PERC Applied Microeconomics Workshops

Organized by Dr. Steve Puller.
Seminars held on Wednesdays at 3:30-5:00pm in Room 3125 in the Allen building unless otherwise indicated.

Date	Time	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
9/16/2009	3:30 pm	Aimee Chin	University of Houston	The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
9/23/2009	3:30 pm	Christopher Taber	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Methods for Using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection on Unobserved Variables
9/30/2009	3:30 pm	Adi Mayer	TAMU	Empirical Evidence on the Role of Social Networks in Job-Search
10/7/2009	3:30 pm	Jason Fletcher	Yale University	Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents
10/14/2009	3:30 pm	Leigh Linden	Columbia University	The Effect of Proximity on School Enrollment: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Afghanistan
10/21/2009	3:30 pm	Chad Syverson	University of Chicago	The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning About Demand?
11/11/2009	3:30 pm	Andrew Foster	Brown University	Direct and Indirect Effects of Voluntary Certification
11/18/2009	3:30 pm	Courtney Collins	TAMU	Switching to Better Schools: A Model of Class Size and Mover Endogeneity
11/18/2009	3:30 pm	Silke Forbes	UC - San Diego	TO BE RESCHEDULED IN THE SPRING
12/2/2009	3:30 pm	Elizabeth Cascio	Dartmouth College	TBA
12/7/2009	3:30 pm	Noelia Paez	TAMU	The Effects of Labor Market Participation on Fertility Spacing