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All seminars in Empirical microeconomics brown bag
Wang Hui (University of Toronto)
Test on the Compensatory Inter Vivos Transfers
Wednesday, October 17 2007 13:00–14:00, Sidney Smith, room 5017A  

Ioana Dan (University of Toronto)
Occupational mobility in transition economies
Wednesday, November 7 2007 13:00–14:00, Sidney Smith, room 5017A  

Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto)
Is September Better than January? The Effect of School Entry Age Laws on Skill Accumulation
Wednesday, November 14 2007 13:00–14:00, Sidney Smith, room 5017A  

Christian Dippel (University of Toronto)
Vote-Buying in Committees with Endogenous Entry - The Case of the International Whaling Commission
Wednesday, March 5 2008 13:00–14:00, Sidney Smith, room 5017A  

Sacha Kapoor (University of Toronto)
Field Testing in Games of Coordination
Wednesday, December 3 2008 13:00–14:00, Sidney Smith, room 5017A  

Tat-kei Lai (University of Toronto)
Knowledge Acquisition, Communication, and Workplace Organization: Establishment Level Evidence from Canada
Tuesday, September 22 2009 01:00–02:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Sacha Kapoor (University of Toronto)
Multitasking at Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Tuesday, March 2 2010 12:30–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Christian Dippel (University of Toronto)
Social Norms as Constraints on Local Governance - Historical Legacies on Native American Reservations
Tuesday, March 9 2010 12:30–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Tat-Kei Lai (University of Toronto)
How Does Information and Communication Technology Affect the Allocation of Decision Rights Within an Organization? Establishment Level Evidence From Canada
Tuesday, March 16 2010 12:30–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Hugh Macartney (University of Toronto)
Dynamic Effects of Educational Accountability
Tuesday, March 23 2010 12:30–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Ioana Dan (University of Toronto)
Gender-based self-selection into industries and occupations: evidence from displaced workers
Tuesday, March 30 2010 12:30–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Joshua Lewis (U Toronto)
The Mariel Boatlift, Sex Ratios, and Marriage Outcomes for Cubans in Miami
Tuesday, September 21 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Nicola Lacetera (U Toronto)
How do Extrinsic Incentives Motivate Pro-Social Behavior? A Natural Field Experiment in Blood Donation
Wednesday, October 13 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Ioana Dan (U Toronto)
Gender Based Self-Selection into Industries and Occupations: Evidence from the Displaced Worker Survey
Wednesday, October 27 2010 12:00–13:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yosh Halberstam (U Toronto)
Trial and Error: Information Aggregation in U.S. High Courts
Tuesday, November 2 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Leah Brooks (U Toronto)
Sclerosis of the City: The Inefficiency of Land Assembly
Wednesday, November 10 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Angelo Melino (U Toronto)
Estimating peer effects in small groups: Birth order sibling peer effects in schooling and wages
Wednesday, November 24 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Ho-nam Mak (U Toronto)
The Road to Maturation: Co-Residence of College Young Adults
Wednesday, December 1 2010 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Tanjim Hossain (U of Toronto)
I Work for Money, but Favors Are Free (joint with King King Li)
Wednesday, March 9 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Jason Fletcher (Yale University)
Genetic Modulation of the Effects of Tobacco Taxation on Use
Tuesday, March 15 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Katya Malinova (U Toronto)
Liquidity Provision (joint with Andreas Park)
Tuesday, March 22 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Daniel S. Hamermesh (University of Texas - Austin)
How Does the Economics Profession Works
Friday, March 25 2011 12:00–13:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Margarita Pivovarova (U of Toronto)
Quantifying the Microeconomic Effects of War: How Much Can Panel Data Help? (joint with Eik Swee)
Wednesday, March 30 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Branko Boskovic (U of Toronto)
The Effect of Voluntary Environmental Regulation on Air Quality: Evidence from the U.S. Clean Air Act
Tuesday, April 5 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Marco Gonzalez- Navarro (U of Toronto)
Electoral Outcomes of Mexico's Second Land Reform
Wednesday, April 13 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Joshua Lewis (U of Toronto)
Electrification and changes in home production
Wednesday, April 20 2011 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Michael Smart (University of Toronto)
Proportional influence? Electoral rules and special-interest spending
Thursday, September 22 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Branko Boskovic (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Decentralized Environmental Regulation
Tuesday, September 27 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Joshua Lewis (University of Toronto)
Electrification, fertility, and child health
Tuesday, October 4 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nathan Yang (University of Toronto)
Tuesday, October 11 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Laura Turner (University of Toronto)
Social Security, Endogenous Retirement and Intrahousehold Cooperation
Tuesday, October 25 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Luhang Wang (University of Toronto)
Quality, Input Choices and Learning by Exporting: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Tuesday, November 8 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Sacha Kapoor (University of Toronto)
The role of information in conflict: evidence from the streets
Tuesday, November 15 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Alfia Karimova (University of Toronto)
Tuesday, November 22 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Lisa Glynn (University of Toronto)
Union Premiums in Mexico: Theory and Evidence from the NAFTA Years
Tuesday, November 29 2011 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kory Kroft (University of Toronto)
Duration Dependence and Local Labor Market Conditions: Theory and Evidence From a Field Experiment
Tuesday, December 6 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Rebecca Lindstrom (University of Toronto)
Measuring the importance of matching in the labor market
Tuesday, December 13 2011 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster)
Changes in Returns to Task-Specific Skills and Gender Wage Gap
Tuesday, March 6 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Yosh Halberstam and Aloysius Siow

