Events and Seminars

Public Finance/Labor Workshop

Fall 2019

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Optimal Sin Tax Design
Dmitry Taubinsky (UC Berkeley)
September 9th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals
Heather Sarsons (Chicago Booth)
September 16th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Industry Sponsorship of Clinical Trials: Effects on Reported Drug Efficacy
Tamar Oostrom (MIT)
September 18th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Scooped: Estimating the Rewards for Priority in Science
Ryan Hill (MIT)
September 23rd, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Employed in a SNAP? The Impact of Work Requirements on Program Participation and Labor Supply
Colin Gray (MIT)
October 7th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Whistleblowers, the False Claims Act, and the Behavior of Health Care Providers
Jetson Leder-Luis (MIT)
October 21st, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Top Wealth in the United States: New Estimates and Implications for Taxing the Rich
Owen Zidar (Princeton) and Eric Zwick (Chicago Booth)
October 28th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Higher Salaries or Higher Pensions? Inferring Preferences from Teachers’ Retirement Behavior
Barbara Biasi (Yale)
November 4th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Wages, Work Experience and Training of Women over the Lifecycle
Richard Blundell (University College London)
November 18th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

The Socio-economic Consequences of Housing Assistance
Winnie van Dijk (Harvard and Becker-Friedman Institute)
November 25th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting in Singapore's Unlicensed Moneylending Market
Kevin Lang (Boston University)
December 2nd, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164

Unbundling Labor
Chris Edmond (University of Melbourne)
December 9th, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
E52-164