Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Economic Theory: Dynamic Contracting with Flexible Monitoring (Joint work with Liang Dai and Yenan Wang) (September 25, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81674 81674-20941458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study a dynamic contracting problem in which the principal can allocate his limited capacity between seeking evidence that confirms or that contradicts the agent's effort, as the basis for reward or punishment. Such flexibility calls for jointly designed monitoring and compensation schemes practically relevant but novel in the literature. When the agent's continuation value is low, the principal seeks only confirmatory evidence, but when the agent's continuation value exceeds a threshold, the principal switches to seeking mainly contradictory evidence. Moreover, the agent's effort can be perpetuated if and only if both synergy and flexibility in monitoring are sufficiently large.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:27:08 -0500 2020-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 2020-09-25T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on Healthcare Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (September 28, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77054 77054-19790563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is influenced by many factors, such as provider expertise, patient trust, access, financing, policies and evolving technology. Improving how healthcare is delivered in LMICs requires a strong understanding of the various disciplinary approaches to care and how they can vary between cultures. With leading faculty from the U-M Medical School, the School of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, this panel will explore: *“A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”*

This virtual public session will also serve as the opening discussion of a course with the same name (BA620) offered in the second half of the Fall semester.

For questions about the roundtable discussion or the course, please contact Ekta Jhaveri at ekta@umich.edu

Panelists include:
Vicki Ellingrod, College of Pharmacy
Joe Kolars, U-M Medical School
Jody Lori, School of Nursing
Abram L. Wagner, School of Public Health

Moderator: Paul Clyde, WDI & Michigan Ross

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:52:46 -0400 2020-09-28T16:30:00-04:00 2020-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Image with event details and headshots of panelists
Economic Theory: Signaling with Private Monitoring (Joint work with Aaron Kolb) (September 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81675 81675-20941459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
We study dynamic signaling when the informed party does not observe the signals generated by her actions. A long-run player signals her type continuously over time to a myopic second player who privately monitors her behavior; in turn, the myopic player transmits his private inferences back through an imperfect public signal of his actions. Preferences are linear-quadratic and the information structure is Gaussian. We construct linear Markov equilibria using belief states up to the long-run player’s second-order belief. Because of the private monitoring, this state is an explicit function of the long-run player’s past play. A novel separation effect then emerges through this second-order belief channel, altering the traditional signaling that arises when beliefs are public. Applications to models of leadership, reputation, and trading are examined.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:30:02 -0500 2020-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T14:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bringing Early Education to Young Refugee Children in Countries Affected by Humanitarian Crisis (September 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77009 77009-19788467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Please join the Education Policy Initiative in welcoming Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU, for a virtual education policy talk. Professor Yoshikawa is a core faculty member of the Psychology of Social Intervention and Human Development and Social Intervention programs at Steinhardt. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will discuss Global TIES for Children's research on young children's development in humanitarian settings, including young children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian crises.

About the Sesame Workshop / International Rescue Committee and BRAC Refugee Response project (Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Bangladesh):

In two historic partnerships aimed at changing how education is valued and delivered in humanitarian crises, Sesame Workshop, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and BRAC have launched the largest early-childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response with groundbreaking grants from the MacArthur Foundation and LEGO Foundation. In homes, centers, and other settings, Sesame Workshop, the IRC and BRAC are bringing playful lessons and nurturing care to thousands of displaced children in Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, with millions more reached through television and mobile devices. Additionally, Sesame is partnering with BRAC to support children affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis, bringing early education grounded in the power of play to hundreds of thousands of children in and around the massive refugee settlement at Cox’s Bazar. Learn more about the historic Global TIES partnerships and Sesame Workshop intervention work.

This event is sponsored by the Education Policy Initiative and co-sponsored by the Ford School, the School of Education, and Equity in Early Learning Lab. Free and open to the public, but RSVP required.

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Presentation Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:48:23 -0400 2020-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Education Policy Initiative Presentation Yoshikawa
Economics at Work (October 2, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78076 78076-19957575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/k5yhSQDcPPmUupVXA

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:14:11 -0400 2020-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: Robust Monopoly Regulation (Joint work with Eran Shmaya) (October 2, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81676 81676-20941460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
We study the regulation of a monopolistic firm using a non-Bayesian approach. We derive the policy that minimizes the regulator’s worst-case regret, where regret is the difference between the regulator’s complete-information payoff and his realized payoff. When the regulator’s payoff is consumers’ surplus, he imposes a price cap. When his payoff is the total surplus of both consumers and the firm, he offers a capped piece-rate subsidy. For intermediate cases, the regulator uses both a price cap and a capped piece-rate subsidy. The optimal policy balances three goals: giving more surplus to consumers, mitigating underproduction, and mitigating overproduction.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:32:35 -0500 2020-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-02T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Computerized Investing: Asset Allocation and Mutual Funds (October 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75866 75866-19615932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We expect to improve your overall investment knowledge as well as your investing strategies, as we present methods of using various investment options. Join us for open discussion of the value of asset allocation, types of mutual funds, types of financial advisors, questions to ask your financial advisor, and ways to examine your current portfolio. We will make extensive use of information from web-based resources.
Dale Brandenburg is a retired research professor and Robert Shaw is a director and current Vice-President of the SE Michigan Chapter of Better Investing. The Study Group meets on Mondays Oct. 5 to Nov. 2 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access this Study Group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:19:14 -0400 2020-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
TechArb Entrepreneurial Meetup (October 6, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77699 77699-19901733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

During this virtual event, you'll hear from Edi Demaj from KodeLabs about building an international startup portfolio and network with other students while sharing your next big idea or finding student startups to join.

