2022 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 - Health and Education
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Elise Marifian, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Selling College: The Effects of Advertising on Enrollment at Less-Selective Colleges - James Flynn, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes? - Opinder Kaur, University of California, Riverside - Department of Economics
Intergenerational Health Effects of Adult Literacy Programs: Evidence from India - Parker Rogers, University of California at San Diego - Department of Economics
Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies
Group #2 - Crime, Conflict, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Roman Rivera, Columbia University - Department of Economics
The Effect of Electronic Monitoring on Defendant Outcomes - Livia Alfonsi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Meet Your Future: Job Search Efforts and Aspirations of Young Jobseekers - Mohammad Ahmad, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Historical Conflict & Contemporary Economic Preferences - Kattya Quiroga-Velasco, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Broken Trust: Forced Sterilizations in Peru
Group #3 - Applied Micro
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
- Osaretin Olurotimi, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Does Conflict Harm Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Uganda - Christopher Malloy, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
The Socioeconomic Consequences of Wildfire Liability: Evidence from PSPS Events in California - Molly Elder, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Calculating the Social Cost of Wildfire Emissions - Aldo Gutiérrez Mendieta, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
A Tale of Two Goods: The Role of Environmentally Friendly Products in Consumer Choice and Public Policy
Group #4 - Public Policy
Advisor: Justin Cook, University of California, Merced
- Xinle Pang, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
Moving into the Floodplains: The Spatial Implications of Federal Disaster Relief Policies - Maria Victoria Barone, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
Sick Pay and Labor Supply - Minseon Park, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Sorting, Commuting, and School Choice - Hadar Avivi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
One Land, Many Promises: Heterogeneous Childhood Location Effects
2021 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Education, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
Sent Away: Long-term Effects of Forced Displacements - Ilaria D'Angelis, Boston College - Department of Economics
Are We There? The Search for Amenities and the Early Career Gender Wage Gap among Highly Educated Workers - Kaitlyn Sims, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Seeking Safe Harbors: Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters and Family Violence - Luis Armona, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Redesigning Federal Student Aid in Higher Education
Group #2 | Economics of Education, Health, and the Household
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Nikolai Boboshko, Cornell University - Department of Economics
The Effect of Tenure Laws on Students: Evidence from the Implementation of Tenure Systems in the 20th Century - Arian Seifoddini, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
How Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Affect Household Expenditures for Single Female Heads of Households? - Ernest Dorillas, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Distance and Quality Tradeoff: The Tale of US Rural Mothers
Group #3 | Applied Micro for Policy
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
- Karen Ortiz-Becerra, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Land Concentration and Rural Labor Markets: Theory and Evidence from Colombia - Eleanor Wiseman, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Trade, Informality and Corruption: evidence from small-scale traders in Kenya - John Moorehouse, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Carbon Taxes in Spatial Equilibrium - Alexander Cardazzi, West Virginia University - Department of Economics
Nudging and Driving: An Analysis of Dynamic Message Signs in Virginia
Group #4 | Dan's Applied Micro Group
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver
- Maggie Shi, Columbia University - Department of Economics
The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring: Evidence from Medicare Audits - Arkadev Ghosh, University of British Columbia - Department of Economics
Religious Divisions, Production Technology and Firm Productivity: Experimental Evidence from India - Robel Alemu, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Long-term Impacts of Micronutrient Deprivation on Education Attainment: Evidence from Wartime Disruption of Iodized Salt in Ethiopia - Julieth Santamaria, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
When a Stranger Shall Sojourn with Thee: The Impact of the Venezuelan Exodus on Colombian Labor Markets
