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 16th: Keisha Solomon (Howard University) – The effect of ending the pandemic-related mandate of continuous Medicaid coverage on health insurance coverage.
September 23rd: Pablo Acosta (World Bank) – Skilled Immigrants and Credential Recognition in Peru
September 30th: Janet Gao (Georgetown)
October 7th: Marcio Cruz (IFC)
October 14th: Shoumitro Chatterjee (SAIS-JHU)
October 21st: Thema Monroe-White – Addressing Intersectional Biases in Language Models and Scientific Discourse
October 28th: Ilan Tojerow (Université Libre de Bruxelles) – Reducing Digital Overload in Hybrid Teams: Experimental Evidence from an RCT
November 4th (Election day)
November 11th: John Coglianese (Federal Reserve Board) – The Rise of In-and-Outs: Declining Labor Force Participation of Prime Age Men
November 18th: Angelo Santos (GMU Schar Student Presentation) – Extreme Temperature, Labor Hours and Heat Standards: Evidence from the United States
November 25th (Thanksgiving)
December 2nd: Michael Levere (Colgate)
December 9th (Reading day)