The PhD Workshop will meet from 12:30-1:50pm on Thursdays in Keller 0001 during Autumn 2023. Past Presenters Oct 10 Justin Holz, "Minimum Wages and Racial Differences in Hiring: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment." Oct 17 Mythili Vinnakota, "Levees: Infrastructure and Insurance as Adaptation to Flood Risk" Oct 24 Terence Chau, "Public R&D and Spillovers: Evidence from NASA Patents” Oct 31 Yuqi Song, "The Value of Weather Forecasts: Labor Responses to Accurate and Inaccurate Temperature Forecasts in China" Nov 8 Laura Montenegro, "Forging the Nation of Apartheid: Market Access and the Rise of Afrikaner Identity" Nov 14 Chinmaya Kumar, "Complaint Resolution Systems: Experimental Evidence from Rural India" Nov 28 Maria Adelaida Martinez Cabrera, "How Does Immigration Affect Incumbent Students? Evidence from Venezuelan Migration to Peru" Dec 5 Diego Escobar Salce, "When Schools Do Not Like Students: Direct and Spillover Effects of Cream-Skimming" Jan 17 Ruochen Yi, "Promotion of Chinese mid-level officials" Jan 24 Ari Anisfeld, "Common Language and Integration in Inte-ethnic Networks: A field experiment in Macedonian schools" Jan 24 Predrag Pandiloski, "Social Learning in Segregated Networks" Jan 31 Lucas Mation, "Intergenerational Mobility in Brazil" Feb 7 Maya Lozinski, "Technological Innovation and the Organization of Expert Work" Feb 14 Scott Loring, "Healthcare labor response to Medicaid expansion" Feb 21 Jose Miguel Pascual Moreno, "Bargaining and Redistribution at the Firm". Feb 21 Goya Razavi, "Affirmative Action Policies and Efficiency" Feb 28 Emileigh Harrison, "Supply Side Response to Free Community College" Feb 28 Devika Lakohte, "Effects of infrastructure investment on medium-term development: nationwide evidence from India" Mar 7 Yalun Su, "Does Refined Diagnosis Information Matter? Evidence from Provider Responses to ICD-10 Transition" Mar 28 Rubina Hundal, "Gender Gaps in Risk and Investment Decisions in India" Mar 28 Sona Badalyan, "Gender Differences in Unemployment Duration and Re-employment Wages" Apr 3 Alison Doxey, "The Democratization of Opportunity: Effects of the U.S. High School Movement" Apr 3 Michael McKelligott, "The American Public Bathhouse Movement and Urban Mortality" Apr 10 Rohen Shah, "Using Entertainment and Technology to Teach Vocabulary: Evidence from a Field Experiment" Apr 18 Yashaswi Mohanty, "Present-bias and the tragedy of the commons" Apr 18 Sushant Banjara, "How Effective Are the Protected Areas?" Apr 24 Angela Wyse, "New Evidence on Medicaid and Mortality using the Universe of Low-Income Adults" Apr 24 Daria Zelenina, "Why firms lobby on labor regulation: evidence from corporate lobbying in the US" Apr 26 Afia Khan, "Linguistic Bias and Physician Decision-Making: Evidence from Electronic Health Record Data" Apr 26 Carmen Villa Llera, "The Impact of Youth Centres on Youth Crime" May 3 Daniela Horta Saenz, "Nation building in post-conflict settings: Evidence from South Africa" May 3 Smriti Ganapathi, "Sexual violence and sexual offence courts in South Africa" May 8 Haoran Gao, "Determinants and Consequences of China-related Lobbying by US Companies" May 8 Kisoo Kim, "Lame Duck by Primary: Effects of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House Members" May 15 Steve Kim, "Does Democracy Build State Capacity" May 15 Claire Fan, "Weather, climate, and schooling in India" May 22 Daniel Sonnenstuhl, "Employment Choices Under Weak Institutions" May 22 Brian Curran, "The Effect of Childhood SSI Receipt on Educational Achievement" Faculty Spotlight Steven Durlauf Steans Professor in Educational Policy 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. Recent News Alumni Profile: Geet Chawla, MPP’21 Thu., September 21, 2023 Ali Fendrick and Troy Boyd Jr., Both AM'19, Apply Harris Toolkit to Schools in Chicago Wed., September 20, 2023 More news Upcoming Events Application Drop In Mon., September 25, 2023 | 3:00 PM Impact Investing and ESG Evening Reception with Kamran Khan, Gabriel Presler, and Professor Justin Marlowe Tue., September 26, 2023 | 5:00 PM Gleacher Center 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Room 300 Chicago, IL 60611 United States More events