2020 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Development & Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Maria Caballero, Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Economics
The Impact of Destination Immigration Policies on Origin-Country Human Capital Investment - Eduardo Cenci, University of Wisconsin, Madision - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Internal Migration and the Spread of Long-Term Impacts of Historical Immigration in Brazil - Grant Graziani, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Provider Practice Styles and Patient Race: Evidence from Primary Care - Ezra Karger, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
The Long-Run Effect of Public Libraries on Children: Evidence from the Early 1900s
Group #2 | Health, Labor and Welfare Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Anne Burton, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Smoking Bans in Bars and Restaurants, Alcohol Consumption, and Social Welfare - Luciana Etcheverry, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Work Half-Time, Receive Full-Time Pay: Effect of Novel Family Policy on Female Labor Market Outcomes - Alexa Prettyman, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Happy 18th Birthday, Now Leave: The Hardships of Aging Out of Foster Care - Siddhartha Sanghi, Washington University, St. Louis - Department of Economics
Health Inequality: Role of Insurance and Technological Progress
Group #3 | Games, Experiments & Rationality
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
- Jefferson A. Arapoc, University of Newcastle, Australia - Department of Economics
Impacts of Wealth Distribution Systems on Individual Trust - Chelsea Pardini, Washington State University - Department of Economic Sciences
Game-Theoretic Analysis of US Settlement Allowing for Coercion and Activism - Yuxin Su, Claremont Graduate University - Department of Economics
How to Improve Motivation Using Pro-social Bonuses: An Experiment
Group #4 | Dan's World of Applied Micro
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver
- Nicolas Carollo, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
The Effect of Occupational Licensing and Certification Policies on Wage and Employment Dynamics - Christina Kent, Stanford University - Department of Economics
When A Town Wins the Lottery: Evidence from Spain - James Sayre, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Make Avocados not Drugs: Export Opportunities, Criminal Organizations, and Rural Development in Mexico - Katherine Wen, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management
Influenza Vaccination Requirements in Nursing Homes: Impacts on Elderly Hospital Events and Mortality
2019 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Social Welfare Outcomes of Federal and State Policies
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University
- David Arnold, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Labor - Zachary Bleemer, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Affirmative Action, Percent Plans, and the Return to Postsecondary Selectivity - Amrita Kulka, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics
Sorting into Neighborhoods and Schools: The Role of Minimum Lot Sizes - Cody Tuttle, University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Economics
Racial Discrimination in Federal Sentencing: Evidence from Drug Mandatory Minimums
Group #2 | Health Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Will Davis, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Should Kids Have Their School Lunch and Eat It Too? Estimating the Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child Health - Angela Denis, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Health Depreciation Uncertainty and Working Decisions of Older Individuals - Krisztina Horvath, Boston College - Department of Economics
Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Using Nudges to Fight the Death Spiral - Shuqiao Sun, University of Michigan - Department of Economics
Dynamic Complementarities Very Early in Life: Family Planning, Early Childhood Education, and Lifetime Human Capital
Group #3 | Applied Micro
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
- Matthew Gammans, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Information and Adaptation: Time Use Response to Weather Forecasts - Alohi Nakachi, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Indigenous Knowledge and the Tragedy of the Commons - Cory Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Land Concentration and Long-run Development: Evidence from the Frontier United States - Jason Somerville, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Choice-Set-Dependent Preferences and Salience: An Experimental Test
Group #4 | Domestic and International Macro
Advisor: Scott Schuh, West Virginia University
- Sylverie Herbert, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Strategic Communication with Heterogeneous Beliefs - Karam Jo, University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Economics
Defensive Innovation and Firm Growth in the U.S.: Impact of International Trade - Yang Li, Simon Fraser University - Department of Economics
