Applied Economics Seminar Series - Fall Semester 2009

• **Friday, September 18 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon in **Room 119 Classroom Office Building - Professor Bill Lazarus and Andrew Goodkind, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Economics, will present "Impact of Carbon Offset Values on Digester Economics and Dairy Farm Competitiveness."
  
  
• September 24 - Associate Professor Elizabeth Davis and Melissa Whitler, Ph.D. Candidate, will present "Complexity of Commuting Patterns: Workforce Flows in Rural Minnesota" (draft paper will be available soon) from 10:30 a.m. - noon in **Room 119 Classroom Office Building** 
  
  
• October 1 - Job Candidate - No Seminar
  
  
• **October 8 - This is notice that there will not be a Department of Applied Economics Seminar on Thursday, October 8, but please join us for the Reception and Award Commencement Ceremony for Harry Kaiser, a 1985 Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Applied Economics.  He will receive the University of Minnesota's Outstanding Achievement Award.  The Award and Commencement Ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 8 at 3:00 pm in the Cargill Building.  At this ceremony, Harry will also receive the Department of Applied Economics Outstanding Alumni Award for 2008-2009. For more information on this event Click Here
  
  
• October 15 - Job Candidate - No Seminar
  
  
• October 22 - Associate Professor Joe Ritter and David Beal, Ph.D. Candidate, will present "Testing for Racial Profiling in Minneapolis Traffic Stops." Paper available online at
  http://www.cura.umn.edu/reporter/09-Spr-Summ/Ritter_&_Bael.pdf
  
  
• October 29 - Kevin Mumford, Purdue University, will present "Do Family Wealth Shocks Affect Fertility Choices?: Evidence from the Housing Market Boom and Bust."
  
  
• November 5 - Part One of Special Applied Economics Seminar series presented by Paul Glewwe. Title: "Econometrics of Program Evaluation." **Please note change of room to 119 Classroom Office Building**  Paper available online: http://www.apec.umn.edu/documents/Glewwe-1st lecture-ProgEval2n.pdf. A video of the seminar is available at either of these links:  Flash Video (650MB file): http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/49998
  Quicktime Video (320MB file):
  http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embedqt/50000
  
  
• November 12 - Part Two of Special Applied Economics Seminar series presented by Paul Glewwe. Title: "Econometrics of Program Evaluation." **Please note change of room to 119 Classroom Office Building**  Paper available online: http://www.apec.umn.edu/documents/Glewwe-2nd lecture-ProgEval3n.pdf. A video of the seminar is available at either of these links:  Flash (580MB file):
  http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/51044
  Quicktime (130MB file):
  http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embedqt/51045
  
  
• November 19 - Misty Heggeness, Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Economics will present "Does the Right to Divorce Effect Bargaining Power within Marriage? The Case of Chile." **Please note change of room to 119 Classroom Office Building**
  
  
• November 26 - Thanksgiving Day - U of M Holiday
  
  
• December 3 - Part Three of Special Applied Economics Seminar series presented by Paul Glewwe. Title: "Econometrics of Program Evaluation." **Please note change of room to 119 Classroom Office Building**
  
  
• December 10 - Aaron Sojourner, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Resources & Industrial Relations, Carlson School of Management, will present "Inference on Peer Effects with Missing Peer Data: Evidence from Project STAR"  Paper available online: http://www.apec.umn.edu/documents/ApEc_Sem_12.10.09_Sojourner_paper.pdf
  
  

Archives of past Applied Economics Seminars and Department Seminars are available on the web site.

Archives of past Applied Economics Workshops and Graduate Seminars are available.