Boston College Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Fall 2009 Schedule

Organizer:
Peter Gottschalk

Papers will generally be available from this page as .pdf files.
Click on the paper title to download the paper.

All seminars are held on Mondays, 3:30-5:00 P.M., 21 Campanella Way,
Seminar Room 429 (unless otherwise noted).

Date

Speaker

Title

Sept. 14

Stefan Hoderlein, Brown University

"Endogeneity in Semiparametric Binary Random Coefficient Models"

 

Sept. 21

Guofu Zhou, Olin School of Business, Washington University

"International Stock Return Predictability: What is the Role of the United States?" (w/D. Rapach and J. Strauss)

 

Sept. 28

Silvia Goncalves, University of Montreal

"The Moving Blocks Bootstrap for Panel Linear Regression Models with Individual Fixed Effects"

 

Oct. 5

Phil Haile, Yale University

"Identification in Differentiated Products Markets Using Market Level Data" (w/S. Berry)

 

Oct. 19

Patricia Anderson, Dartmouth College

"The Effect of School Accountability Policies on Children's Health" (w/K. Butcher and D. Schanzenbach)

 

Oct. 26

Daniele Paserman, Boston University

"Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players"

 

Nov. 2

David Blau, Ohio State University

"How Do Pensions Affect Household Wealth Accumulation?"

 

Nov. 9

Randy Akee, Tufts University

"Errors in Self-Reported Wages: The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility and Individual Characteristics"

 

Nov. 16

Gautam Gowrisankaran, University of Arizona

"Government Policy and the Dynamics of Market Structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals" (w/C. Lucarelli, P. Schmidt-Dengler, R. Town)

 

Nov. 23

Matt Wiswall, New York University

"How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education" (w/M. Mogstad)

 

Nov. 30

David Autor, MIT

"Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States" (w/D. Dorn)

 

Dec. 7

Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania

"Effects of School Reform on Education and Labor Market Performance: Evidence from Chile's Universal Voucher System" (w/D. Bravo and S. Mukhopadhyay)

 

Dec. 10 (Thursday)

Timothy Conley, University of Chicago

"Inference with Dependent Data Using Cluster Covariance Estimators" (w/C. Bester and C. Hansen)

 

Dec. 14

Geoff Sanzenbacher

"Wage Growth and the Job Dynamics of Welfare Recipients"

 

Dec. 21

Nadia Karamcheva

"Evaluating the Wage-Pension Trade-Off in a Dynamic Model of Search and Savings"