Gordon Anderson (Toronto)
Measuring economic and social justice one person at a time: USA 1960 - 2000
Tuesday, March 13 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Yosh Halberstam and Aloysius Siow

Scott Fulford (Boston College)
TBD
Tuesday, March 20 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Yosh Halberstam and Aloysius Siow

Effectiveness and Spillovers of Online Sex Education: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombian Public Schools
Tuesday, April 3 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Yosh Halberstam and Aloysius Siow

Nicola Lacetera (Toronto)
Would you buy a Honda made in the US? The impact of production location on manufacturing quality
Tuesday, April 10 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Yosh Halberstam and Aloysius Siow

Eric Mak (University of Toronto)
Road to maturation
Thursday, September 20 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 100  

Mitchell Hoffman (Yale University)
The Value of Hiring through Referrals
Tuesday, September 25 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Daniel Chen (ETH Zurich)
Monday, October 1 2012 14:10–15:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Elaine Liu (University of Houston)
Beggar-Thy-Women: Domestic Responses to Foreign Bride Competition, the Case of Taiwan
Tuesday, October 9 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Carol Propper (Imperial College Business School)
The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals (joint with Nicholas Bloom, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen)
Thursday, October 18 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yosh Halberstam (University of Toronto)
Does Unexpected Presidential Support Skew Policy? Evidence from County-Level Federal Spending
Tuesday, October 23 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto)
The Auctioneer Effect: Field Evidence from Used-Car Auctions (joint with Devin Pope and Justin Sydnor)
Tuesday, October 30 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kory Kroft (University of Toronto)
The Welfare Economics of Screening Models of Unemployment (joint with Fabian Lange and Matthew J. Notowidigdo)
Tuesday, November 13 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Uros Petronijevic (University of Toronto)
Does School Accountability Influence Student Access to High-Stakes Courses? Evidence from North Carolina
Tuesday, November 27 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kirsten Cornelson (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, December 4 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Josh Murphy (University of Toronto)
CANCELLED
Tuesday, December 11 2012 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessie Lamontagne (University of Toronto)
An empirical investigation of crime and inequality in Mexico
Tuesday, February 26 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto)
Measuring the effectiveness of Matching Markets
Tuesday, March 5 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Adam Found (University of Toronto)
The Effect of Commercial Property Taxes on Structure Investment and the Tax Base
Tuesday, March 12 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Josh Murphy (University of Toronto)
Unintended Effects of the Clean Air Act: Did Non-attainment Designations Limit Air Quality Improvements?
Tuesday, March 19 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Matthew Melnyk (University of Toronto)
tba
Tuesday, March 26 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Phil Oreopoulos (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, April 2 2013 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Elizabeth Lyons (Toronto)
Multinational Teams: Experimental Evidence from the Field
Tuesday, September 10 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Pedro Rodenas (U Alicante (visiting UofT))
Terrorism and Infant Health: (Some) Evidence from Spain
Tuesday, September 17 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Lisa Stockley (Toronto)
Reference Point Determination and Effort Provision: Proposal for a Field Experiment
Tuesday, September 24 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Hidenori Takahashi (Toronto)
The Effect of Uncertain Evaluations on Procurement Costs: Theory and Evidence from Design/Build Auctions
Tuesday, October 1 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

The Effects of Road Quality on Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from Indonesia's Highways
Tuesday, October 15 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Ding Ding (Toronto)
Belief Differences and Investment Composition
Tuesday, October 22 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Yosh Halberstam (Toronto)
Ideological Segregation and Communication in Social Media: Evidence from Twitter (joint with Brian Knight)
Tuesday, October 29 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Michael Gilraine (Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, November 5 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Eli Berman (UC-San Diego)
Do Fair Elections Enhance Government Legitimacy? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan (joint with Michael Callen, Clark Gibson and James Long)
Thursday, November 7 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Yosh Halberstam

Louise Grogan (Guelph)
Tuesday, November 12 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Johannes Schmeider (Boston U)
The Welfare Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform during the Great Recession (joint with Kory Kroft and Kavan Kucko)
Tuesday, November 19 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Kory Kroft

Mitch Hoffman (Toronto)
Discretion in Hiring
Tuesday, November 26 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Jessica Burley (Toronto)
Socializing in the City: the Environmental Impact on Social Interactions
Tuesday, December 3 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Adam Lavecchia (Toronto)
Contributions to Tax-Preferred Savings Accounts, Contribution Limits and Crowd-Out: Evidence from the "Catch-Up" Limit Reform
Tuesday, December 10 2013 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Realtor Effects
Tuesday, January 14 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Kevin Devereux (Toronto)
Risk Sharing and On-the-Marriage Search
Tuesday, January 21 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Ben Sand (York University)
Industrial structure and the gender gap: evidence from US cities
Tuesday, March 11 2014 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Jin Li (Northwestern)
Managing Careers in Organizations
Tuesday, March 18 2014 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Aloysius Siow

Christina Felfe (University of St. Gallen)
Does Early Child Care Help or Hinder Children's Development
Tuesday, April 1 2014 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Matthew Melnyk (Toronto)
Between Labour and Marriage: More than Time
Tuesday, April 8 2014 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Aloysius Siow