Networking can be difficult to do online, but we promise you'll listen to wonderful speakers and participate in interactive networking! You'll end the session having had fun meeting several new entrepreneurs and innovators.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:47:33 -0400 2020-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Entrepreneurship Social / Informal Gathering Event Description
Maya MacGuineas and Lawrence H. Summers: Is the federal deficit unsustainable? (October 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76227 76227-19677559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The federal deficit has reached historic levels in recent years, even before Congress passed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) in March 2020. Join us for a conversation with Lawrence H. Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, on whether the growing federal deficit is sustainable for the United States economy. Betsey Stevenson, professor of economics and public policy, will moderate the discussion. Panelists will discuss the growing debate among economists and policymakers about whether the federal deficit presents a danger to the overall health of the U.S. economy.

For more information visit http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/federal-deficit-unsustainable

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:11:40 -0400 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lawrence Summers and Maya MacGuineas
CGIS Virtual Study Abroad Fair (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77893 77893-19943564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Study abroad is not just for juniors. It's not just for language and international studies majors. It's not just for students from certain communities or socioeconomic backgrounds. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Whether you want to develop the skills you’ll need to compete in a global economy, cultivate your language competencies, or build meaningful connections with people from around the world, this is the best time in your life for a global experience.

Studying abroad often proves to be a pivotal experience, but deciding which program is the best fit can be daunting as you consider questions such as: How will this enhance my course of study? When should I go? For how long? Where? Can I afford it? How do I prepare? Will my credits transfer? The CGIS Study Abroad Virtual Fair is the best time to get all of your questions answered!

During the day of the virtual fair, you'll have instant access to academic advisors, education abroad advisors, Office of Financial Aid & LSA Scholarship Office representatives, and program representatives as well as scheduled events throughout the fair!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:20:17 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Image300
CFE TechLab Programs Info Session (October 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77446 77446-19854031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

This is your opportunity to ask TechLab staff and instructors anything and everything! During this info session, we’ll go deeper into program specifics and have you leave with a better understanding of how TechLab Climate Change and TechLab at Mcity can help you with your entrepreneurial career goals.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:31:58 -0400 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Students visiting IA Ventures in D.C.
Economic Theory: Scoring Strategic Agents (October 9, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81677 81677-20941461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
I introduce a model of predictive scoring. A receiver wants to predict a sender’s quality. An intermediary observes multiple features of the sender and aggregates them into a score. Based on the score, the receiver takes a decision. The sender wants the most favorable decision, and she can distort each feature at a privately known cost. I characterize the most accurate scoring rule. This rule underweights some features to deter sender distortion, and overweights other features so that the score is correct on average. The receiver prefers this score to full disclosure because the aggregated information mitigates his commitment problem.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:42:44 -0500 2020-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 2020-10-09T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: The Global Financial Resource Curse (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78087 78087-19963473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Since the late 1990s, the United States has received large capital flows from developing countries - a phenomenon known as the global saving glut - and experienced a productivity growth slowdown. Motivated by these facts, we provide a model connecting international financial integration and global productivity growth. The key feature is that the tradable sector is the engine of growth of the economy. Capital flows from developing countries to the United States boost demand for U.S. non-tradable goods, inducing a reallocation of U.S. economic activity from the tradable sector to the non-tradable one. In turn, lower profits in the tradable sector lead firms to cut back investment in innovation. Since innovation in the United States determines the evolution of the world technological frontier, the result is a drop in global productivity growth. This effect, which we dub the global financial resource curse,
can help explain why the global saving glut has been accompanied by subdued investment and growth, in spite of low global interest rates.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 02 Oct 2020 08:42:47 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: Selling two identical objects (Joint work with Sushil Bikhchandani) (October 16, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81678 81678-20941462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
It is well-known that optimal (i.e., revenue-maximizing) selling mechanisms in multidimensional type spaces may involve randomization. We study mechanisms for selling two identical, indivisible objects to a single buyer. We analyze two settings: (i) decreasing marginal values (DMV) and (ii) increasing marginal values (IMV). Thus, the two marginal values of the buyer are not independent. We obtain sufficient conditions on the distribution of buyer values for the existence of an optimal mechanism that is deterministic.
In the DMV model, we show that under a well-known condition, it is optimal to sell the first unit deterministically. Under the same sufficient condition, a bundling mechanism (which is deterministic) is optimal in the IMV model. Under a stronger sufficient condition, a deterministic mechanism is optimal in the DMV model.
Our results apply to heterogenous objects when there is a specified sequence in which the two objects must be sold.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:46:18 -0500 2020-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T14:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (October 16, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78077 78077-19957576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/wAegqGt6tqkWaXdx9

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:18:23 -0400 2020-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
U.S.-China relations during COVID-19: Finding a path forward (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76231 76231-19679532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join the conversation: #policytalks.

Panelists:

Ken Lieberthal, senior fellow emeritus in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings

Mary Gallagher, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, and faculty associate at the Center for Comparative Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan

Ann Lin, Associate Professor of Public Policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan

Moderator:

Michael S. Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law

For more information visit http://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/us-china-relations-during-covid-19-finding-path-forward

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:27:53 -0400 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ann Lin, Ken Lieberthal, and Mary Gallagher
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Structural Change, Inequality, and Capital Flows (October 20, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78689 78689-20105425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:31:14 -0400 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Alum Connections: Ben Patch (October 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78586 78586-20068094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Alum Connections with Ben Patch, VP of Finance at Pagerduty

Ben Patch has served as the Vice President of Finance at Pagerduty (NYSE: PD) since 2016, playing an integral role in building the company’s finance function and taking the company through its successful 2018 IPO. Join his session to learn how Ben (Economics and Accounting ‘93) leveraged his LSA degree into a multi-faceted career in finance, developed a speciality in businesses experiencing extremely rapid growth, and how finance works from an operational perspective.

