Workshops PhD Political Economy Political Economy Workshop Archive Public Policy & Economics PPE Workshop Archive Tuesdays at 12:30pm in Keller 0001Autumn PresentersOct 1Kisoo Kim, "Lame-duck by Primary: Effects of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House Representatives"Oct 8Ari Anisfeld, "Language, Identity and Ethnic Cohesion in Schools"Oct 15Rohen Shah, "When the Student Becomes the Master: A Field Experiment on Learning by Creating Math Videos" Oct 22Daria Zelenina, "Essays on Corporate Lobbying in the US"Oct 29José Miguel Pascual Moreno, "Displaced from Democracy: The Impact of Forced Relocation on Political Participation"Nov 5Goya Razavi Ebrahimi, "Displaced from Democracy: The Impact of Forced Relocation on Political Participation"Nov 12Emileigh Harrison, "Impact of Free Community College: Evidence from Chicago"Nov 19Yalun Su, “Does Diagnostic Coding Investment Impact Care Provision? Evidence from ICD-10-CM Adoption”Dec 3Predrag Pandiloski, “Social Learning in Segregated Networks” Tuesdays at 12:30pm in Keller 0001Winter Presenters Jan 7Rubina Hundal* "Smile Inequality: Oral Health and Labor Market Exclusion"Jan 14Brian Curran* “The Geography of Disadvantage: Implications for Poverty Assessment and Program Targeting”Jan 21Sushant Banjra* “Environmental Degradation in One’s Own Backyard: Who Gains and Who Loses from Sand Mining in India”Jan 28Claire Fan* "Dam Thy Neighbor: Private and International Consequences of River Impoundment"Steve Kim* "Institutional Basis of Technological Change"Feb 4Haoran Gao "Determinants and Consequences of American Business Political Influence on US-China Engagement"Feb 11Danielle Nemschoff "Family Bonds, Prison Visitation and Recidivism"Feb 18Daniel “Employment, Productivity, and Weak Institutions: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria”Feb 25Felicity Zhang* “Organizing Innovation and Production: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing”Michael Mckelligott* “When the Germ went Viral: Tracking the Diffusion of Modern Hygiene in Public Discourse”Mar 3Alison Doxey, "Democratizing Opportunity: The Effects of the U.S. High School Movement."*40-minute sessionHarris PhDEmail harrisphd@uchicago.eduFrank P. Hixon Distinguished Service ProfessorSteven Durlauf Steven Durlauf’s research spans many topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. His most important substantive contributions involve the areas of poverty, inequality and economic growth.