Eric Ho Nam Mak (U Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, April 15 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Gustavo Bobonis and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Lei Tang (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Clicker Participation on Academic Performance
Tuesday, September 16 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto)
Cohabitation versus marriage: Marriage matching with peer effects
Tuesday, September 23 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Mitchell Hoffman (University of Toronto Rotman)
One in a Million: A Field Experiment on belief formation and pivotal voting
Tuesday, September 30 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Arthur Blouin (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, October 7 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)
Politico-economic Regimes and Attitudes: Working Women under State-socialism (joint with Pamela Campa)
Tuesday, October 14 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yosh Halberstam (University of Toronto)
Overtones of Justice: Concealable Characteristics and Perceptions of Voice in the US Supreme Court (joint with Daniel Chen and Alan Yu)
Tuesday, October 21 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Juan Morales (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Internal Displacement on Destination Communities: Evidence from Colombia
Tuesday, October 28 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nicholas Li (University of Toronto)
Trade Costs and Household Specialization: Evidence from Indian Farmers
Tuesday, November 4 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Maripier Isabelle (University of Toronto)
Cutting incentives: The role of fee-for-service remuneration in physicians' choice of birth delivery methods in Canada
Tuesday, November 11 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Michael Gilraine (University of Toronto)
`Maimonides Rule' Needs A Teacher: Class Size, Teacher Quality and the Regression-Discontinuity Design​
Tuesday, November 18 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jean-William P. Laliberté (University of Toronto)
Language Skill Acquisition in Immigrant Social Networks: Evidence from Australia
Tuesday, November 25 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Lisa Stockley (University of Toronto)
tba
Tuesday, December 2 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Scott Orr (University of Toronto)
tba
Tuesday, December 9 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Palermo Penano (University of Toronto)
Ethnic and Gender Barriers to Occupation Choice and Economic Growth: Evidence from the National Sample Survey of India between 1983 and 2005.
Tuesday, December 16 2014 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Adam Lavecchia (Toronto)
Tax-Free Savings Accounts: who uses them and how? (joint with Michael Smart)
Wednesday, March 11 2015 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Lei Xu (McGill)
What Makes Geeks Tick? A Study of Stack Overflow Careers (joint with Tingting Nian, Luis Cabral)
Tuesday, March 17 2015 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Thomas Camp (Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, March 24 2015 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessie Lamontagne (Toronto)   Cancelled
TBA
Tuesday, March 31 2015 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nicola Lacetera (Toronto (Rotman))
Sacred value or standard good? Experimental studies on ethical repugnance in markets
Tuesday, April 7 2015 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Laura Turner (University of Toronto)
Two Factor Matching and Time Use in Marriage and Labor Market (joint with Matthew Melnyk)
Tuesday, May 12 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Laura Turner

Jose Tessada (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Are microfirms constrained by their lack of knowledge or motivation? Lessons from a randomized experiment in Chile
Tuesday, September 15 2015 01:10–02:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto)
Evaluating Progress Toward an Equal Opportunity Goal: Assessing the German Educational Reforms of the First Decade of the 21st Century. (joint with Gordon Anderson, Thomas Fruehauf, Grazia Pittau and Roberto Zelli)
Tuesday, September 29 2015 01:10–02:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jonathan Hall (University of Toronto)
NA
Tuesday, October 6 2015 01:10–02:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ayesha Ali (University of Toronto)
N/A
Tuesday, October 13 2015 01:10–02:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessie Lamontagne (University of Toronto)
The impact of crime on the decision of firms: evidence from Mexico
Tuesday, October 20 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (University of Toronto)
The Local Impact of Containerization
Tuesday, October 27 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Lei Tang (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, November 10 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kory Kroft (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, November 17 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Mitch Hoffman (University of Toronto)
The Determinants of Managerial Productivity around the World
Tuesday, November 24 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Marc-Antoine Schmidt (University of Toronto)
Identifying Behavioral Responses in Labor Supply: Revisiting the New York Taxi Industry
Tuesday, December 1 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Tongtong Hao (University of Toronto)
The Educational Mobility of Multiple Generations: Evidence from China
Tuesday, December 8 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Linda Wang (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, December 15 2015 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Juan Morales (University of Toronto)
Legislating During War: Conflict and Politics in Colombia
Tuesday, February 23 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)
Agglomeration Advantages in the Developing World: Identification and Micro-mechanisms
Tuesday, March 1 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)
Agglomeration Advantages in the Developing World: Identification and Micro-mechanisms
Tuesday, March 8 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nick Li (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, March 15 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Paola Salardi (University of Toronto)
Violence, Psychological Stress and Educational Performance in Mexico
Tuesday, March 22 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Laura Turner (University of Toronto)
Two factor matching in Labor and Marriage Markets
Tuesday, April 5 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jiacqi Zou (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
TBA
Tuesday, April 12 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jiacqi Zou (University of Toronto)
TBA
Tuesday, April 26 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Eduardo Souza Rodrigues (University of Toronto)
Identification of Counterfactuals in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models (joint with Myrto Kalouptsidi and Paul Scott)
Tuesday, September 20 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Branko Boskovic (Alberta School of Business)
The Cyclicality of Add-On Pricing
Tuesday, October 4 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ruben Gaetani (University of Toronto)
Rise of the Knowledge Economy and Income Segregation in Cities
Tuesday, October 11 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Anne Boring (Science Po)
Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching
Tuesday, October 18 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Seyhun Orcan Sakalli (HEC - University of Lausanne)
Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Conflict: Evidence from Pogroms (joint with Ruben Durante, Irena Grosfeld, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya)
Tuesday, October 25 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yingjun Su (University of Pittsburgh)
Ownership and Productivity in Vertically Integrated Firms: Evidence from the Chinese Steel Industry (joint with Loren Brandt, Feitao Jiang, Yao Luo and Yingjun Su)
Tuesday, November 1 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Laura Turner (University of Toronto)
Are China's "Leftover Women" Really Leftover? An investigation of marriage market penalties in modern-day China
Tuesday, November 8 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Julian Dyer (University of Toronto)
Theft and Cropping Patterns in Kenya
Tuesday, November 15 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Natalie Bau (Toronto)
Negotiating a Better Future: How Communication Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment (joint with Nava Ashraf, Corinne Low, Kathleen McGinn)
Tuesday, November 22 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yosh Halberstam (University of Toronto)
Mutable Characteristics and Perceptions of Voice in the US Supreme Court
Tuesday, November 29 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Daniel Indacochea (University of Toronto)
Marriage, Cohabitation and Commitment
Tuesday, December 6 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Tom King (University of Toronto)
Assessing the Impact of Brownfield Remediation on Nearby Property Values
Tuesday, December 13 2016 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ricardo Pique (Ryerson)
Higher Pay, Worse Outcomes? The Impact of Mayoral Wages on Local Government Quality in Peru
Tuesday, January 17 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jonathan Beauchamp (University of Toronto)
The Psychometric and Empirical Properties of Measures of Risk Preferences
Tuesday, January 31 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kevin Devereux (University of Toronto)
Estimating own and collaborative skills in team production: The case of professional tennis
Tuesday, February 7 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Michel Serafinelli (Toronto)
Tuesday, February 14 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Laurens Cherchye (University of Leuven)
Marital Matching, Economies of Scale and Intrahousehold Allocations (joint with Bram De Rock, Khushboo Surana, Frederic Vermeulen)
Tuesday, February 21 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jean-William Laliberte (University of Toronto)
Long-term Contextual Effects in Education: Schools and Neighborhoods of Montreal
Tuesday, February 28 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ridwan Karim (University of Toronto)
Electoral Reform, Clientelism and Health Outcomes in Brazil
Tuesday, March 7 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yu Wang (Ryerson)
Education, Career, and Marriage Choices of Female Lawyers
Tuesday, March 14 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Shari Eli (University of Toronto)
Marrying the Right Man: The Effect of Welfare Transfers on Marriage (joint with Anna Aizer and Adriana Lleras-Muney)
Tuesday, March 21 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Linda Wang (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Parental Leave Policies on Educational Attainment of Potential Parents
Tuesday, March 28 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Isabelle Maripier (University of Toronto)
Meeting the target? Primary care physicians’ response to financial incentives for obstetric care
Tuesday, April 4 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jonathan Hall (University of Toronto)
The Effectiveness of Generic Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Disclosures (joint with Joshua Madsen)
Tuesday, June 6 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan Hall and Laura Turner