About Ben:

Ben Patch is a seasoned finance and strategy executive with experience in corporate finance, strategy, fundraising, and mergers and acquisitions in both publicly held and venture-backed private companies.

Ben began his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen LLP and has held management roles at Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), Adchemy (acquired by Walmart.com), and has advised a variety of rapidly growing technology firms. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A current LSA undergraduate student interested in finance or accounting
Seeking clarity around finance roles with publicly traded and venture-backed private companies
Interested in the intersection of tech and finance

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain information on finance roles from an operational perspective (how things really work and how to think about real world applications for finance)
Get a sense of how the finance role works within a large tech firm
Gain access to answers surrounding the role of finance in navigating an IPO

RSVP today to be part of the conversation.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:07:23 -0400 2020-10-22T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Ben Patch Photo
Quantitative Methods in my Work (and at U-M!) Speaker Series (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78570 78570-20066106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

Join us as LSA/QMSS undergrads, Chloe Aronoff and Lillian Kleinknecht, interview U-M faculty researchers about their work and visions for Quantitative Research in our changing and data drive world.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:48:42 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Livestream / Virtual QMSS Session 1 flyer
Bridging the Gap Series: Women in State Government Panel (October 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78591 78591-20068100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

Leading Women of Tomorrow at the University of Michigan is hosting the first event in its new Bridging the Gap Series on Thursday, October 22nd from 7-8:30pm!

The first event will be a Women in State Government Panel featuring Michigan State Representatives Christine Greig, Kristy Pagan, and Padma Kuppa. Each representative will introduce themselves followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:20:21 -0500 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - Women in State Gov Panel
Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe (October 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77315 77315-19838096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details

We compute rates of absolute upward income mobility for the 1960-1987 birth cohorts in eight countries in North America and Europe. Rates and trends in absolute mobility varied dramatically across countries during this period: the US and Canada saw upward mobility rates near 50% for recent cohorts, while countries like Norway and Finland saw sustained rates above 70%. Decomposition analysis suggests that differences in the marginal income distributions, especially the amount of cross-cohort income inequality, were the primary driver of differing mobility rates across countries. We also demonstrate that absolute mobility rates can be accurately estimated without linked parent-child data.


BIO:

Robert Manduca is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan. His research focuses on the consequences of economic inequality for society, and on the determinants of urban and regional economic development. He received his PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University and his Master's in City Planning from MIT.

PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:29:52 -0400 2020-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Brown Bag seminar
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Ram Kuppuswamy (October 26, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78845 78845-20131231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Ram shares insights from his experiences in leading teams at organizations like Walmart, Nokia, and Airtel as they faced seismic strategic changes, volatile business environments, and unprecedented operational pressures. “There are common leadership themes that emerge for successful teams in the midst of these challenges which have helped them be resilient and grow stronger. Over the years, I have had the incredible opportunity to learn through my personal failures and success stories.”

Join us as we explore these common themes and discuss the value of leading disruptive change!

Who should attend? Free webinar is open to the public.

Ram Kuppuswamy is a global leader with 20+ years of experience in senior-level executive roles and accomplishments across Fortune 100 Technology and Retail companies. He started his career as a consultant and served as Principal in the Operations and Retail Practice at Kearney, New York. Since then, Ram has been leading supply chain and operations transformations for technology and telecommunications leaders across the world — as Managing Director of Operations at Nokia HQ in Salo (Finland), where he launched the first Windows Phone (Lumia) in record time, Senior Director and Head of Sourcing at Microsoft in Beijing (China), and Global CPO at Airtel, where he managed a $12B supply chain for the second-largest telecom network in the world with operations in 17 countries across South-Asia and Africa. Currently, he is leading sales for strategic accounts in Asia-Pacific and Japan as Field Commerce Executive at VMWare (Dell Technologies).

Given this rich blend of experiences within a vast spectrum of geographies and industries, Ram is truly a Leader in Global Operations. He has led large and highly diverse teams of varied competencies, cultures, and educational backgrounds from all over the world. His operational expertise includes planning, manufacturing ecosystems, sourcing, logistics, transportation, customer fulfillment, and optimizing supply chains.

LINK TO WEBINAR AND QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKER: http://myumi.ch/yKGoW

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session

UPCOMING MEETINGS: Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events: http://myumi.ch/VPx4z

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact Shreya Agawal (MSE-IOE 2022) shreyaa@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer Shreya Agrawal shreyaa@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Follow Tauber on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

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Presentation Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:10:40 -0400 2020-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Ram Kuppuswamy, Field Commerce Executive, VMware, Inc.
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Black Economic Progress in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools (October 27, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78911 78911-20152765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:56:07 -0400 2020-10-27T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-27T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Political Economy Workshop (PEW) (October 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76973 76973-19782536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Economy Workshop (PEW)

David Yang is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His research focuses on political economy, behavioral and experimental economics, economic history, and cultural economics. In particular, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes, drawing lessons from historical and contemporary China.

Email political-economy-workshop@umich.edu for the meeting link.

