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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:

September 2nd: Younghun Shim (IMF)

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 Chaterjee (SAIS-JHU) – Skilled Immigrants and Credential Recognition in Peru

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: TBA

November 25th (Thanksgiving)

December 2nd: Michael Levere (Colgate)

December 9th (Reading day)