Yosh Halberstam (University of Toronto)
Money, Status and Identity in the Workplace
Tuesday, September 19 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jonathan P. Beauchamp

Elena Prager (Northwestern University)
Understanding Determinants of Major Selection in Higher Education (joint with Ana Gazmuri)
Tuesday, September 26 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Natalie Bau, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, and Aloysius Siow

Julian Dyer (University of Toronto)
Who Cares about Property Rights? Proposed Field Experiment in Kenyan Farm Security
Tuesday, October 10 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues (University of Toronto)
Combatting Deforestation in the Amazon: the Effects of the `Priority Status' Blacklist (joint with Robert McMillan)
Tuesday, October 17 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Michel Serafinelli (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
Western World’s Rust Belt Cities
Tuesday, October 24 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Sabrina Di Addario (Bank of Italy)
Tuesday, October 24 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Mu-Jeung Yang (University of Washington)
The Impact of Emerging Market Competition on Innovation and Business Strategy (joint with Lorenz Kueng, Nicholas Li)
Tuesday, October 31 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Nicholas Li, and Aloysius Siow

Hammad Shaikh (University of Toronto)
Revisiting the Racial Achievement Gap: Evidence from Recent US Panel Data
Tuesday, November 7 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Yaohui Zhao (China Center for Economic Research (CCER))
Sex ratio and brideprice: evidence from China
Tuesday, November 14 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Loren Brandt, and Aloysius Siow

Matt Walshe (University of Toronto)
Conditional state grants and local government spending
Tuesday, November 21 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Boriana Miloucheva (University of Toronto)
The Affordable Care Act and Pharmaceutical Advertising to Physicians
Tuesday, November 28 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Hui Liu (University of Toronto)
The effects of the non-resident speculation tax on real estate markets of the Greater Toronto Area
Tuesday, December 12 2017 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Jim Goldman (University of Toronto)
The Stabilizing Effect of Government Purchases on Firms
Tuesday, February 13 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Sandro Ambuehl (University of Toronto)
An Empirical Study of Paternalist Decision Making
Tuesday, February 20 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Natalie Bau (University of Toronto)
Brain vs. Brawn: Child Labor, Human Capital Investment, and the Role of Dynamic Complementarities
Tuesday, February 27 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jonathan P. Beauchamp

Farhan Yahya (University of Toronto)
Empirical Evaluation of Hospital Ships in Bangladesh
Tuesday, March 6 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Daniela Grieco (Bocconi University)
Cooperation and participatory incentives in a segregated community
Tuesday, March 20 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Nicola Lacetera, and Aloysius Siow

Ioana Elena Marinescu (University of Pennsylvania)
Labor Market Concentration
Tuesday, March 27 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Aloysius Siow, and Ronald Wolthoff

Claire Célérier (University of Toronto)
Bank-branch Supply, Financial Inclusion and Wealth Accumulation
Tuesday, April 3 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Pat Akey (University of Toronto)
The Limits of Limited Liability: Evidence from Industrial Pollution
Tuesday, April 10 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Marc-Antoine Schmidt (University of Toronto)
Short-Term Labor Supply in the Era of Flexible Hours
Tuesday, April 17 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Elena Pikulina (UBC Sauder)
Preferences for power (joint with Chloe Tergiman)
Tuesday, April 24 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Peter Cziraki, and Aloysius Siow