PEW provides a unique forum for doctoral students and faculty members to share and develop interdisciplinary research in political economy. Political science and economics are intimately linked in both substance and methodology, and the field of political economy is among the most fertile and enduring areas for cross-disciplinary research in the social sciences. Currently, PEW is the sole interdisciplinary workshop at the University of Michigan wholly dedicated to the exploration of current research in political economy, and thus plays a valuable role in fostering connections among the university’s various departments and schools.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:12:10 -0400 2020-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Political Economy Workshop (PEW) Livestream / Virtual David Yang
Quantitative Methods in my Work (at U-M!) (October 29, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78831 78831-20131190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

This session will be facilitated by U-M LSA/QMSS students, Sarah Childs and Jack Lee

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:39:00 -0400 2020-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Lecture / Discussion Session 2 flyer
Economics at Work (October 30, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78078 78078-19957577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/nCQSPmbG9in5xSoN8

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:22:28 -0400 2020-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Demand Shocks, Staffing Decisions, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Introduction of a Food Delivery Platform in Colombia (November 3, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78920 78920-20154730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:59:09 -0400 2020-11-03T11:30:00-05:00 2020-11-03T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (November 4, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79058 79058-20184340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Details to Come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Other Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:22:57 -0400 2020-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Other Econ Umich
Economics at Work (November 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78079 78079-19957578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/QYre9DYYtmq8Wpe89

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:25:52 -0400 2020-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: Persuading Statisticians (November 6, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81680 81680-20941464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
A decision maker (DM) contemplates whether to take a costly action. The DM does not know the action's value and relies on data and unbiased statistical inference to estimate it. The data are Bernoulli experiments governed by the action's value. A designer, who wishes the DM to take the action, controls the size of the data, i.e., the sample size, available to the DM. We establish that in many environments the designer's optimal sample size is the largest one satisfying that either a single --- or a simple majority --- of favorable realizations would persuade the DM to take the action.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:53:54 -0500 2020-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 2020-11-06T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Disguising Prejudice: Popular Rationales as Excuses for Intolerant Expression (November 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79006 79006-20170600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the use of popular rationales to justify public anti-minority actions. Rationales to oppose minorities change some people's private opinions, leading them to take anti-minority actions even if they are not prejudiced against minorities. When these rationales become widespread, prejudiced people can pool with unprejudiced people who are persuaded, decreasing the stigma associated with anti-minority expression and enabling greater public opposition to minority groups. In a first experiment, subjects learn that a previous respondent authorized a donation to an anti-immigrant organization and then make an inference about the respondent's underlying motivations. Subjects informed that their matched respondent learned about a study claiming that immigrants increase crime rates before authorizing the donation see the respondent as less intolerant and more easily persuadable. In a second experiment, subjects learn about that same study and then choose whether to authorize a publicly observable donation to the anti-immigrant organization. Subjects who are informed that their exposure to the rationale will be publicly observable are substantially more likely to make the donation than subjects who believe that their exposure will remain anonymous. Our findings suggest that prominent public figures can lower the social cost of intolerant expression by popularizing rationales, contributing to waves of anti-minority behavior.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:23:25 -0400 2020-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T11:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Legacies of Colonial Rule and the HIV Epidemic in Africa: Evidence from the Mozambique Company Concession (November 10, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78921 78921-20154731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:02:42 -0400 2020-11-10T11:30:00-05:00 2020-11-10T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: Democracy (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58831 58831-14563723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion we will choose to have.

A few readings to consider on the matter:
––Bioethics and Democracy
––Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
––Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
––How Democracy Can Inform Consent: Cases of the Internet and Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/050-democracy/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Together, we can read the blog (and probably do much more than that): https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:24:01 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Image 050. Democracy
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Scalable Expertise (November 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79059 79059-20184343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We document that aggregate or sectoral demand shocks have disproportionately bigger effects on larger firms. Changes in scope, the number of products/locations, plays a significant role in this heterogeneity. Motivated by these facts, we present a theory of firm size, where both scope and expertise (which determines revenues and profits) are chosen endogenously. The extent to which expertise is scalable (applicable to multiple products), as opposed to local (specific to a particular product), is also chosen by the firm. The model predicts rich heterogeneity in responses to a sector-wide demand shock: firms with higher revenue per product (conditional on scope) adjust their scope by less, while those with higher scope (conditional on revenue per peroduct) adjust by more. Using data on multi-product and multi-establishment firms, we provide empirical evidence in support of these predictions. We also construct a proxy for the scalability of the firm’s expertise and show that the predictions of the model with respect to the scalability of firm-level expertise, both in the cross-section and in response to shocks, are also consistent with the patterns observed in the data.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:22:03 -0500 2020-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
MESA Social Connectivity & Community Series Presents: Post Election Conversations (November 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78750 78750-20117230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The MESA Social Connectivity and Community Series invites the campus community from different backgrounds and social identities to come together to discuss various topics and current issues through the lens of race and ethnicity that will assist with the further understanding of intersectional identities within contexts of history, culture, and society. Each session is peer-led and aims to provide an informal and supportive environment for mutual learning through active listening, inquiring and deep reflection.

