Empirical Economics Workshops

Sponsored by Rice University Department of Economics and University of Houston Department of Economics.

Workshops are held every Tuesday (unless otherwise indicated) from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at Rice (Baker Hall Rm 116) or UH (McElhinney Hall Rm 212).

Tuesday, September 8: Steven Craig (University of Houston) @ UH
"Does it Pay to Get an A?  School Resource Allocations in Response to Accountability Ratings"    

Tuesday, September 22: Frank Wolak (Stanford University) @ Rice  Joint with Econometrics
"How Do Firms Exercise Unilateral Market Power?  Evidence from a Multi-Unit Auction Market"  

Tuesday, September 29: Jonathan Meer (Texas A&M) @ UH
 "The Habit of Giving" 

Tuesday, October 6: Naci Mocan (LSU) @ UH
"Vengeance" 

Tuesday, October 13: Leigh Linden (Columbia University) @ Rice
 "The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan" 

Tuesday, October 20: Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University) @ UH
 "Trends in the Transitory Variance of Male Earnings, 1970-2004" 

Tuesday, October 27: Anirban Basu (University of Chicago) @ Rice
 "The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on the Quality and Cost of Health Care" 

Tuesday, November 3: Marianne Page (University of California-Davis) @ UH
 "Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap" 

Tuesday, November 10: Andrew Foster (Brown University) @ Rice
 "Direct and Indirect Effects of Voluntary Certification: Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry Program" 

Tuesday, November 17: Masayuki Kudamatsu (Stockholm University) @ UH
"Weather and Infant Mortality in Africa"

Tuesday, November 24: NO SEMINAR - Week of Thanksgiving Holiday

Tuesday, December 1: Ioana Marinescu (University of Chicago-Harris School) @ Rice
"HIV, wages and labor"

If you have any questions, please email Richard Boylan  or Aimee Chin  for additional information.