Daniel Indacochea (University of Toronto)
Acquainting strange bedfellows: The long-term effects of racial integration during the Korean War
Tuesday, May 1 2018 13:10–13:35, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Linda Wang (University of Toronto)
Should students front load effort in their courses?
Tuesday, May 1 2018 13:35–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jonathan P. Beauchamp and Aloysius Siow

Felipe Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia)
Tordesillas, Slavery and the Origins of Brazilian Inequality (joint with Thomas Fujiwara and Humberto Laudares)
Tuesday, September 4 2018 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Peter Cziraki (University of Toronto)
Tuesday, September 18 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Gaelen MacKenzie (University of Toronto)
Trade and Concentration in Product and Labor Markets
Tuesday, October 2 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Linda Wang (University of Toronto)
Students’ Choice of Major: An Information Treatment
Tuesday, October 9 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Devesh Rustagi (University of Frankfurt)
Waiting for Napoleon? Democracy and Norms of Cooperation
Tuesday, October 16 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Julian Dyer (University of Toronto)
Pumps, Prosperity and Household Power
Tuesday, October 23 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nate Baum-Snow (Rotman)
Long-Run Consequences of Neighborhood Change
Tuesday, October 30 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Qing Shen (University of Toronto)
Impact of Steamships on Global Migration and Regional Innovation:1830-1880
Tuesday, November 20 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessica Gallant (University of Toronto)
The Karat or the Stick: Corruption and the Skill Composition of the Public Sector
Tuesday, November 27 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessica Wagner (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Open Enrolment under `No Child Left Behind'
Tuesday, December 4 2018 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ian Herzog (University of Toronto)
Inter-city roads and regional economic growth: evidence from America's highways
Tuesday, February 26 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Joshua Lewis (University of Montreal)
National Institutions and Economic Insecurity (joint with Raphael Godefroy)
Tuesday, March 19 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yao Luo (University of Toronto)
Search engines and matching markets equilibria (joint with Aloysius Siow)
Tuesday, March 26 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Daniel Indacochea (University of Toronto)
Crossing the Color Line: The Effects of Racial Integration during the Korean War
Tuesday, April 2 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Gustavo Bobonis (University of Toronto)
Government Transparency and Political Clientelism: Evidence from Randomized Anti-Corruption Audits in Brazil (joint with Paul J. Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Simeon Nichter)
Tuesday, April 9 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Andrew Shepard (University of Pennsylvania)
Marriage market dynamics, gender and the age gap
Tuesday, April 16 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Naomi Feldman (Hebrew University)
Tuesday, September 10 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Claire Celerier (University of Toronto)
Capital Inflows, Credit Growth and Skill (Mis)allocation
Tuesday, September 24 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jonathan Hall (University of Toronto)
When safety messages make us less safe
Tuesday, October 1 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kory Kroft (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
Welfare effects of child benefits
Tuesday, October 8 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Eduardo Souza-Rodriguez (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
TBD
Tuesday, October 15 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nate Vellekoop (University of Toronto)
Job Loss Expectations, Durable Consumption and Household Finances: Evidence from Linked Survey Data
Tuesday, October 22 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Mohsen Javdani (UBC Okanagan)
Tuesday, October 29 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Rob McMillan (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
TBD
Tuesday, November 5 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Aly Somani (University of Toronto)
Minority empowermant, majority backlash
Tuesday, November 12 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

James Uguccioni (University of Toronto)
Mass Emigration and Equality of Opportunity: Evidence from the Great Migration
Tuesday, November 19 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Bisma Khan (University of Toronto)
Cash Transfers and Married Women's Labor Supply: Evidence from the Benazir Income Support Program
Tuesday, November 26 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Carolina Arteaga (University of Toronto)   Cancelled
TBD
Tuesday, December 3 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ramin Forouzand (University of Toronto)
Trade Shock and the Labor Market Outcomes of Negative Equity Homeowners
Tuesday, December 3 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Robert Embree (University of Toronto)
Revealing Values: Applying the Inverse-Optimum Method to US State Taxes
Tuesday, December 10 2019 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto)
Rationalizing the evolution of US marital behavior over the 20th century (joint with Jeanne Lafortune, Laura Salisbury)
Tuesday, February 25 2020 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Carolina Arteaga (University of Toronto)
Innocent Victims: Pharmaceuticals Opioids Marketing and Infants Health
Tuesday, September 22 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Mitchell Hoffman (University of Toronto)
Measuring Labor Demand for Workers with a Criminal Conviction (joint with Zoe Cullen and Will Dobbie)
Tuesday, September 29 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Catherine Michaud Leclerc (University of Toronto)
The Effect of Private School Entry on Public Education: Evidence from Rural Pakistan
Tuesday, October 6 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Nate Vellekoop (University of Toronto)
Gender differences in the MPC (joint with Olga Goldfayn)
Tuesday, October 13 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