Register by visiting: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/4653

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:06:08 -0400 2020-11-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-11-11T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Livestream / Virtual Social Connectivity & Community Series
Quantitative Methods in my Work (and at U-M!) Speaker Series (November 12, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78761 78761-20121152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

*Facilitated by David Woodruff and Madeline Paxson*

Join us by Zoom as LSA/QMSS Undergrads interview and chat with UM faculty/researchers about their work and visions for Quantitative Research in our changing and data-driven world.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/3q92V

A Zoom will be provided to those who register!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:12:29 -0400 2020-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Lecture / Discussion Nov 12 flyer
Bridging the Gap Series: Women in Political Campaigns Panel (November 12, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79322 79322-20272780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

We are hosting the second event in our Bridging the Gap Series this Thursday, November 12th from 7-8:30pm!

The second event will be a Women in Political Campaigns Panel featuring Laura Marsh, Michigan Fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Kellie Lounds, Political Director for Debbie Dingell; and Carina Teoh, Multimedia Content Producer for Representative Elissa Slotkin and former Senior Videographer/Photographer on Mayor Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign.

Each panelist will introduce themselves and answer a few prepared questions, followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:22:46 -0500 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - Women in Political Campaigns Panel
The Old Globalization and the New Globalization (November 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79042 79042-20178457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Globalization isn’t dead, but it increasingly has to do more with trading ideas and services than with moving metal containers stuffed with manufactured goods. This talk will discuss how globalization is changing and why.
Marc Levinson is an independent historian, economist, and journalist whose career has centered on making complex economic issues understandable to the general public. Marc spent many years as an economic journalist, including a turn as finance and economics editor of The Economist in London. Returning to New York, he worked as an economist for J.P. Morgan Chase, developing a unique industry economics function and then initiating the bank’s environmental research for stock and bond investors. He later served as a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include the business classic The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger; The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, which won wide praise from across the political spectrum for exploring the tension between capitalism and competition in the U.S. economy; and An Extraordinary Time, showing how the sudden end of the postwar boom in the early 1970s led voters in many countries to turn away from activist government in favor of free-market ideas. He will be speaking about his latest book, Outside the Box, a lively history of globalization and its consequences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:25:29 -0400 2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Marc Levinson talk
Economics at Work (November 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78080 78080-19957579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/eLwgQ3wda3DmtZ6eA

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:28:58 -0400 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: Caution and Reference Effects (oint with Simone Cerreia-Vioglio and David Dillenberger) (November 13, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81681 81681-20941465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We establish a theoretical link between three phenomena at the core of behavioral economics: the Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and violations of Expected Utility as in the Certainty Effect. In our model, all jointly stem from one single force: uncertainty about the utility function to use and caution. Behaviorally, we show that our model is derived from positing a form of the certainty effect, that we show implies both Loss Aversion and the Endowment Effect. We analyze further implications of our model and demonstrate how it can organize existing empirical evidence of the Endowment Effect, and how it is conceptually and behaviorally distinct from other popular approaches, e.g., Cumulative Prospect Theory.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:56:40 -0500 2020-11-13T14:30:00-05:00 2020-11-13T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Central Bank of the Future Conference: Building a Financial System for a More Inclusive Economy (November 16, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77801 77801-19931623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 16, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

The University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law & Policy and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco are co-hosting the second “Central Bank of the Future” Conference on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 16 – 18, 2020. This event will be virtual, open to the public, and free to attend.

This event will build on the conference hosted last year by continuing to explore how central banks are evolving and their potential to foster greater financial and economic inclusion in the United States and worldwide. This year’s conference will examine how the three functions of a modern central bank could evolve to create a more inclusive financial system. Areas of exploration may include:

• How the functions of the modern central bank could shift to more
actively promote inclusion and address poverty, rather than
responding to exclusion,
• The potential for central banks to operate as new kinds of utilities
or direct service providers,
• The value and challenge of extending the regulatory perimeter to
supervise new products, services, and networks, and
• The role of technology and innovation within central banks to help
support both traditional and expanded functions.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:54:07 -0400 2020-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium CBOTF Conference
The Impact of Access to Clean Water on Cognitive and Physical Development: Evidence from Mexico's Programa de Agua Limpia. (November 16, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77316 77316-19838098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 16, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Dr. Brown will discuss The Impact of Access to Clean Water on Cognitive and Physical Development: Evidence from Mexico's Programa de Agua Limpia.


BIO:
Ryan Brown's research interests span multiple fields of applied microeconomics including development economics, labor economics, health economics, economic demography, and political economy.

Ryan's work has primarily focused on applying econometric techniques to population representative data in both developed and developing country settings, to examine how changes in the social, physical, and/or economic environment can have a persistent impact on health, preferences, and human capital accumulation. Recently, I have also begun to explore the relationship between the success of women competing for positions in entry-level positions and its subsequent impact on the gender gap at the top of the career ladder.

PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:22:41 -0400 2020-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-16T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Brown Bag seminar
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Wage Inequality and the Rise in Labor Force Exit: The Case of US Prime-Age Men (November 17, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78922 78922-20154732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:05:47 -0400 2020-11-17T11:30:00-05:00 2020-11-17T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Central Bank of the Future Conference: Building a Financial System for a More Inclusive Economy (November 17, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77801 77801-19931624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

The University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law & Policy and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco are co-hosting the second “Central Bank of the Future” Conference on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 16 – 18, 2020. This event will be virtual, open to the public, and free to attend.

