Date Presenter

Lecture

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 3:30pm Sandra E. Black, University of Texas, Austin

Understanding Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviors



Lecture

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

109 South Kedzie Hall at 6:00 Sandra E. Black, The University of Texas at Austin

Family Matters: The Role of Birth Order on Children's Outcomes



Lecture

Thursday, March 22, 2018

103 (the Kiva) Erickson Hall at 6:00 Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus

Why is global (and American) poverty so hard to measure and to eradicate?



Department Lecture

Friday, November 11, 2016

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 9:00 Robert M. Townsend, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bank Branch Expansion vs International Capital Flows: Integrating Local Spatial Markets with Macro Aggregates



Public Lecture

Thursday, November 10, 2016

105 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 Robert M. Townsend, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Measurement, Analysis, and Design of Financial Systems in Developing Economies



Department Lecture

Friday, March 25, 2016

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 9:30 Ricardo Caballero, Ford International Professor of Economics Director, Work Economic Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Safety Trap



Public Lecture

Thursday, March 24, 2016

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 Ricardo Caballero, Ford International Professor of Economics Director, Work Economic Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Safety Traps in the Global Economy



Public Lecture

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University

Is Technological Progress a Thing of the Past?



Department Lecture

Friday, February 27, 2015

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 10:00 Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (joint with Nathanial Hendren and Erzo F.P. Luttmer)



Public Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2015

105 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 p.m. Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Impact of Covering the Uninsured: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment



Department Lecture

Friday, March 14, 2014

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 10:30 No Seminar Held,

Public Lecture

Thursday, March 13, 2014

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 No Seminar Held,

Department Lecture

Friday, April 5, 2013

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 10:30 David E. Card, University of California, Berkeley

Workplace Heterogeneity and the Rise of West German Wage Inequality



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 4, 2013

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30pm David E. Card, University of California, Berkeley

Immigration Reform: An Economic Perspective



Department Lecture

Friday, April 6, 2012

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 10:30am Susan Athey, Harvard University

Structural Models and Market Design in the Age of Experimentation



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 5, 2012

109 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30pm Susan Athey, Harvard University

The Economics of Internet Search



Department Lecture

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 1:30 Alberto Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

A Test for Racial Bias in the Death Penalty



Public Lecture

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30pm Alberto Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

Fiscal Policy after the Great Recession



Department Lecture

Friday, January 15, 2010

Koo Room in Marshall-Adams Hall at 10:00 a.m. Gordon Hanson, Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UC San Diego

"Birth Rates and Border Crossings: The Demographic Push behind Latin American Emigration"



Public Lecture

Thursday, January 14, 2010

107 South Kedzie Hall at 7:30 p.m. Gordon Hanson, Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UC San Diego

"Three Decades of Economic Integration between the United States and Mexico"



Department Lecture

Friday, March 27, 2009

Jean Tirole, 2014 Nobel Laureate

Professor and Scientific Director

Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Toulouse and Visiting Professor, MIT

"Leverage and the Central Banker's Put"



Public Lecture

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Jean Tirole, 2014 Nobel Laureate

Professor and Scientific Director

Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Toulouse and Visiting Professor, MIT

"Learning from the Crisis: What Reforms for the Financial System?"



Department Lecture

Friday, March 28, 2008

George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

"Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks"



Public Lecture

Thursday, March 27, 2008

George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

"The Economic Impact of Immigration"



Department Lecture

Friday, April 13, 2007

Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science

University of California, Berkeley

"Sudden Stops and IMF Programs"



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science

University of California, Berkeley

"Does Europe Have an Economic Future?"



Department Lecture

Friday, April 7, 2006

Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply and Family Well-Being"



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Covering the Uninsured in the U.S."



Department Lecture

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Daron Acemoglu, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"An Economic Model of Weak and Strong States"



Public Lecture

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Daron Acemoglu, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Rethinking the Wealth of Nations"



Department Lecture

Saturday, November 8, 2003

Peter A. Diamond, 2010 Nobel Laureate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Optimal Tax Treatment of Private Contributions for Public Goods With and Without Warm Glow Preferences"



Public Lecture

Thursday, November 6, 2003

Peter A. Diamond, 2010 Nobel Laureate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Social Security Reform"



Department Lecture

Friday, October 25, 2002

James R. Markusen, Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics

University of Colorado, Boulder

"Developing Domestic Entrepreneurship and Growth through Imported Expertise"



Public Lecture

Thursday, October 24, 2002

James R. Markusen, Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics

University of Colorado, Boulder

"Globalization Controversies: Myths, Facts, and the Role of US Policy"



Department Lecture

Friday, November 2, 2001

Jean-Jacques Laffont, Director of the Institut d

"Incentives and Discovery"



Public Lecture

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Jean-Jacques Laffont, Director of the Institut d

"The Economics of Regulation and Public Utilities"



Department Lecture

Friday, March 26, 1999

Douglass C. North, 1993 Nobel Laureate

Bartlett Burnap Senior Fellow

Washington University

"Processes of Economic Development"



Public Lecture

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Douglass C. North, 1993 Nobel Laureate

Bartlett Burnap Senior Fellow

Washington University

"Why do Some Countries Become Rich While Others Remain Poor?"



Department Lecture

Wednesday, March 25, 1998

David Ellwood, Lucius Littauer Professor of Political Economy

Harvard University

"Inequality and Family Structure"



Public Lecture

Tuesday, March 24, 1998

David Ellwood, Lucius Littauer Professor of Political Economy

Harvard University

"The Farewell to Welfare: Policy, Politics, and Our Children's Future"



Public Lecture

Tuesday, April 4, 1995

Anthony Atkinson, London School of Economics

"Is the Welfare State Necessarily Bad for Economic Performance?"



Department Lecture

Tuesday, April 4, 1995

Anthony Atkinson, London School of Economics

"The Distribution of Income in US and Europe Compared"



Public Lecture

Wednesday, April 20, 1994

Robert Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Changing U.S. Trade Policy"



Department Lecture

Wednesday, April 20, 1994

Robert Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, Madison

(Unable to locate title)



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 15, 1993

James Heckman, 2000 Nobel Laureate

Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics

University of Chicago

"Assessing Clinton's Program on Job Training, Workfare and Education in the Workplace"



Department Lecture

Thursday, April 15, 1993

James Heckman, 2000 Nobel Laureate

Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics

University of Chicago

(Unable to locate title)



Public Lecture

Monday, November 18, 1991

Robert H. Haveman, John Bascom Professor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Starting Even: New Policies for the Nations New Poverty?"



Department Lecture

Monday, November 18, 1991

John Bascom Professor

University of Wisconsin, Madison, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Teen Out-of-Wedlock Births and Welfare Recipients: The Role of Childhood Events and Economic Circumstances"



Public Lecture

Thursday, April 19, 1990

Robert Eisner, Northwestern University

(Unable to locate title)



Department Lecture

Thursday, April 19, 1990

Robert Eisner, Northwestern University

"Deficits, Savings and the Future; Myth and Reality"



Public Lecture

Friday, April 15, 1988

Oliver Williamson, 2009 Nobel Laureate

Yale University

(Unable to locate title)



Public Lecture

Sunday, April 13, 1986

Gary Becker, 1992 Nobel Laureate

University of Chicago

(Unable to locate title. Subject was Household and Family)

