This workshop meets on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to Noon via Zoom for the Autumn Quarter.  The faculty organizers are Peter Ganong, Dmitri Koustas, and Sam Norris.

To receive regular updates about the workshops, please email Cynthia Taylor (cmtaylo@uchicago.edu).

Autumn 2020 Workshops

October 7

Sam Norris - University of Chicago, Harris School

"Estimating the Welfare Effects of School Vouchers"

October 14

Fiona Burlig - University of Chicago, Harris School

"Groundwater, energy, and crop choice"

October 21

Damon Jones - University of Chicago, Harris School

"Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks"

October 28

Soren Leth-Petersen - Copenhagen University

"Estimating Marginal Treatment Effects with Survey Instruments"

November 4

No Seminar

November 11

Youssef Benzarti - University of California, Santa Barbara

"Using Payroll Tax Variation to Unpack the Black Box of Firm-Level Production"

 

November 18

Thomas Fujiwara - Princeton University

"Party Nominations and Female Electoral Performance: Evidence from Germany"

 

November 25

Will Dobbie - Harvard University

"Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions"

 

December 2

Luigi Pistaferri - Stanford University

"Disability Insurance: Error Rates and Gender Differences"

 

 

 

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Koichiro Ito

Faculty Spotlight

Koichiro Ito
Associate Professor

Koichiro Ito's research interests lie at the intersection of environmental and energy economics, industrial organization, and public economics. His research uses randomized field experiments and quasi-experimental designs to address policy relevant questions in energy and environmental policy.
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