Time-Varying Fear, Trading Volume, and The Great Recession - Jiannan Zhou, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Survey Evidence on Habit Formation
2018 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Macroeconomics, Development & International Finance
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University
- Isha Agarwal, Cornell University - Department of Economics
The Bank Lending Channel and the Exchange Rate Disconnect - Alex Xi He, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Rent-Extracting Mergers - Jonathan Malacarne, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Farmer and The Fates: Perceptions of Self-Efficacy, Learning and Investment in a Stochastic Production Process
Group #2 | Policy Effectiveness in Education, Energy, Environment & Development
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University
- Katy Bergstrom, Stanford University - Department of Economics
The Targeting Benefit of Conditional Cash Transfers - Matthew Butner, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Gone with the Wind: Consumer Surplus from Renewable Generation - Jongwook Lee, University of Minnesota- Department of Applied Economics
The Effect of Early Childhood Malnutrition on Human Capital Development in Ethiopia
Group #3 | Applied Micro Analysis: Labor, Environment & Education
Advisor: Daniel Rees, University of Colorado Denver
- Sarah Bana, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Identifying Vulnerable Displaced Workers: The Role of State-Level Occupation Conditions - Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Sunset-Induced Reallocations of Time and Human Capital Production - Nicholas Wright, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Need-Based Financing Policies, College Decision-Making and Labor Market Behavior - Karen Ye, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Peer Effects in College Application Interventions
Group #4 | Labor Market Issues & Behavioral Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University
- Panka Bencsik, University of Sussex - Department of Economics
Stress and Behavioral Effects of Neighborhood Crime: Evidence from the UK - Chang Hyung Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Minimum Wage Policy and Community College Enrollment Patterns - Ding Xuan Ng, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Technological Unemployment and Occupational Mobility - Siobhan O'Keefe, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
Baby's Gone: The Effects of Increased Sentencing Severity on Fertility and Family Formation
2017 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Credit, Debt Collection, Public Health, Local Impacts
Advisor: John Cawley, Cornell University
- Janjala (Pom) Chirakijja, Northwestern University - Department of Economics
The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons - Julia Fonseca, Princeton University - Department of Economics
Access to Credit and Financial Health: Evaluating the Impact of Debt Collection - Lauren Hoehn Velasco, Boston College - Department of Economics
Human Capital Formation and the Childhood Disease Environment: Evidence from a Rural Public Health Investment in the US - Yi Xin, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Asymmetric Information, Reputation, and Welfare in Online Credit Markets
Group #2 | Networks, Reputation, Media Personality & Political Premium
Advisor: Tim Brennan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Vesall Nourani, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Social Network Effects of Technology Adoption: Investing with Family, Learning from Friends & Reacting to Acquaintances - Harry Di Pei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Reputation Effects under Interdependent Values - Heyu Xiong, Northwestern University - Department of Economics
Media Personality and Its Political Premium
Group #3 | Immigration, Migration, Crime & Minimum Wage
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University
- Christine Braun, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Crime and the Minimum Wage - Oleg Firsin, Cornell University, School of Applied Economics and Management
Low-Skilled Immigration and Offshoring Effects on Native Wages - Chen Liu, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
Quantifying the Impacts of a Skill-based US Immigration System Reform - Ruben Rojas Valdes, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Dynamic Migration Game: A Structural Econometric Model and Application to Rural Mexico
Group #4 | Inequality, ACA & Risky Sex, SNAP & Obesity
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University
- Augustine Denteh, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
The Effect of SNAP on Obesity in the Presence of Endogenous Misreporting - Nick Tsivanidis, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Commuting Technologies, City Structure and Urban Inequality: Evidence from Bogota's TransMilenio - Barton Willage, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Ex Ante and Ex Post Moral Hazard: Lessons from the ACA and Risky Sex
2016 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Empirical Investigations in Education and International Trade
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University
