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University of Houston-Rice University

Empirical Microeconomics Seminar Series

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

Spring 2012

This workshop is sponsored by the University of Houston Department of Economics and the Rice University Department of Economics.
Workshops are held every Tuesday (unless otherwise indicated) from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at Rice (Baker Hall Room 116) or UH (McElhinney Hall Room 212).
Schedule for this semester (papers are posted about one week before the seminar):

Tuesday, February 7 @ Rice

Ryan Bubb (NYU)

"States, Law, and Property Rights in West Africa"

*THURSDAY*, February 9 @ UH
Joint w/ UH Macro Workshop
Yona Rubinstein (LSE)

"Using Federal Minimum Wages to Identify the
Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment and
Earnings Across the U.S. States"

Tuesday, February 14 @ UH

Dan Polsky (University of Pennsylvania)

"Competition and Quality in Home Health Care Markets"

Tuesday, February 21 @ UH

Lori Beaman (Northwestern University)

"Minding Small Change: Attention Constraints among Small Firms in Kenya"

Tuesday, February 28

Rice Spring Break, no seminar

Tuesday, March 6 @ Rice

Michelle White (UCSD)

"Fiscal Zoning and Sales Taxes: Do Higher Sales Taxes Lead to More Retailing and Less Manufacturing?"

Tuesday, March 13

UH Spring Break, no seminar

Tuesday, March 20 @ Rice

Dan Black (University of Chicago Harris School)

"The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of
African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South"

Tuesday, March 27 @ UH

Gordon Dahl (UCSD)

"Social Interaction Effects in Program Take-up:
Regression Discontinuity Evidence for Parental Leave" (note: abstract only, full paper not yet available)

Tuesday, April 3 @ Rice

No Empirical Micro Seminar scheduled, Rice Energy Seminar speaker is Kenneth Gillingham (Yale University)

Tuesday, April 10 @ UH

Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)

"Enlisting Workers in Monitoring Firms: Payroll Tax Compliance in Mexico" (note: full paper not yet available)

Tuesday, April 17 @ UH

Vivian Ho (Rice University)

"Explaining the Volume-Cost Relationship for Cancer Surgery" (note: full paper not yet available)

Tuesday, April 24 @ Rice

Anup Malani (University of Chicago Law School)

"Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market"

Tuesday, May 8 (note date change, NOT May 1) @ UH

Leah Boustan (UCLA)

"Have the poor always been less likely to migrate?
Evidence from inheritance practices during the Age of Mass Migration"

Archive of Previous Semesters' Workshops:

2011-12: Fall 2011 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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Tuesday, February 7 @ Rice	Ryan Bubb (NYU) "States, Law, and Property Rights in West Africa"
THURSDAY, February 9 @ UH Joint w/ UH Macro Workshop	Yona Rubinstein (LSE) "Using Federal Minimum Wages to Identify the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment and Earnings Across the U.S. States"
Tuesday, February 14 @ UH	Dan Polsky (University of Pennsylvania) "Competition and Quality in Home Health Care Markets"
Tuesday, February 21 @ UH	Lori Beaman (Northwestern University) "Minding Small Change: Attention Constraints among Small Firms in Kenya"
Tuesday, February 28	Rice Spring Break, no seminar
Tuesday, March 6 @ Rice	Michelle White (UCSD) "Fiscal Zoning and Sales Taxes: Do Higher Sales Taxes Lead to More Retailing and Less Manufacturing?"
Tuesday, March 13	UH Spring Break, no seminar
Tuesday, March 20 @ Rice	Dan Black (University of Chicago Harris School) "The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South"
Tuesday, March 27 @ UH	Gordon Dahl (UCSD) "Social Interaction Effects in Program Take-up: Regression Discontinuity Evidence for Parental Leave" (note: abstract only, full paper not yet available)
Tuesday, April 3 @ Rice	No Empirical Micro Seminar scheduled, Rice Energy Seminar speaker is Kenneth Gillingham (Yale University)
Tuesday, April 10 @ UH	Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University) "Enlisting Workers in Monitoring Firms: Payroll Tax Compliance in Mexico" (note: full paper not yet available)
Tuesday, April 17 @ UH	Vivian Ho (Rice University) "Explaining the Volume-Cost Relationship for Cancer Surgery" (note: full paper not yet available)
Tuesday, April 24 @ Rice	Anup Malani (University of Chicago Law School) "Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market"
Tuesday, May 8 (note date change, NOT May 1) @ UH	Leah Boustan (UCLA) "Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the Age of Mass Migration"

2011-12:	Fall 2011 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