William Arbour (University of Toronto)
Can Recidivism Be Prevented From Behind Bars?
Tuesday, October 20 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Elaine Guo (University of Toronto)
Strengthening Primary Mental Health Care
Tuesday, October 27 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Alexander Hempel (University of Toronto)
Estimating the Wealth Distribution in Canada: An Application of the Capitalization Method
Tuesday, November 3 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Marc-Antoine Chatelain (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Local Class Size Rules
Tuesday, November 10 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Peter Cziraki (University of Toronto)
Tuesday, November 17 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Alexandre Lehoux (University of Toronto)
Impact of Cluster Policies on Local Labour Market in Canada
Tuesday, November 24 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Steven Ryan (University of Toronto)
Child Benefits, Welfare, and Work
Tuesday, December 1 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Robert Embree (University of Toronto)
The Unswayed Voter: Polarization and The Effect of the Economy
Tuesday, December 8 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Heather Bone (University of Toronto)
Detecting Drug Smuggling Using Export Data
Tuesday, December 15 2020 13:10–14:00, Online  

Yosh Halberstam (University of Toronto)
Local TV News Bias and Elections: Sinclair in 2016
Tuesday, March 9 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Etienne Makdissi (University of Toronto)
Moving for Love? Migration in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Relationships
Tuesday, March 16 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Abdollah Farhoodi (University of Toronto)
Does Airbnb reduce matching frictions in the housing market? (joint with Nazanin Khazra and Peter Christensen)
Tuesday, March 23 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Pamela Medina (University of Toronto)
Labor market concentration, selection and self-employment in Peru
Tuesday, March 30 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Joseph Groga (University of Toronto)
Structural identification of production functions: Euler-equations
Tuesday, April 6 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Roman Zarate (University of Toronto)
The Signaling Value of Elite High Schools: Evidence from Higher Education in Peru (joint with Pía Basurto and Manuel Barrón)
Tuesday, April 13 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Peter Cziraki (University of Toronto)
Lifetime Membership? Benefits of S&P 500 Inclusion for Women, Men, and Firms (joint with Adriana Z. Robertson)
Tuesday, April 20 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Jessica Gallant (University of Toronto)
Adherence to ART in Malawi
Tuesday, April 27 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Jamie Uguccioni (University of Toronto)
Parental Unemployment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings
Tuesday, May 4 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Jessica Wagner (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Student Exposure to Policing: Evidence from Los Angeles Gang Injunctions
Tuesday, May 11 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Xiner Xu (University of Toronto)
Occupational Networks and Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes
Tuesday, May 18 2021 13:10–14:00, Online  

Robert Embree (University of Toronto)
The Unswayed Voter:How a Polarized Electorate Responds to Economic Growth
Tuesday, September 14 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Heather Sarsons (University of Chicago)
National Wages
Tuesday, September 21 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jiaqi Zou (University of Toronto)
Is Marriage a Normal Good? Evidence from NBA drafts
Tuesday, September 28 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Rob Gillezeau (University of Victoria)
The Determinants and Impacts of Historical Treaty-Making in Canada (joint with Donna Feir and Maggie E.C. Jones)
Tuesday, October 5 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

James Uguccioni (University of Toronto)
Timing is Everything: Parental Unemployment and their Children's Future Earnings
Tuesday, October 12 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Arthur Blouin (University of Toronto)
A Few Bad Apples: Productivity and Contagious Corruption
Tuesday, October 19 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Hammad Shaikh (University of Toronto)
Facilitating Education at Scale: A study of online learning
Tuesday, October 26 2021 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Stephen Tino (University of Toronto)
Monopsony Power, Minimum Wages, and Local Property Crime Rate
Tuesday, November 2 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Dina O'Brien (University of Toronto)
Implications of historical forced labour for transaction costs in Russia
Tuesday, November 9 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Natalie Vigezzi (University of Toronto)
The role of benefit portability in welfare program delivery: recent evidence from India
Tuesday, November 16 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Dario Toman (University of Toronto)
Poppy Bloom and Bust; Violence and Poverty during the Mexican Opium Crisis
Tuesday, November 23 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Annabel Thornton (University of Toronto)
The impact of loan-replacing grants on Post-Secondary educational choices
Tuesday, November 30 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Ransun Lyng (University of Toronto)
Job Amenities in the Market for CEOs
Tuesday, December 7 2021 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nicola Lacetera (Rotman)
Is the price right? The role of morals, ideology and tradeoff thinking in explaining reactions to price surges
Tuesday, March 1 2022 13:10–14:00, Online  

Clarissa Mang (LMU Munich)
Breaking the Silence - Group Discussions, Social Pressure, and the Adoption of Health Technologies
Tuesday, March 8 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yao Luo (University of Toronto)
Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Wage-Setting in Ride-Hailing (joint with Yanyou Chen, Zhe Yuan)
Tuesday, March 22 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Marius Morthors (Aarhus University)
Sibling Spillovers and the Choice to Get Vaccinated: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design (joint with Maria Knoth Humlum and Peter Rønø Thingholm)
Tuesday, March 29 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Pamela Medina Quispe (University of Toronto - Rotman)
Trade in Appliances, Household Production and Labor Force Participation
Tuesday, April 5 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Kory Kroft (University of Toronto)
An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfect Competition
Tuesday, April 12 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Gustavo Bobonis (University of Toronto)
Policy Interventions to Address Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence in Latin America (joint with Carolina Arteaga, Paola Salardi, Dario Toman, Claudio Ferraz, and Manisha Shah)
Tuesday, April 19 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Carmen Quezada Hernandez (University of Toronto- Rotman)
Effects of meals’ nutritional changes on educational outcomes
Tuesday, April 26 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jeff Hicks (University of Toronto)
Resilient Mothers: The Effect of Reducing Welfare Access on Employment, Health, and Children's Outcomes
Tuesday, May 3 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Raji Jayaraman (University of Toronto)
Family Matters: Intergenerational Co-residence and female labor force particpation in India
Tuesday, May 10 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Irene Yi (University of Toronto - Rotman)
Which Firms Require More Governance? Evidence from Mutual Funds’ Revealed Preferences
Tuesday, May 17 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Eva Vivalt (University of Toronto)
The Unclaimed Property Puzzle: Billion Dollar Bills Lying on the Sidewalk
Tuesday, September 20 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Roman Zarate (University of Toronto)
The Signaling Value of Selective High Schools: Evidence from Peru
Tuesday, September 27 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Heather Bone (University of Toronto)
Competition and Cartel Violence in Mexico
Tuesday, October 4 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Ramin Forouzandeh (University of Toronto)
Educated Couples' Location Chocies & Household Bargaining
Tuesday, October 11 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

