberg, UMD
Results from two papers from Malawi:
1. Savings Defaults and Payment Delays for Cash Transfers: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi", joint with Lasse Brune, Xavier Giné, and Dean Yang
2. Endowment Effects and Usage of Financial Products: Evidence from Malawi", joint with Xavier Giné
