Spring 2021 Schedule Department Seminar Affirmative action, college access and major choice: Redistribution and opportunity for social mobility Friday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Ana Paula Melo Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison What Explains an Increase in the Processor-Retailer Margin? New Insights from the U.S. Fresh Beef Market Friday February 5 12:00pm Presented by: Meilin Ma Department of Agricultural EconomicsPurdue University Environmental and Economic Analysis of Regionalizing Fluid Milk Supply Chains in the Northeastern U.S. Tuesday (different day) March 2 11:30am Presented by: Chuck Nicholson School of Integrative Plant ScienceCornell University CAFOs and surface water quality: Evidence from Wisconsin Thursday (different day) March 4 11:30am Presented by: Zach Raff Department of Social ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout Moral Hazard in British Animal Disease Management Monday (different day) March 8 11:00am Presented by: Dan Scheitrum Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Arizona EU Milk Quota Abolition, Dairy Expansion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tuesday (different day) March 9 11:00am Presented by: Doris Laepple J.E. Cairnes School of Business and EconomicsNational University of Ireland Galway Using Targeting to Optimize Program Design: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Experiment Friday March 12 12:00pm Presented by: Todd Gerardan Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementCornell University Reading Twitter in the Newsroom: How Social Media Affects Traditional-Media Reporting of Conflicts Friday March 19 12:00pm Presented by: Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Department of EconomicsParis School of Economics A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice. Friday April 9 12:00pm Presented by: Pamela Jakiela Department of EconomicsWilliams College Vehicles, Travel Demand, and Income: Responses to Subways and Bus Rapid Transit in Mexico City Friday April 16 12:00pm Presented by: Paulina Oliva Department of EconomicsUniversity of Southern California Development Economics Workshop Paths to Ending Female Genital Cutting: Evidence from Income Shocks and Intra-Household Spillovers Thursday January 28 3:45pm Presented by: Lindsey Novak EconomicsColby College The Costs of Bureaucracy and Corruption at Customs: Evidence from the Computerization of Imports in Colombia Wednesday (different day) February 10 12:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes Aid Against Trees? Evidence from a Community-Driven Development Program in the Philippines Wednesday (different day) February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Jeff Pagel Department of EconomicsUniversity of Barcelona Peace and Petty Corruption: Evidence from Trucking in Cote d'Ivoire Thursday February 25 3:45pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Experimental evaluation of a group based psychosocial intervention for primary caregivers with young children in communities exposed to violence in Colombia Wednesday (different day) March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Andrés Moya Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition: Experimental Evidence from Ghana Thursday March 11 3:45pm Presented by: Isaac Mbiti Batten School of Leadership and Public PolicyUniversity of Virginia Innovative approaches for conservation and biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon Thursday March 25 3:45pm Presented by: Marin Skidmore Practice Job Talk Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison When Redistribution Exacerbates Poverty: Evidence from Gamal Abdel Nasser's Land Reforms Thursday April 1 3:45pm Presented by: Steven Brooke Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison The Political Resource Blessing or Curse? Patronage Networks and the Varieties of Economic Development Models in China Thursday April 8 3:45pm Presented by: Reed Lei LaFollette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison CANCELLED Thursday April 15 3:45pm Presented by: Katja Maria Kaufmann Management and EconomicsJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Wednesday (different day) April 21 12:00pm Presented by: Anjali Adukia Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago TBD Thursday May 6 3:45pm Presented by: Jeremy Barofsky ideas42 Applied Economics Workshop The Costs of Bureaucracy and Corruption at Customs: Evidence from the Computerization of Imports in Colombia Wednesday February 10 12:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes Aid Against Trees? Evidence from a Community-Driven Development Program in the Philippines Wednesday February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Jeff Pagel Department of EconomicsUniversity of Barcelona Experimental evaluation of a group based psychosocial intervention for primary caregivers with young children in communities exposed to violence in Colombia Wednesday March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Andrés Moya School of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes Migrant Remittances: Mixed Motives and the Impact on Household Expenditures Wednesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Licheng Xu Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison Seeking safe harbors: Emergency domestic violence shelters and family violence Wednesday April 14 12:00pm Presented by: Kaitlyn Sims Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Wednesday April 21 12:00pm Presented by: Anjali Adukia Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago Credit Unions & Market Competition Wednesday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Andres Shahidinejad and Jordan van Rijn Booth School of Business and Agricultural and Department of Applied EconomicsUniversity of Chicago (Shahidinejad) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (van Rijn)