- Barbara Biasi, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Unions, Salaries, and The Market for Teachers: Evidence from Wisconsin - Felix L. Friedt, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Trade Policy Effectiveness in the Presence of Integrated Bilateral Transport Costs: The Importance of the Backhaul Problem to the Determination of Trade - Sharat Ganapati, Yale University - Department of Economics
Globalized Sourcing, Scale Economies, and Local Market Power: The Modern Wholesaler - Lester R. Lusher, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
College Better: Parimutuel Betting Markets as a Commitment Device and Monetary Incentive
Group #2 | Education, Labor Markets, Healthcare and Culture
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University
- Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
How Much is Formality Worth? Evidence from Mexico's Labor Market - Atul Gupta, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Quality Incentives, Hospital Responses and Patient Health - Ciprian Domnisoru, Carnegie Mellon University - School of Public Policy and Management
Overeducation, Choice of College Major and Parental Background - James V. Marrone, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Culture as a Habit: Assimilation and Language Learning Over the Lifecycle
Group #3 | Programs and Policies Affecting Human Capital, Child Development, Hospital Stays and Consumer Behavior
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado
- Teresa Molina, University of Southern California - Department of Economics
Pollution, Ability and Gender-Specific Investment Responses to Shocks - Victor A. C. Ronda, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Maternal Mental Health and Child Development - Liam Rose, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics
The Effects of Skilled Nursing Facility Care: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Medicare - Rebecca L. Taylor, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Giving Plastic Bags the Sack: The Non-Monetary Costs of Changing Consumption
Group #4 | Health, Education and Welfare
Advisor: Bruce McGough, University of Oregon
- Serena Canaan, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Parental Leave, Intra-Household Specialization and Children's Well-Being - Peter Hull, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Hospital Quality and Choice: Evidence from Ambulance Referral Patterns - Lindsey K. Novak, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
School of Thought: The Role of Formal Education in Shifitng Opinions of Female Genital Cutting in Burkina Faso - Evan Riehl, Columbia University - Department of Economics
Mismatch and Complementaries: Admission Exams and the Allocation of College Quality
2015 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Economics of Health
Advisor: John Cawley, Cornell University
- Diane Alexander, Princeton University, Department of Economics
Do Doctors Engage in Risk Selection? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs - Benjamin David Ukert, Georgia State University, Department of Economics
The Effect of Smoking Cessation on Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from a Randomized Trial - Ariell Zimran, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
Does Sample-Selection Bias Explain the Industrialization Puzzle? Evidence from Military Enlistment in the Ninetheenth-Century United States - Jennifer E. Muz, University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics
The Impact of the Business Cycle on Fertility Decisions among Dual Earner Couples
Group #2 | Programs and Policies Affecting Education and Fertility
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado, Denver
- Nazmul Ahsan, University of Southern California, Department of Economics
Do Parents Selectively Time Birth Relative to Ramadan? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh - Ricardo Espinoza, University of Maryland, Department of Economics
Quality Information Disclosure and College Choice Decision: Evidence from an Accreditation Program - Michel Z. Grosz, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
The Returns to Community College Health Programs: Evidence from California - Jenna E. Stearns, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Economics
The Effects of Paid Maternity Leave: Evidence from Temporary Disability Insurance
Group #3 | Addressing Economic Issues with Data from Diverse Economies
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University
- Ellen McCullough, Cornell University, School of Applied Economics and Management
Understanding Agricultural Labor Exits in Sub-Saharan Africa - Obie C. Porteous, University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
High Trade Costs and Their Consequences: An Estimated Model of African Agricultural Storage and Trade - Aine Seitz McCarthy, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics
His and Her Fertility Preferences: An Experimental Evaluation of Differential Information in Family Planning - Joseph Briggs, New York University, Department of Economics
Wealth and Portfolio Risk: Evidence from Swedish Lotteries
