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for Spring 2008

Does Medicare Save Lives?
David Card (Berkeley)
February 06, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376 Please Note Change in Room

Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence
Eric Verhoogen (Columbia)
February 13, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Spillovers from High-Skill Consumption to Low-Skill Labor Markets
Francesca Mozzalari (UC Irvine)
February 20, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Inequality and the Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Groundwater and the Green Revolution in Rural India
Andrew Foster (Brown)
February 27, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States: 1960-2000
Pedro Carneiro (UCL)
March 05, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation Over a Century
Raquel Fernandez (NYU)
March 12, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-376

Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations
Angus Deaton (Princeton)
March 19, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E25-111

Income Pooling, Marriage and the City
Shoshanna Grossbard-Schectman (San Diego State)
April 02, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

Training Disadvantaged Youth in Latin America: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Adriana Kugler (Houston)
April 09, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuels's Maisanta
Edward Miguel (Berkeley)
April 16, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

Prejudice and the Economics of Discrimination
Jon Guryan (Chicago GSB)
April 23, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Federico Finan (UCLA)
April 30, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children's Achievement: Impacts of State Policies, Family Background, and Peers
Darren Lubotsky (IL)
May 07, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151

Topic to be announced
Nathan Nunn (Harvard)
May 14, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
E51-151