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The CMEPR’s Micro-Economic Policy Seminar (MEPS) has upcoming research seminars – all are welcome!

Spring 2024 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 (spark224@gmu.edu).

Schedule:

January 16th: No Seminar

January 23rd: Chloe East (CU Denver) – The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers

January 30th: Penny Liao (Resources for the Future) – Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? The Coastal Barrier Resources Act as a Natural Experiment

February 6th: Lorenz Ekerdt (Rochester) – The Rise of Specialized Firms

February 13th: Charly Porcher (Georgetown) – The Benefits of Housing Stability: Evidence from Gaining and Losing Rent Control through the Ellis Act

February 20th: Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown) – Remote Work and City Structure

February 27th: Shooshan Danagoulian (Wayne State University) – Seasonal Allergies and Mental Health: Do Small Health Shocks Affect Suicidality?

March 5th: Spring Break

March 12th: Tanner Regan (GWU) – Public Disclosure and Tax Compliance: Evidence from Uganda 

March 19th: Sean Wang (Census) – The Intergenerational Effects of Local Shocks: Migration, Human Capital, and Earnings

March 26th: Rodimiro Rodrigo (GWU) – Robot Adoption, Organizational Capital, and the Productivity Paradox

April 2nd: Derek Wu (UVA) – Poverty in the United States

April 9th: Mark Meiselbach (JHU) – The Long-Term Decline in Small Firms Offering Health Insurance: Drivers, Enrollment Dynamics, and Mitigating Policies

April 16th: Lei Gao (GMU Finance-Business School) – The Rainbow of Credits in Municipal Bonds

April 23rd: Pravin Krishna (JHU-SAIS)

April 30th: Mine Senses (JHU-SAIS)