The Economics and Social Policy Seminar Series draws leading economists to campus to share their empirical research on issues related to inequality and social policy. The series is hosted by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. The faculty organizers are Desmond Ang, Luis Armona, Elizabeth Linos, Mark Shepard.
The seminar will meet every Tuesday from 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm in person. HUID's are required for entry.
Joint seminars with Harvard Economics, Opportunity Insights, and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy will be held on Wednesday, February 26th, and Wednesday, March 5th, from 12:15-1:15 pm in Malkin Penthouse in hybrid format via .
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| 2/4/2025 | Joe Doyle (MIT): Optimal Treatment Assignment Avoiding Always Improvers: Evidence from a Food-as-Medicine Trial, with Marcella Alsan and John Cawley; Belfer B-500 Bell Hall; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 2/11/2025 | Judd Kessler (Wharton): A model of information campaigns; Wexner 434AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 2/18/2025 | Luis Armona (Harvard Kennedy School): Second-Best Amendment: Market Power and Tax Design in the Firearms Industry; Wexner 434AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 2/26/2025 | Matt Staiger (Harvard): Title TBD; Malkin Penthouse; 12:15pm-1:15pm; . |
| 3/5/2025 | Dean Karlan (Northwestern, Kellogg): Unconditional Cash Transfers: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations in Low and Middle Income Countries; Malkin Penthouse; 12:15pm-1:15pm; . |
| 3/11/2025 | Adam Guren (BU): The Effect of Foreclosures on Homeowners, Tenants, and Landlords; Rubenstein 414AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 3/18/2025 | SPRING BREAK: No Seminar |
| 3/25/2025 | Anna Russo (Harvard): Waiting or Paying for Healthcare: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration; Rubenstein 414AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 4/1/2025 | Devin Pope (Chicago Booth): Title TBD; Rubenstein 414AB; 12:00pm-1:15pm. |
| 4/8/2025 | Hunt Allcott (Stanford): Title TBD; Rubenstein 414AB; 12:00pm-1:15pm. |
| 4/15/2025 | Bhash Mazumder (University of Chicago): Schooling and Political Activism in the Early Civil Rights Era; Rubenstein 414AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 4/22/2025 | Michael Dinerstein (Duke): Screening with Multitasking: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Teacher Tenure Reform; Rubenstein 414AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
| 4/29/2025 | Manasvini Singh (Carnegie Mellon University): Title TBD; Rubenstein 414AB; 12pm-1:15pm. |
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