Seminar Announcements 
The CMEPR’s Micro-Economic Policy Seminar (MEPS) has upcoming research seminars – all are welcome!
Fall 2025 seminars will be held every Tuesday from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST in VMH 322 at the Arlington campus of George Mason University.
If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this seminar, please contact Sungbin Park ([email protected]).
Schedule:
August 26th: Nikolaos Prodromidis (San Diego State University) – Who Benefited from the Hospitalizations of Deliveries? Selection and Long-Term Outcomes in Early 20th-Century Sweden
September 2nd: Younghun Shim (IMF) – The Dynamics of Technology Transfer: Multinational Investment in China and Rising Global Competition
September 9th: Mingli Zhong (Urban Institute) – Optimal Default Retirement Saving Policies: Theory and Evidence from OregonSaves
September 12th (Friday): FACULTY RESEARCH DAY
Time: 1:15-4:30 pm || Location: VMH 602
1:15 Sita Slavov: How Do Tax Incentives Influence Employer Decisions to Offer Retirement Benefits?
1:45 Thomas Stratmann: Ancestral Homophily in the U.S.: Terror Shocks, Campaign Donations, and Political Polarization
2:15 Anh Pham: Industrial Zones and Private Formal Sector Job Creation in Vietnam
2:45 Break
3:00 Michael Clemens: Human Capital and Innovation: Restrictions on International STEM Students and the Economies of US Cities
3:30 Siona Listokin: Framing AI Regulation In the One Big Beautiful Bill
4:00 John Earle and Solomiya Shpak: Finance, Employment, and Survival: Evidence from Bank Liquidations in Ukraine
September 16th: Keisha Solomon (Howard University) – Can social safety net programs reduce work disability? Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
September 23rd: Pablo Acosta (World Bank) – Skilled Immigrants and Credential Recognition in Peru
September 30th: Janet Gao (Georgetown) – Can Nonprofits Save Lives Under Financial Stress? Evidence from the Hospital Industry
October 7th: Marcio Cruz (IFC) – Startups in Africa
October 14th: Shoumitro Chatterjee (SAIS-JHU) – No Country for Dying Firms: Evidence from India
October 21st: Angelo Santos (GMU Schar Student ) – Extreme Temperature, Labor Hours and Heat Standards: Evidence from the United States
October 28th: Ilan Tojerow (Université Libre de Bruxelles) – Unemployed Jobseekers and the Decision to Re-skill: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
November 11th: John Coglianese (Federal Reserve Board) – The Rise of In-and-Outs: Declining Labor Force Participation of Prime Age Men
November 18th: Thema Monroe-White (GMU-Schar) – Addressing Intersectional Biases in Language Models and Scientific Discourse
December 2nd: Michael Levere (Colgate) – Improving Economic Outcomes for Disadvantaged Youth with Disabilities: Evidence from PROMISE