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| Date |
Speaker |
Time & Room |
| Fri., Sep. 12 |
Dr. Meta Brown of the New York Federal Reserve Bank will present "A New Test of Borrowing Constraints for Education." Dr. Brown is an applied microeconomist with broad interest in the economics of the family and in topics in public and labor economics. Much of her work focuses on intergenerational economic linkages over the life-cycle of the family. | 2:30 - 4:00 pm BA 350 |
| Fri., Sep. 19 | Qihong Liu from the University of Oklahoma | 2:30 - 4:00 pm BA 350 |
| Fri., Sep. 26 | Steven Stern, University of Virginia | 2:30- 4:00 pm BA 350 |
| Wed., Oct. 1 | Paulo Guimaraes, University of South Carolina "Comparing the Early Research Performance of Ph.D. Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA" (joint with Ana Rute Cardoso, and Klaus F. Zimmermann) |
12:20 - 1:20 pm BA 303 |
| Wed., Oct. 15 | Jason Murray, University of South Carolina | 12:15 - 1:15 pm BA 303 |
| Fri., Oct. 17 | Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University "Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield: The Importance of Nonlinear Temperature Effects" |
2:30 - 4:00 pm Room 856 |
| Wed., Oct. 22 | Dr. John Gordanier, University of South Carolina "On the Duration of Licensing" |
12:15 - 1:15 pm BA 303 |
| Wed., Oct. 29 | Erica Morgan, University of South Carolina | 12:15 - 1:15 pm BA 303 |
| Fri., Oct. 31 | Mina Kim, Bureau of Labor Statistics "Integration, Agglomeration, and Costly Adjustment of Labor" |
2:30 - 4:00 pm BA 350 |
| Fri., Nov. 7 | Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University "Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch? A New Test and Evidence" |
2:30 - 4:00 pm BA 350 |
| Wed., Nov. 12 | Orgul Ozturk, University of South Carolina | 12:20 - 1:20 pm BA 307 |
| Fri., Nov. 14 | John Whitehead, Appalachian State University "Convergent Validity of Revealed and Stated Recreation Behavior with Quality Change: A Comparison of Multiple and Single Site Demands" |
2:30 - 4:00 pm BA 856 |
| Wed., Dec. 3 | Stephen Finger, University of South Carolina | 12:20 - 1:20 pm BA 307 |
| Fri., Dec. 5 | Erik Lichtenberg, University of Maryland "Local Officials as Land Developers: Urban Spatial Expansion in China" |
2:30 - 4:00 pm Room A, 8th floor |