Affirmative action, college access and major choice: Redistribution and opportunity for social mobility Friday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Ana Paula Melo Practice Job Talk Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
What Explains an Increase in the Processor-Retailer Margin? New Insights from the U.S. Fresh Beef Market Friday February 5 12:00pm Presented by: Meilin Ma Department of Agricultural EconomicsPurdue University
Environmental and Economic Analysis of Regionalizing Fluid Milk Supply Chains in the Northeastern U.S. Tuesday (different day) March 2 11:30am Presented by: Chuck Nicholson School of Integrative Plant ScienceCornell University
CAFOs and surface water quality: Evidence from Wisconsin Thursday (different day) March 4 11:30am Presented by: Zach Raff Department of Social ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout
Moral Hazard in British Animal Disease Management Monday (different day) March 8 11:00am Presented by: Dan Scheitrum Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of Arizona
EU Milk Quota Abolition, Dairy Expansion and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tuesday (different day) March 9 11:00am Presented by: Doris Laepple J.E. Cairnes School of Business and EconomicsNational University of Ireland Galway
Using Targeting to Optimize Program Design: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Experiment Friday March 12 12:00pm Presented by: Todd Gerardan Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementCornell University
Reading Twitter in the Newsroom: How Social Media Affects Traditional-Media Reporting of Conflicts Friday March 19 12:00pm Presented by: Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Department of EconomicsParis School of Economics
A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice. Friday April 9 12:00pm Presented by: Pamela Jakiela Department of EconomicsWilliams College
Vehicles, Travel Demand, and Income: Responses to Subways and Bus Rapid Transit in Mexico City Friday April 16 12:00pm Presented by: Paulina Oliva Department of EconomicsUniversity of Southern California
Paths to Ending Female Genital Cutting: Evidence from Income Shocks and Intra-Household Spillovers Thursday January 28 3:45pm Presented by: Lindsey Novak EconomicsColby College
The Costs of Bureaucracy and Corruption at Customs: Evidence from the Computerization of Imports in Colombia Wednesday (different day) February 10 12:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes
Aid Against Trees? Evidence from a Community-Driven Development Program in the Philippines Wednesday (different day) February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Jeff Pagel Department of EconomicsUniversity of Barcelona
Peace and Petty Corruption: Evidence from Trucking in Cote d'Ivoire Thursday February 25 3:45pm Presented by: Jeremy Foltz Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Experimental evaluation of a group based psychosocial intervention for primary caregivers with young children in communities exposed to violence in Colombia Wednesday (different day) March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Andrés Moya Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes
The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition: Experimental Evidence from Ghana Thursday March 11 3:45pm Presented by: Isaac Mbiti Batten School of Leadership and Public PolicyUniversity of Virginia
Innovative approaches for conservation and biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon Thursday March 25 3:45pm Presented by: Marin Skidmore Practice Job Talk Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison
When Redistribution Exacerbates Poverty: Evidence from Gamal Abdel Nasser's Land Reforms Thursday April 1 3:45pm Presented by: Steven Brooke Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
The Political Resource Blessing or Curse? Patronage Networks and the Varieties of Economic Development Models in China Thursday April 8 3:45pm Presented by: Reed Lei LaFollette School of Public AffairsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
CANCELLED Thursday April 15 3:45pm Presented by: Katja Maria Kaufmann Management and EconomicsJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Wednesday (different day) April 21 12:00pm Presented by: Anjali Adukia Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago
The Costs of Bureaucracy and Corruption at Customs: Evidence from the Computerization of Imports in Colombia Wednesday February 10 12:00pm Presented by: Rachid Laajaj Department of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes
Aid Against Trees? Evidence from a Community-Driven Development Program in the Philippines Wednesday February 17 12:00pm Presented by: Jeff Pagel Department of EconomicsUniversity of Barcelona
Experimental evaluation of a group based psychosocial intervention for primary caregivers with young children in communities exposed to violence in Colombia Wednesday March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Andrés Moya School of EconomicsUniversity of Los Andes
Migrant Remittances: Mixed Motives and the Impact on Household Expenditures Wednesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Licheng Xu Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Seeking safe harbors: Emergency domestic violence shelters and family violence Wednesday April 14 12:00pm Presented by: Kaitlyn Sims Department of Agricultural and Applied EconomicsUniveristy of Wisconsin-Madison
What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books Wednesday April 21 12:00pm Presented by: Anjali Adukia Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago
Credit Unions & Market Competition Wednesday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Andres Shahidinejad and Jordan van Rijn Booth School of Business and Agricultural and Department of Applied EconomicsUniversity of Chicago (Shahidinejad) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (van Rijn)