This event will build on the conference hosted last year by continuing to explore how central banks are evolving and their potential to foster greater financial and economic inclusion in the United States and worldwide. This year’s conference will examine how the three functions of a modern central bank could evolve to create a more inclusive financial system. Areas of exploration may include:

• How the functions of the modern central bank could shift to more
actively promote inclusion and address poverty, rather than
responding to exclusion,
• The potential for central banks to operate as new kinds of utilities
or direct service providers,
• The value and challenge of extending the regulatory perimeter to
supervise new products, services, and networks, and
• The role of technology and innovation within central banks to help
support both traditional and expanded functions.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:54:07 -0400 2020-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium CBOTF Conference
Political Economy Workshop (PEW) (November 17, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76975 76975-19782537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Economy Workshop (PEW)

Email political-economy-workshop@umich.edu for the meeting link.

PEW provides a unique forum for doctoral students and faculty members to share and develop interdisciplinary research in political economy. Political science and economics are intimately linked in both substance and methodology, and the field of political economy is among the most fertile and enduring areas for cross-disciplinary research in the social sciences. Currently, PEW is the sole interdisciplinary workshop at the University of Michigan wholly dedicated to the exploration of current research in political economy, and thus plays a valuable role in fostering connections among the university’s various departments and schools.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:19:08 -0400 2020-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-17T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Political Economy Workshop (PEW) Livestream / Virtual Róbert Venyige
Central Bank of the Future Conference: Building a Financial System for a More Inclusive Economy (November 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77801 77801-19931625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center on Finance, Law, and Policy

The University of Michigan's Center on Finance, Law & Policy and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco are co-hosting the second “Central Bank of the Future” Conference on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 16 – 18, 2020. This event will be virtual, open to the public, and free to attend.

This event will build on the conference hosted last year by continuing to explore how central banks are evolving and their potential to foster greater financial and economic inclusion in the United States and worldwide. This year’s conference will examine how the three functions of a modern central bank could evolve to create a more inclusive financial system. Areas of exploration may include:

• How the functions of the modern central bank could shift to more
actively promote inclusion and address poverty, rather than
responding to exclusion,
• The potential for central banks to operate as new kinds of utilities
or direct service providers,
• The value and challenge of extending the regulatory perimeter to
supervise new products, services, and networks, and
• The role of technology and innovation within central banks to help
support both traditional and expanded functions.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:54:07 -0400 2020-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center on Finance, Law, and Policy Conference / Symposium CBOTF Conference
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Why does capital flow from equal to unequal countries? (November 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79060 79060-20184344@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Capital flows from equal to unequal countries. We document this empirical regularity in a large sample of advanced economies. The capital flows are largely driven by private savings. We propose a theory that can rationalize these findings: more unequal countries endogenously develop deeper financial markets. Households in unequal counties, in turn, borrow more, driving the observed direction of capital flows.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:12:16 -0500 2020-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Virtual Student Career Event is OPEN for Registration! (November 20, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78712 78712-20107419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

We have the Student Career Event for students of all levels. Companies that are providing opportunities for internships and careers are ready to talk with you on zoom! For registration, please visit the following webpage.
https://lsa.umich.edu/econ/rsqe/conference/networking-event.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:02:15 -0400 2020-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Careers / Jobs rsqe career event
Economic Theory: Outside Options and Optimal Bargaining Dynamics (November 20, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81682 81682-20941466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study how to design optimal bargaining strategies in a bargaining model with two players, P and A, when A’s outside option changes over time. We solve for P’s optimal strategy and find a new, but intuitive, set of bargaining dynamics. When A’s outside option increases, A is tempted to cease bargaining, leading P to increase A’s continuation by gradually promising A a larger share of the surplus (decreasing demands) and giving A more time to explore his outside option before being forced to make a decision (decreasing pressure). We explore comparative statics and show that although P ’s value of bargaining is decreasing in A’s outside option, it increases when the expected value of A’s outside option tomorrow rises. We show P’s optimal strategy can be implemented without commitment.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:59:53 -0500 2020-11-20T14:30:00-05:00 2020-11-20T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Impact of COVID-19 on Service Workers: Work Experiences & Concerns of food retail, food services, and hospitality workers (November 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79384 79384-20288598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Marie-Anne Rosemberg is an assistant professor in UM's School of Nursing.
ABSTRACT
Objectives: COVID-19 presents a unique burden specifically for workers in service industries not only because they are disproportionately at risk for contracting the virus but also because of their work-related burdens. We aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 on these workers.
Methods: This was a mixed-method study with a congruent triangulation design. Participants were recruited through social media. Each interview lasted up to 20 minutes. The survey data included demographic questions along with items from the CAGE and PC-PTSD questionnaires.
Results: Twenty-seven individuals completed audio-recorded phone interviews and 28 completed the survey. Participants were mostly women with an age range between 19 and 65. Participants worked in food retail (n=23), restaurant (n=25), and hospitality (n=7) industries. Length of time on the job ranged from two months to 25 years and 60% of the participants worked full time. Participants reported experiencing symptoms of depression and maladaptive coping. Job insecurity, change of job tasks, and work hours were the most common ways that COVID-19 affected the workers. Themes that emerged about participant’s concerns included being infected and/or unknowingly infecting others, the unknown, isolation, and work and customer demands. Constant changes relating to communication and protection measures were a major source of stress. There was discordance in the perceived level of threat of COVID-19. Most participants reported that their workplace complied with their state’s mandates for protection measures. While others reported lacking basic supplies such as soap, hand sanitizer, and masks.
Conclusions: In addition to their work experiences, COVID-19 has affected service workers at the financial, physical and mental levels. This study has implications of employers, occupational health and safety professionals and policy stakeholders.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:33:42 -0500 2020-11-24T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Impact of COVID-19 on Service Workers
Bioethics Discussion: The Coming Administration (November 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58832 58832-14563724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our (new?) government.