William Arbour (University of Toronto)
Can Recidivism Be Prevented From Behind Bars? Evidence From a Behavioral Program
Friday, October 14 2022 11:10–12:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Aly Solmani (University of Toronto)
The Effect of Parental Job Loss on Children's Academic Achievement
Tuesday, October 18 2022 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Rallye Shen (University of Toronto)
Effects of Raising Minimum Housing Standards: Evidence from the Tenement House Act of 1901
Friday, October 21 2022 11:10–12:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Elaine Guo (University of Toronto)
The Effects of Social Media on Teenager Mental Health: Quasi-experimental Evidence
Tuesday, October 25 2022 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Jessica Gallant (University of Toronto)
Time Costs Prevent Takeup of Free HIV Care
Friday, October 28 2022 11:10–12:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Sobia Jafry (University of Toronto)
Old Money vs. New Money: Effects of Age on Realization Response to Capital Gains Tax
Tuesday, November 1 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Harrison Chang (University of Toronto)
Intimate Partner Violence Within Family - An Economic Overview
Tuesday, November 15 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University)
Peers as treatments
Tuesday, November 29 2022 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Jochen Kluve (KfW Development Bank/ Humboldt-U zu Berlin)
The effectiveness of financing development: evidence from geo-spatial matching and a meta-analysis of project ratings
Tuesday, December 13 2022 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Creatures of the Province: The Effect of Property Tax Reform on Firms
Tuesday, February 28 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Kourtney Koebel (Toronto)
Social Norms, Child Care and Maternal Labour Supply: Evidence Using Exogenous Increases in School Entry Ages Across US States
Tuesday, March 7 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Aloysius Siow (Toronto)
Coordinating specialization and the organization of firms and the labor market
Tuesday, March 14 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Michael Stepner (University of Toronto)
How Post-Secondary Education Affects Earnings, Disability, and Longevity: Evidence from the Social Security Student Benefit Program (joint with Courtney Coile, Joshua Mitchell and Alexander Strand)
Tuesday, March 21 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Jeffrey Hicks and Marlène Koffi

Caroline Le Pennec (HEC Montreal)
Keep Your Enemies Closer: Strategic Candidate Adjustments in U.S. and French Elections
Tuesday, April 4 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Gustavo Bobonis (Toronto)
The Effects of School Consolidation on Students and Teachers: Evidence from an Underperforming System (joint with Orlando Sotomayor and Jessica Wagner)
Tuesday, April 11 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto)
Teaching Teachers to Use Computer Assisted Learning for Facilitating Personalized Learning at Scale: Experimental and Non-Experimental Evidence
Tuesday, April 18 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Tianyi Wang (Toronto)
McCarthyism, Media, and Political Repression: Evidence from the Hollywood Blacklist
Tuesday, April 25 2023 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizer: Jeffrey Hicks

Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues (University of Toronto)
Cows and Trees
Tuesday, September 12 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Andreas I. Mueller (The University of Texas at Austin)
Macroeconomic Effects of UI Extensions at Short and Long Durations (joint with M. Acosta, E. Nakamura and J. Steinsson)
Tuesday, September 19 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Noah Spencer (University of Toronto)
Does drug decriminalization increase unintentional drug overdose deaths? Early evidence from Oregon Measure 110
Tuesday, September 26 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Sobia Jafry (University of Toronto)
A New Approach to Measuring Elasticity to Capital Gains Tax Using Decedent Realizers
Tuesday, October 3 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Benjamin Rommelaere (University of Toronto)
Incentives, Passive Waste, and the Misuse of Government Funds: Evidence from a Fuel Card Program in Panama (joint with Steven Lehrer and Decio Coviello)
Tuesday, October 10 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Alex Hempel (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Greenbelts on Housing Markets: Evidence from Toronto
Tuesday, October 17 2023 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Ceren Baysan (University of Toronto)
Voter Support for Democratic Institutions and Civil Liberties under Authoritarianism (joint with Daron Acemoglu, Cevat Aksoy, and Carlos Molina)
Tuesday, October 24 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Eva Vivalt (University of Toronto)
The causal effects of sustained unconditional cash transfers: Experimental evidence from two U.S. states
Tuesday, October 31 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Grant Benjamin (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Leading Pedestrian Intervals: Evidence from Toronto
Tuesday, November 14 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Taryn Eadie (University of Toronto)
Pronoun Disclosure and Hiring Discrimination: A Resume Audit Study
Tuesday, November 21 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Alison Cane (University of Toronto)
Faculty Unionization and University Funding
Tuesday, November 28 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Yanzun Yang (University of Toronto)
The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Occupations
Tuesday, December 5 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau and Michael Stepner

