Applications of Economics
This workshop meets every Monday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Ro 329. For questions, please contact Virginia Bova.
Winter 2012
February 20
Casey B. Mulligan (University of Chicago)
"Do Welfare Policies Matter for Labor Market Aggregates? Quantifying Safety Net Work Incentives since 2007"
February 27
Till Marco von Wachter (Columbia University)
"The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over Twenty Years"
"The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Reemployment Wages"
March 5
Richard Van Weelden (University of Chicago)
"Ideology and Information in Policymaking"
March 12
Steven J. Davis (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
"Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"