A few readings to consider:
––Three Ways to Politicize Bioethics
––Affording Obamacare
––Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement: The President’s Council on Bioethics, Moral Status, and Human Embryos
––The role of party politics in medical malpractice tort reforms

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/051-the-coming-administration/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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[OUR FIRST PLANNED REMOTE DISCUSSION]
While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:13:08 -0400 2020-11-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Coming Administration
Bioethics Discussion: The Coming Administration (November 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58832 58832-20382972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our (new?) government.

A few readings to consider:
––Three Ways to Politicize Bioethics
––Affording Obamacare
––Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement: The President’s Council on Bioethics, Moral Status, and Human Embryos
––The role of party politics in medical malpractice tort reforms

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/051-the-coming-administration/.

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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[OUR FIRST PLANNED REMOTE DISCUSSION]
While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:13:08 -0400 2020-11-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Coming Administration
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Loss Attitudes in the U.S. Population: Evidence from Dynamically Optimized Sequential Experimentation (DOSE) (December 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78715 78715-20107423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
To measure individual-level loss aversion in a representative sample of the U.S. population (N = 2,000), we introduce DOSE—Dynamically Optimized Sequential Experimentation. We find that around 50% of the U.S. population is loss tolerant. This is
counter to earlier findings, which mostly come from lab/student samples, that a strong majority of participants are loss averse. Loss attitudes are correlated with cognitive ability: loss aversion is more prevalent in people with high cognitive ability, and loss tolerance is more common in those with low cognitive ability. We also use DOSE to document facts about risk and time preferences, and demonstrate that DOSE elicitations are more accurate, more stable across time, and faster to administer than standard methods.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:29:10 -0400 2020-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2020-12-01T11:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Combating COVID-19: Measuring and Changing Beliefs, Knowledge, and Behaviors - Part 2 (December 1, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78925 78925-20154734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:23:48 -0500 2020-12-01T11:30:00-05:00 2020-12-01T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (December 2, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79061 79061-20184345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:19:16 -0500 2020-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 2020-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Near Term to Net Zero: A New Approach to Setting Carbon Prices (December 2, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78892 78892-20139089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Join Citizens' Climate Lobby for a presentation on a new method for determining the carbon price needed to achieve net zero CO2 emissions.

Economists widely agree that putting a price on fossil fuels is the most effective tool for reducing carbon emissions. But what level of carbon price is needed to reduce carbon emissions fast enough to prevent catastrophic climate change?

Prof. Alexander R. Barron will present a new method he and colleagues have developed to calculate the necessary carbon price. Their work was recently published in the paper "A near-term to net zero alternative to the social cost of carbon for setting carbon prices," N. Kaufman, A. Barron, W. Krawczyk, P. Marsters and H. McJeon, Nature Climate Change. As the authors have written,

"This approach enables policymakers to use both climate science and economics to chart an effective, efficient pathway to net-zero emissions."

Dr. Barron is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at Smith College. Before joining Smith, he worked in Congress to design comprehensive climate legislation (including the American Clean Energy and Security Act), and covered international climate negotiations. He also worked in the Office of Policy at the EPA, where he advised senior EPA leadership and worked on standards to reduce carbon pollution (e.g., the Clean Power Plan), cross-state air pollution, and mercury and other toxics. He also helped guide EPA’s work on environmental economics and climate adaptation.

The presentation will be followed by time for discussion.

Please register using the Eventbrite Registration link. Zoom connection instructions will be sent via email prior to the event.

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor and University of Michigan chapters of Citizens' Climate Lobby.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:36:49 -0400 2020-12-02T20:00:00-05:00 2020-12-02T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion Photo of smoke stacks and inset photo of Dr. Alex Barron with text "Near Term to Net Zero: A New Approach to Setting Carbon Prices. Dr. Alexander Barron, Smith College"
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Collaborative Dishonesty: A Meta-Study (December 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78687 78687-20105422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Whereas dishonesty is often a result of collaborative efforts, it is commonly studied in individual settings. We present the first meta-study on collaborative dishonesty, reviewing 51,640 decisions, made by 3,264 individuals. Results reveal that people are influenced by their partners’ lies: They lie more (i) in collaborative than in individual settings, (ii) when their partners lie, and (iii) in later stages of the interaction.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:04:37 -0400 2020-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2020-12-08T11:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): The Impact of Trade on Development: Evidence from Pastoralist Practices on the Ancient Silk Road/ Effects of Paid Family Leave on Older Adults (December 8, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78923 78923-20154733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:25:09 -0500 2020-12-08T11:30:00-05:00 2020-12-08T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Residential College Social Theory & Practice Senior Thesis Presentations (December 8, 2020 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79590 79590-20428439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

You're invited to join our senior Social Theory & Practice (STP) majors as they present their thesis research on topics ranging from sustainable food in MDining to dialectical steps toward non-capitalism, Tuesday December 8 from 4:10 - 5:30pm at https://umich.zoom.us/j/97960464467.

The Residential College STP major supports students in developing the analytical and practical skills necessary for active engagement in the world and for building careers that promote equality and responsible citizenship. Students learn theories, methods, and strategies that enable them to understand and critique social structures and processes, and choose a focus of study that can encompass sociology, political science, history, anthropology, economics, education, environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, geography, and psychology to approach current issues in U.S. society and the global environment. Like our students, no two STP major plans are alike.

