Becker Applied Economics Workshop

Fall 2024

This workshop is in-person only for the Fall 2024 quarter and meets Mondays from 3:00 - 4:20 p.m. CDT in SHFE 146. For questions, please contact Brittney Walker. View past workshops: Fall 2023

Event Organizers: Jack Mountjoy, Evan Rose

October 14
Seth Zimmerman, Yale School of Management
"Parents' Earning and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten"

October 21
David Green, The University of British Columbia
"The Minimum Wage, Turnover, and the Shape of the Wage Distribution"

October 28
Zarek Brot, Harris School of Public Policy at The University of Chicago
"Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers"

November 4
Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester 
"Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the China Stock"

November 11
Felix Koenig, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: TBA

November 18
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA

December 2
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University
Topic: TBA