Workshops PhD Political Economy Political Economy Workshop Archive Public Policy & Economics PPE Workshop Archive Thursdays in Keller 0001 Past PresentersOct 5Ruochen Yi, Political structure and Balance of power, evidence from mid-level officials' promotion in ChinaOct 12Angela Wyse, Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income AdultsNov 9Mythili Vinnakota, Levees: Infrastructure and Insurance as Adaptation to Flood RiskNov 30Wendy Wong, Optimal Monitoring and Bureaucrat AdjustmentsDec 7Elena Ziege, Educational Spillovers: The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Siblings' EducationJan 11Maya Lozinski, Knowledge Growth and SpecializationJan 18Steve Kim, Industrial Policy: When Does It Work?Jan 18Gina Eckhoff, Putting Simplicity Back into New Economic GeographyJan 25Ari Anisfeld, "Remind me to go to back to college": The impact of government communications on FAFSA renewal and re-enrollmentJan 25Predrag Pandiloski, Social Learning in Diverse SocietiesFeb 1Daniel Sonnenstuhl, The Causes and Implications of the Pentecostal Movement: Evidence from NigeriaFeb 8José Miguel Pascual Moreno, Bargaining at the FirmFeb 15Danielle Nemschoff, Family Bonds and RecidivismFeb 22Goya Razavi Ebrahimi, Who Benefits From Free Colleges?Feb 29Haoran Gao, Competition, Market, Supply Chain, and (Dis)engagement: Determinants and Consequences of American Business Community's Lobbying on US-China EngagementMar 7Claire Fan, Dam thy neighbor: Spillovers and coordination on transboundary riversMar 21Emileigh Harrison, Separation of Church and State Curricula? Examining Public and Religious Private School TextbooksMar 21Rohen Shah, When The Student Becomes the Master: Learning by Creating Math Tutoring VideosMar 28Kisoo Kim, Lame Duck by Primary: Effects of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House RepresentativesMar 28Keisuke Ito, Is the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies Too Fast and Too Much?: Evidence from Solar SystemsApr 4Rubina Hundal, From Learning to Earning: Effects of Financial Literacy, Career Information, and Social Learning on Youth Wage PreferencesApr 11Alison Doxey, How Much Do Cash Transfers Compensate Children for the Loss of a Father? Evidence from Mining Accidents and Workers' CompensationApr 11Nathan Ausubel, A National Study of the Effect of School Quality on Housing PricesApr 18Smriti Ganapathi, Policing Intimate Partner Violence: Curbing Abuse or Shifting it?Apr 18Michael McKelligott, Household Hygienic Infrastructure and Infectious Disease Mortality: Evidence from the 'New Public Health' and the Spanish FluApr 25Felicity Zhang, Social Learning among PhysiciansApr 25Peizan Sheng, Sensitivity of Formula Instruments to Shock DesignMay 2Brian Curran, Misleading Estimates from Nonlinear Models with a Binary OutcomeMay 2Matt Stadnicki, What Effect Does the Child Tax Credit Have on College Attendance? Evidence from IRS Tax DataMay 9Neila Kerkebane, The Legacy of Slavery in Eastern Nigeria: The Impact of Being a Descendent of Ohu, Enslaved People on Socioeconomic MobilityMay 9Sofia Gallo, Informal Markets for MedicineMay 16Oskar Houck, Learning about Heterogeneous Heat Sensitivity in the Corn BeltMay 16Daisy Lu, Effect of Dental Coverage Expansion on ER Dental EmergenciesMay 23Sushant Banjara, On the Benefits of Protected Area DesignationMay 23Lucas Mation, Determinants for mobility in BrazilBarbara WilliamsEmail barbaraw@uchicago.eduSteans Professor in Educational PolicySteven 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.