The PhD Workshop meets on Fridays 2:00 - 3:20 p.m. Spring 2022 Workshops May 20 Haoran Gao "How China alienate the American business community?" Danielle Nemschoff “Police Use of Force” May 27 Claire Fan “Household water access and the gender distribution of local economic gains” Steve Kim "Inclusive Institutions: Too Much of a Good Thing? The Politics of State Capacity and Economic Growth" Past Workshop Presenters Autumn 2021 Oct 11 Valerie Michelman: "Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials" Oct 18 Derek Wu; “Certification and Recertification in Welfare Programs: What Happens when Automation Goes Wrong?” Oct 25 Mariella Gonzales "Politics never end: Evidence from Transparency and Public Employment" Nov 1 Chinmaya Kumar "Lending a Hand: Minority Leaders and Performance of Economic Enterprises in Rural India" Nov 8 Diego Escobar "When Schools Do Not Like Students - Segregation and Learning Effects of Supply-Side Cream-Skimming" Nov 15 Yuqi Song "The Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts: Social Sentiment Responses Reflected in Social Media in China" Dec 6 Maria Martinez "Do birds of a feather flock together? Immigration and School Sorting (with Diana Martinez from UCSD)" Winter 2022 Jan 10 Mythili Vinnakota "Natural Disasters and Local Firm Composition in the United States Jan 24 Devika Lakhote "Identity-targeted place-based policy: evidence from India" Laura Montenegro Helfer "Setting the foundations for Apartheid: Market Access and the rise of Afrikaner Identity" Jan 31 Ruochen Yi "Ethnic partitioning at sub-national boarders and civil conflicts, evidence from Africa" Feb 7 Angela Wyse "The Size and Census Coverage of the U.S. Homeless Population." Feb 14 Scott Loring "Medicaid expansion and supply response" Feb 21 Terence Chau "Coerced Mexican Emigration in the 1930s: Effects on Local Economies & Assimilation" Feb 28 Lucas Mation "Improving job training programs by eliciting employers' skill demand" Mar 7 Goya Razavi "The Long-run Effects of School Quality” Zhaosong (Victor) Ruan "Reform Strategies in Authoritarian Regimes" Spring 2022 Apr 1 Predrag Pandiloski "Building Interethnic Ties through Contact in Schools" Apr 8 Rubina Hundal “Language of Violence: Female Labor Force Participation and Intimate Partner Violence in Indian Migrants” Rohen Shah "Nudging or Nagging? Behavioral Approaches to Increasing Parent Reading and Child Literacy Skills" Apr 15 Ari Anisfeld "Do large economic development projects cause economic development? Evidence from Casinos" Emileigh Harrison "Race and Gender in Religious Curricula" Apr 22 Daria Zelenina "The effect of China shock on American cities" Kisoo Kim “Heterogeneous voter beliefs and electoral competition” Apr 29 Yalun Su "Is High Billing Complexity Always Bad? Lessons Learned from 2015 Diagnosis Code Reform" Afia Khan "Gender and Medical Discrimination: Evidence from Electronic Health Record Data" May 6 José Miguel Pascual "Affirmative Action and Integration" Miguel Valenzuela “Title I achievement scores” May 13 Daniel Sonnenstuhl "Exploring the Impact of Charismatic Christianity in Nigeria" Ben Shaver “Political Communication with Fact Checking” Faculty Spotlight Scott Ashworth Professor Scott Ashworth is Professor and Director of the Harris PhD program. Recent News Alumni Profile: Eric Reyes, AM’20 Thu., May 19, 2022 Student Profile: Jeongmin Shin, MPP Class of 2023 Tue., May 17, 2022 More news Upcoming Events The 2008 Icelandic Financial Crisis by Arni Mathiesen Fri., May 20, 2022 | 12:00 PM University of Chicago 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Municipal Bonds as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investments - Masterclass with Justin Marlowe Tue., May 24, 2022 | 4:30 PM Link will be sent to registered guests Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events