The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Dennis Eager (Oxford University) | Slack and Economic Development |
Wednesday February 25, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 4-001 | Lucia Corno (Cattolica University and LEAP) | Norm Replacement and Information. An Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting |
Wednesday March 5, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 4-001 | Radhika Jain (University College of London) | Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India |
Wednesday March 12, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 4 -001 | Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown University) | Uprootedness, Human Capital, and Skill Transferability |
Wednesday March 19, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 4 -001 | Anne Karing (University of Chicago) | Optimal Policy with Social Image Concerns: Experimental Evidence from Deworming |
Wednesday March 26, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 4-001 | Gautam Rao (UC Berkeley) | Policymaker Networks and the Diffusion of Policy Innovation: Causal Evidence from Brazil |
Wednesday | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Denni Tommasi (University of Bologna) | Quality upgrading in the street food market: Are better infrastructure and training sufficient? |
| Wednesday April 9, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Alessandra Fenizia (George Washington University) | The (In)effectiveness of Targeted Payroll Tax Reductions |
| Wednesday April 16, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Nishtha Sharma (New York University, Abu Dhabi) | The Economics of Begging |
Wednesday April 23, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Selim Gulesci (Trinity College Dublin) | Liquidity, Business Development and Gender: Evidence from Credit Contracts |
Wednesday April 30, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Amory Lionel Gethin (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) | Global Labor Supply |
Wednesday May 7, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Teevrat Garg (UC San Diego) | Impacts and Adoption of Air Purifiers in Firms: Evidence from Bangladesh |
Wednesday May 14, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Adrienne Lucas (University of Delaware) | TBD |
Wednesday May 21, 2025 | 12:30 - 2:00pm ET | G 2-116 | Michael Gechter (MIT) | TBD |
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Last Updated: Apr 25, 2025