News and Workshops

Applications of Economics

Fall 2007

This workshop meets every Monday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Ro 329.
Papers can also be accessed directly from http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Egbecker/
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September 24
Steven Levitt (University of Chicago)
An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution

October 1
Jesse Shapiro (University of Chicago)
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use?

October 8
Emily Oster (University of Chicago)
The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India

October 15
Jeremy Greenwood (University of Pennsylvania)
Marriage and Divorce since World War II:
Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households

October 22
James Heckman (University of Chicago)
The Economics and Psychology of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Traits*

October 29
No Session

November 5
David Laibson (Harvard University)
Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices Over the Lifecycle

November 12
Seema Jayachandran (Stanford University)
Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence From Maternal Mortality Declines

November 19
Mathis Wagner (University of Chicago)
Native Worker Responses to Immigration and Their Labor Market Consequences

November 26
Derek Neal (University of Chicago)
Left Behind By Design: Proficiency Counts and Test-Based Accountability