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Current and Upcoming Events for 2008: Labor Economics

Fall 2007    Winter 2008    

Labor Seminar
Friday, 9/7/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

No meeting – Energy Symposium

Labor Seminar*
Friday, 9/14/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Taryn Dinkelman - Michigan
“Can rural electrification jump-start employment? Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa”

*joint with Development

Labor Seminar
Friday, 9/21/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Bill Dickens - Maryland
“Using Micro Data to Estimate the Extent of Wage Rigidity in 16 Countries: The International Wage Flexibility Project”

*joint with Lorenz Goette, Erica L. Groshen, Steinar Holden, Julian Messina, Mark E. Schweitzer, Jarkko Turunen, and Melanie Ward

Labor Seminar
Friday, 9/28/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Josh Angrist - MIT
“Long Term Effects of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings”

Labor Seminar
Friday, 10/5/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Amy Gass Kandilov - Michigan
“Health Insurance and Labor Supply among Recent Immigrants following the 1996 Welfare Reform”

Labor Seminar*
Thursday, 10/11/2007; 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Brian Cadena - Michigan
“How Do Immigrants Respond to Increased Competition from Similarly-
Skilled Natives”


*Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar
Friday, 10/19/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

No Seminar

Labor Seminar*
Wednesday, 10/24/2007; 4:00 PM\ - 5:30 PM

Jacob Vigdor - Duke
“Reflections on No Child Left Behind”

*Joint with CLOSUP - Nonstandard, date, time or location

Labor Seminar*
Wednesday, 10/31/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Guido Menzio - UPenn
"On-the-Job Search over the Business Cycle" (joint with Shouyong Shi)

*Joint with macro - Nonstandard date, time or location

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Labor Seminar
Friday, 11/9/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

APPAM – no meeting

Labor Seminar*
Tuesday, 11/13/2007; 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Raven Saks - Board of Governors
"Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005"

*Joint with Economics History - Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar*
Monday, 11/19/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Caroline Hoxby - Stanford
“The Effects of New York City’s Charter School’s on Student
Achievement”

*Joint with CLOSUP and NPC - Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar
Friday, 11/23/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Thanksgiving – no meeting

Labor Seminar
Friday, 11/30/2007; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Mark Dynarski - Mathematica Policy Research
“Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Projects”

Mark will be around for dinner on THURSDAY and all day on Friday. If you would like an office visit and/or to join the lunch or dinner groups, please contact econjeff@umich.edu

Andrew W. Marcus Seminar in Applied Microeconomics
Thursday, 12/6/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Mark Rosenzweig - Yale
"Why is Mobility in India so Low? Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth"

*Joint with EDTS - Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar*
Tuesday, 12/11/2007; 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Isaac McFarlin - UTD and Ford School post-doc
“Help or Hindrance: The Effects of College Remediation on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes.”

*Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar
Friday, 3/7/2008; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

No meeting – NBER Labor Studies

Labor Seminar
Friday, 3/14/2008; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Robert Pollak - Washington University
"TBA"

*Joint with Herman Colloquium

Labor Seminar
Friday, 3/21/2008; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Brian McCall - Michigan
“The Impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on the College Enrollment, Borrowing and Work Behavior of Low-Income Minority Students”

*joint with Steve DesJardins

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Labor Seminar
Thursday, 3/27/2008; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Judy Hellerstein - Maryland
"Spatial Mismatch or Racial Mismatch?"

Labor Seminar*
Thursday, 4/3/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Manuela Angelucci - Arizona
"Indirect Effects of an Aid Program:
How do Cash Transfers Affect Ineligibles’ Consumption?"


*Joint with EDTS - Nonstandard date, time or location

Labor Seminar*
Friday, 4/11/2008; 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Mario Macis - Michigan
"TBA"



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