Reza Moradi (University of Toronto)
Limiting the Influence of Rich Voters on Elections: The Case of Democracy Voucher in Seattle
Tuesday, December 12 2023 13:10–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Chris Blattman (University of Chicago)
Who joins gangs and why? Evidence from 10,000 adolescent boys in Medellin
Tuesday, February 27 2024 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Yanyou Chen (University of Toronto)
Platform-Generated Quality Ratings: Theory, Empirics and Welfare Implications
Tuesday, March 5 2024 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Oren Danieli (Tel Aviv University)
Tuesday, March 12 2024 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Nirav Mehta (Western University)
A Quantitative Theory of Teacher Quality: Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Model Estimated using an Incentive Pay Experiment
Tuesday, March 19 2024 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Tianyi Wang (University of Toronto)
Does Physicians’ Female Socialization Influence Female Patients’ Health
Tuesday, March 26 2024 13:10–14:30, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Heather Bone (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Kingpin Structures on Mexico's criminal structure
Tuesday, April 16 2024 13:10–13:35, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Dario Toman (University of Toronto)
Shifting Allegiances: Right-Wing Backlash and Partisan Realignment
Tuesday, April 16 2024 13:35–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Tasnia Hussain (University of Toronto)
Carbon taxation and wealth inequality
Tuesday, April 23 2024 13:10–13:35, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Annabel Thorn (University of Toronto)
Exam Shocks and Costly Responses
Tuesday, April 23 2024 13:35–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Steven Ryan (University of Toronto)
C43 Stretching the Clock: The Impact of Extended Parental Leave Without Increased Benefits
Tuesday, April 30 2024 13:10–13:35, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Abdelrahm Amer (University of Toronto)
Household Labor Supply & Divorce Responses to Layoff Shocks
Tuesday, April 30 2024 13:35–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  
Series: Empirical microeconomics brown bag, Organizers: Robert Gillezeau, Adriano Macedo, and Michael Stepner

Harrison Chang (University of Toronto)
The Decline of Child Labor in 19th and 20th Century in the US
Tuesday, September 10 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Abdelrahman Amer (University of Toronto)
Family Labor Supply & Commuting Behavior
Tuesday, September 17 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Nasir Hossein (University of Toronto)
Lobbying, Innovation and Aggregate Productivity
Tuesday, September 24 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Carmen Quezada (Rotman School of Management)
School starting age spillovers
Tuesday, October 1 2024 13:00–13:25, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Elena Herold (University of Munich)
Disentangling Gender Norms and Tax incentives - Analyzing the Introduction of Joint Taxation to Same-Sex Couples
Tuesday, October 1 2024 13:25–13:50, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

James Macek (University of Toronto)
Housing Regulation and Neighborhood Sorting Across the United States
Tuesday, October 8 2024 13:00–13:25, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Steven Ryan (University of Toronto)
Riding Out the Downturn: The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance on Re-Employment Outcomes
Tuesday, October 8 2024 13:25–13:50, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Myeong Kim (University of Toronto)
Exporting State-Promoted Technologies and the Direction of Global Innovation
Tuesday, October 15 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Stephen Claasse (University of Toronto)
Accounting for Inattention in Migration Responses to Local Shocks
Tuesday, October 22 2024 14:00–15:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Amy Huang (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Merit-Based Scholarships on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ontario
Tuesday, November 5 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Bryce Balanuik (University of Toronto)
How Much do Neighbourhoods and Schools Matter? Evidence from British Columbia
Tuesday, November 12 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Hugo Cordeau (University of Toronto)
Do Public Investments Crowd In or Out Private Investment? Insights from the EV Fast-Charging Network
Tuesday, November 19 2024 13:00–13:25, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Taryn Eames (University of Toronto)
Visibility as Vulnerability: Transgender "Passing Privilege" and Labor Market Discrimination
Tuesday, November 19 2024 13:25–13:50, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Benjamin Lauzon (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Forestry Management Practices on the Risk of Fire Spread: Evidence from the 2023 Quebec Wildfires
Tuesday, November 26 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Daniela Draaism (University of Toronto)
The Effect of Children's Health Shocks on Immigrant Families Health and Labor Outcomes: Evidence From Canada
Tuesday, December 10 2024 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Dario Toman (University of Toronto)
Effects of Partisan School Board Elections: Evidence from North Carolina
Tuesday, February 25 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yanyou Chen (University of Toronto)
Measuring and Boosting the Productivity of Disabled Workers: The Case of Food-Delivery Workers in China (joint with Mitchell Hoffman, Huilan Xu, and Zhe Yuan)
Tuesday, March 4 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Sobia Jafry (University of Toronto)
Death and Taxes: the Lock-in Effect Fades when Capital Gains Must be Taxed at Death
Tuesday, March 11 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Dina O'Brien (University of Toronto)
Independent media and political engagement in an autocracy: Evidence from Kazakhstan
Tuesday, March 18 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Yanzun Yang (University of Toronto)
The Impact of Arriving During Recessions on Immigrant Integration: Evidence from Canada.
Tuesday, March 25 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Alison Cane (University of Toronto)
Immigrant Retention & Regional Mobility - Evaluating a Place Based Policy
Tuesday, April 1 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Devin Bissky Dziadyk (University of Toronto)
Little School on the Prairie: A Push for Structural Change
Tuesday, April 8 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Abdelrahman Amer (University of Toronto)
Work From Home & (Real) Earnings Inequality: The Role of Commuting & Spatial Competition
Tuesday, April 15 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Natalia Vigezzi (University of Toronto)
Economic Integration of Refugees and Their Children: The Role of Local Labor Market Conditions
Tuesday, April 22 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

Taryn Eames (University of Toronto)
Visibility as Vulnerability: Transgender Passing Privilege and Hiring Discrimination in Germany
Tuesday, April 29 2025 13:00–14:00, Max Gluskin House, room 106  

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