"Seminars" provide a forum for both outside speakers and Wharton faculty to present applied economic research of interest to the broad Wharton community. "Workshops" are a forum in which Wharton and allied faculty present applied economic research-in-progress.

The Applied Economics Seminar is organized by Fernando Ferreira, Katja Seim & Betsey Stevenson.
The seminar meets on Wednesdays, from 12:00 - 1:20 p.m.

Fall 2008 Schedule
Sep 10	Robert Jensen, UCLA "The (Perceived) Returns to Education and the Demand for Schooling"
Sep 17	Christopher Taber, University of Wisconsin "Methods for Using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection on Unobserved Variables"
Sep 24	Andrew Sweeting, Duke University "Equilibrium Price Dynamics in Perishable Goods Markets: The Case of Secondary Markets for Major League Baseball Tickets"
Oct 01	Lars Lefgren, Brigham Young University  "Chapter 7 or 13: Are Client or Lawyer Interests Paramount?"
Oct 08	Hanming Fang, Duke University "Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch? A New Test and Evidence"
Oct 15	Michael Greenstone, MIT "Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants"
Oct 22	Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University "Identification with Imperfect Instruments"
Oct 29	Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia "Performance Pay, Wage Flexibility, and Hour of Work"
Nov 05	Jonah Rockoff, Columbia Business School "Short Run Impacts of Accountability on School Quality"
Nov 12	David Autor, MIT "Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States"
Nov 19	Julie Berry Cullen, UC San Diego "Jockeying for Position: High School Student Mobility and Texas' Top-Ten Percent Rule"
Nov 25	Alexandre Mas, UC Berkeley "Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999" This seminar will be held in 116 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall at 3:00pm
Nov 26	*NO SEMINAR DUE TO THANKSGIVING*
Dec 03	Hilary Hoynes, University of California Davis "Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes"
Dec 08	Ginger Jin, University of Maryland "Do Social Networks Solve Information Problems for Peer-to-Peer Lending? Evidence from Prosper.com" *12 - 1:30 SHDH 116 *
Dec 10	Paige Marta Skiba, Vanderbilt Law School "The Ticket to Easy Street?  The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery."
Dec 15	Erzo Luttmer, Harvard Kennedy School "Labor Supply Response to Marginal Social Security  Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities" * 12 - 1:30  SHDH 116 *

Past Seminar Schedules

Spring 2009   | Summer 2009  |

Spring 2008   | Summer 2008  | Fall 2008

Spring 2007   | Summer 2007  | Fall 2007

Spring 2006   | Summer 2006  | Fall 2006

Spring 2005   | Summer 2005  | Fall 2005  

Spring 2004   | Summer 2004  | Fall 2004

Questions or suggestions about the seminar?
Contact Fernando Ferreira, Katja Seim, or Betsey Stevenson.
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