Group #4 | Telephones, School Testing, Public Health, and Wages
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University
- Robert M. Gonzalez, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Economics
Social Monitoring and Electoral Fraud: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design in Afghanistan - Sarah A. G. Komisarow, The University of Chicago, Department of Economics
Public Health Regulation and Mortality: Evidence from Early 20th Century Milk Laws - Na'ama Shenhav, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
The Power of the Purse: Linking Changes in the Wage Structure, the Gender Gap and Family Outcomes - Michael J. Thacker, University of Oregon, Department of Economics
A Bayesian Estimator of State-Space Time-Varying-Parameter Logit Models: An Evolutionary Model of Telephony Demand
2014 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Education, Human Capital, Health & Labor Market
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado, Denver
- Stefanie Fischer, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
The Differential Effect of Classroom Composition on Men's and Women's STEM Persistence: Evidence from General Chemistry - Gizem Kosar Karaca, John Hopkins University - Department of Economics
The Effect of the EITC on Human Capital Formation - Elira Kuka, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
Unemployment Insurance and Health - Ben Zou, University of Maryland - Department of Economics
The Local Economic Spillover Effects of Military Personnel Contractions
Group #2 | Econometric Investigations in Joint Consumption: Education, Networks, Climate, and Drug Coverage in Health Insurance
Advisor: Greg Hunter, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Michael Gechter, Boston University - Department of Economics
Extrapolating the Results of Social Experiments: Identification of Predicted Average Treatment Effects and Evidence from Two Education Experiments in India - Denise Hammock Clayton, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
The Effect of Prescription Drug Coverage on Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid - Michael Leung, Stanford University - Department of Economics
A Random-Field Approach to Inference in Large Network Models - Benjamin Miller, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
Does Validity Fall from the Sky? Observant Farmers, Exogenous Rainfall, and Climate Change
Group #3 | Effects of Young Children and Older Juveniles
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University
- Gulcan Cil, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
The Effects of Posted Point-of-Sale Warnings on Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and on Birth Outcomes - Ankita Patnaik, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Reserving Time for Daddy: The Short and Long-Run Consequences of Fathers' Quota - Kevin Shih, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
The Impact of International Students on U.S. Graduate Education - Megan Stevenson, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Breaking Bad: Social Influence and the Path to Criminality in Juvenile Jails
Group #4 | Bank Lending, Credit, and Debt
Advisor: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College
- Filippo De Marco, Boston College - Department of Economics
Bank Lending and the Sovereign Debt Crisis - Benjamin Hebert, Harvard University - Business School
Moral Hazard and the Optimality of Debt - Ji Huang, Princeton University - Department of Economics
Banking and Shadow Banking - Xuyang Ma, New York University, Stern School of Business - Department of Finance
Safe Harbor or Automatic Stay? A Model of Repo Runs
2013 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Topics in Liquidity, Information, and Trade
Advisor: Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College
- Daniel J. Grodzicki, Stanford University
Competition and Price Dispersion in the Credit Card Market - Philip A. Luck, University of California, Davis
Intermediate Good Sourcing, Wages and Inequality: From Theory to Evidence - Jacopo Magnani, University of California, Santa Cruz
Financial Circuit Breakers: Theory and Experiments - Alvaro Pedraza, University of Maryland, College Park
Strategic Information Revelation and the Misallocation of Capital - Qi Sun, University of Southern California
A Model of Corporate Liquidity Management
Group #2 | Applied Micro and Experimental Economics
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver
- Richard B. Baker, Boston University
From the Field to the Classroom: The Boll Weevil’s Impact on Education in Rural Georgia - Joseph R. Cummins, University of California, Davis
The Use and Misuse of Child Height-for-Age Z-score in the Demographic and Health Surveys - Deborah Goldschmidt, Boston University
State Abortion Restriction and Children’s Living Circumstances - Guojun He, University of California, Berkeley
The Health Effects of Air Pollution: Evidences from the 2008 Beijing Olympics - Malgorzata Switek, University of Southern California
Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult
2012 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Labor, Experimental Economics, and Health
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver
- Ciril Bosch-Rosa, University of California, Santa Cruz
Surveying Annoyance in the Lab - Christopher J. Cronin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Annual Health Insurance Decisions, Uncertain Health Transitions, and within Year Medical Care Consumption - Lisa J. Dettling, University of Maryland, College Park
Opting Back In: Home Internet Use and Female Labor Supply - John Michael Ian S. Salas, University of California, Irvine
Evaluating the Impact of a Disruption in Publicly-Provided Contraception Supply on Fertility Outcomes in the Philippines
Group #2 | Macroeconomics, Finance, Markets, and the Environment
Advisor: William S. Neilson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Chiara Farronato, Stanford University
Sale Mechanisms in Online Markets: What Happened to Internet Auctions? - Kate Foreman, University of California, Berkeley
Does Congestion Pricing Decrease Traffic Volumes and Travel Times? Evidence from Bay Area Toll Charges - Weishi Grace Gu, Cornell University
Jobless Recoveries: Employment Benefit Cost and Financial Frictions - Gazi Ishak Kara, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
International Competition and Coordination for the Regulation of Systematic Risk - Stephen J. Terry, Stanford University
A Whale of A Tale: The Economics of Subsistence Hunts
2011 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Advisor: Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Washington State University, Pullman
- Jing Cai, University of California, Berkeley
Determinants of Microinsurance Takeup: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in China - Kate B. Fuller, University of California, Davis, Julian M. Alston, University of California, Davis, and Jim Sanchirico, University of California, Davis
Spatial Externalities and Vector-Borne Plant Diseases: Pierce’s Disease and the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valley - David Haim, Oregon State University
Three Essays on the Economics of Climate Change, Land Use and Carbon Sequestration - Matthew J. Niedzwiecki, University of California, San Diego
Estimating the Income Elasticity of Demand of Medical Care - Byoung Hoon Seok, University of Rochester
Growth, Undervaluation, and Global Imbalances: The Role of Learning-by-Exporting
Group #2 | Advisor: Gordon B. Dahl, University of California, San Diego
- Brad Hershbein, University of Michigan
Worker Signals among New College Graduates: The Role of Selectivity and GPA - Ernest Boffy-Ramirez, University of California, Santa Barbara
Explaining Changes in Immigrant Educational Attainment - Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University
Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? The Role of Firms in Male-Female Wage Disparity in Canada - Meryl Motika, University of California, Irvine
Planning Prosperity and Wealth: An Investigation of Retirement Saving Behavior - Denis Tkachenko, Boston University, and Zhongjun Qu, Boston University
Identification and Frequency Domain QML Estimation of Linearized DSGE Models
2010 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Advances in Modeling Dynamic Processes
Advisor: Gautam Gowrisankaran, University of Arizona
- Diether Beuermann, University of Maryland, College Park
The Role of Local Governments’ Efficiency in Decentralized Public Service Delivery: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Rural Russia - Tim A. Graciano, Washington State University
The Timing of Fixed Costs to Trade - Joanne W. Hsu, University of Michigan
Re-dividing Labor within the Household: Ability, Human Capital, and Financial Decision Making in Older Couples
Group #2 | Policy Issues for Developing Countries
Advisor: Jeffrey B. Nugent, University of Southern California
- Gabriel Lara-Ibarra, University of Maryland, College Park
Pension Reforms and the Incentives to Save: Lessons from Mexico - Donghyun Lee, University of Oregon
Essays in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Technology - Todd Pugatch, University of Michigan
Essays on Labor Markets, Education and Migration in Developing Countries
2009 Selected Students and Workshop Groups
Group #1 | Macro/Trade
Advisor: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College
- Hirokazu Ishise, Boston University
Trade Dynamics - Brian Kovak, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Essays on Trade Policy, Local Labor Markets, and Inequality - Tatevik Sekhposyan, University of North Carolina
Inflation and Output Growth Differentials in the Euro Area: The Role of Monetary Policy - Greg Wright, University of California, Davis
Offshoring Costs and Worker Response to the Changing Distribution of Tasks
Group #2 | Applied Micro
Advisor: Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona, Tucson
- Moriah Bellenger, Oregon State University
Essays on Environmental Productivity - Sera Linardi, California Institute of Technology
Expected Information (EI): An Environment Sensitive Measure for Information Aggregation - Maria Canon, University of Rochester
The Role of Schools in the Production of Achievement - Byron Lee, University of Toronto
The Impact of Labour Market Experience on Employment Outcomes for High School Graduates: Evidence from British Columbia