University of Houston-Rice University

Empirical Microeconomics Seminar Series

 

Co-Organizers: Professor Aimee Chin (University of Houston) and Professor Richard Boylan (Rice University)

 

Spring 2013

 

Tuesday, February 26 @ UH
 

John Strauss (USC)
"Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China"

Tuesday, March 5
 

No seminar

Tuesday, March 12 
 

No seminar

Tuesday, March 19 @ UH
 

Peter Savelyev (Vanderbilt)
"Developmental origins of health: effects of childhood personality and college education on health, health behaviors, and longevity"

Tuesday, March 26 @ Rice

Johannes Schmieder (BU)
"The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Reemployment Wages"

Tuesday, April 2 @ UH

Michael Frakes (Cornell Law School)
"The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the US Patent and Trademark Office "

Tuesday, April 9 @ Rice

Jason Abaluck (Yale)
"Negative Tests and the Efficiency of Medical Care: Investigating the Determinants of Imaging Overuse"

Tuesday, April 16 @ UH

Justin Sydnor (Wisconsin School of Business)
"Incentives, Commitments and Habit Formation in Exercise: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Workers at a Fortune-500 Company"

Tuesday, April 23 @ Rice (*different room: Rush Conference Room*)

Marika Cabral (UT Austin)
"Externalities and Taxation of Supplemental Insurance:  A Study of Medicare and Medigap "

Tuesday, April 30 @ Rice (*different room: Rush Conference Room*)

Bill Evans (Notre Dame)
"The White/Black Educational Gap, Stalled Progress, and the Long Term Consequences of the Emergence of Crack Cocaine Markets"

 

Archive of Previous Semesters' Workshops:

 
2012-13: Fall 2012 Schedule  
2011-12: Fall 2011 Schedule Spring 2012 Schedule
2010-11: Fall 2010 Schedule Spring 2011 Schedule
2009-10: Fall 2009 Schedule Spring 2010 Schedule
2008-09: Fall 2008 Schedule Spring 2009 Schedule
2007-08: Fall 2007 Schedule Spring 2008 Schedule
2006-07: Fall 2006 Schedule Spring 2007 Schedule



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