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Presentation Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:04:00 -0500 2020-12-08T16:10:00-05:00 2020-12-08T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Presentation Photos of all presenters and their topics
Complex Systems Presents: A Nobel Symposium (December 10, 2020 1:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79125 79125-20209862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM LINK: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

Registration not required. Free and open to the public. This virtual event features UM faculty experts in each of the six prize fields. Each will present for 25 minutes and take questions for 10 minutes

1:10 - 1:15 Welcome remarks Charlie Doering CSCS Director

1:15 - 1:50 CHEMISTRY | Nils Walter Chemistry, Biophysics and Biological Chemistry LSA and Medical School

1:50 - 2:25 MEDICINE OR PHYSIOLOGY | Katherine Spindler Microbiology and Immunology Medical School

2:25 - 3:00 PHYSICS | Lydia Bieri Mathematics and Doug Richstone  Astronomy LSA

3:00 - 3:35 ECONOMICS | Tilman Börgers Economics

3:35 - 4:10 LITERATURE | Linda Gregerson Literature LSA

4:10 - 4:45 PEACE | Susan Waltz Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy

Information about the 2020 prizes and our speakers:

*Chemistry:*
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing."

Speaker: *Nils Walter*, Francis S Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Biophysics and Biological Chemistry – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Medical School

*Physiology or Medicine:*
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to *Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton* and *Charles M. Rice* “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”. Thanks to their discovery, highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available and these have essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in many parts of the world, greatly improving global health.

Speaker: *Katherine Spindler,* Professor of Microbiology and Immunology – Michigan Medicine

*Physics:*
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to *Roger Penrose* “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity" and the other half jointly to *Reinhard Genzel* and *Andrea Ghez* "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy".

Speaker: *Lydia Bieri*, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director, Michigan Center for Applied & Interdisciplinary Mathematics and *Doug Richstone*, Lawrence H Aller Collegiate Professor of Astronomy – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

*Economics:*
This year’s Laureates, *Paul Milgrom* UM-LSA Mathematics Alum! and *Robert Wilson*, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies. Their discoveries have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world.

Speaker:* Tilman Börgers*, Samuel Zell Professor of the Economics of Risk – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

*Literature:*
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

Speaker: *Linda Gregerson*, Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature – College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

*Peace:*
'Combatting the threat of hunger' The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the *World Food Programme (WFP)*. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. In 2019, the WFP provided assistance to close to 100 million people in 88 countries who are victims of acute food insecurity and hunger.

The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization focused on hunger and food security. Founded in 1961, it is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries

Speaker: *Susan Waltz*, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy

Read more about the details of each of the 2020 prizes here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:19:38 -0500 2020-12-10T13:10:00-05:00 2020-12-10T16:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Nobel Symposium Poster
Human Capital, History, Demography & Development (H2D2): Income Effects in Early Childhood/ Do Urgent Care Centers Increase Access to Care and Decrease Healthcare Costs? (December 15, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78926 78926-20154735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

To join the seminar, please visit the following webpage.
https://sites.google.com/view/h2d2/seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:17:39 -0400 2020-12-15T11:30:00-05:00 2020-12-15T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: The Madness of Crowds (January 12, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58834 58834-14563726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on popular delusions.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings from the madding crowd:
––The Liverpool Cholera Epidemic of 1 and Anatomical Dissection—Medical Mistrust and Civil Unrest
––The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review in the Web Era
––The Hippocratic Thorn in Bioethics’ Hide: Cults, Sects, and Strangeness
––The Importance of Complying with Vaccination Protocols in Developed Countries: “Anti-Vax” Hysteria and the Spread of Severe Preventable Diseases

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/053-the-madness-of-crowds/.

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It would be shear madness if you did not crowd the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:42:27 -0500 2021-01-12T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-12T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion The Madness of Crowds
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Social Learning in Groups: an Experimental Study (January 13, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79776 79776-20491896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
A large literature in economics and finance has shown the dangers associated with — and the inefficiencies that arise from — the imitation of others’ actions, and from herd behavior in particular. We contribute to this literature by providing empirical evidence of the benefits of imitation in repeated social learning environments. We show experimentally that observing the actions of others improves the quality of decisions and leads to higher information aggregation rates, even in settings where the actions of others do not provide additional information, beyond the private information available to agents.
Specifically, we conduct a series of controlled laboratory experiments, in which subjects repeatedly try to estimate an unknown state of nature while observing private information that arrives sequentially, and, depending on the treatment, additional observations of others. There are no direct externalities in this setting, and each subject is rewarded independently of others for estimating correctly. Between treatments, we vary the information available to subjects at the time they make their guesses. This simple setting allows us to address two questions. First, we document whether at all and to what extent people are capable of extracting the information contained in their peers’ private signals by observing their actions, in a repeated setting. Second, we study the usefulness of observing other people’s decisions when private signals of others are also available, and, thus, others' actions should be irrelevant.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:10:32 -0500 2021-01-13T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-13T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
An Economic Forecast for 2021 (January 14, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80282 80282-20676401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

The speakers will provide us with some insight into what to expect in Michigan and the U.S. economies in 2021. They will address the causes for their concerns and options for retirees to address these issues.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 31 Dec 2020 21:22:00 -0500 2021-01-14T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-14T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Livestream / Virtual
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): The Misallocation of Women’s Talent Across Countries: Evidence from Personnel Data (Ashraf, Bandiera, Minni, Quintas-Martinez) (January 20, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80593 80593-20759751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Women labor force participation varies widely: in Pakistan one worker in five is a woman, in Sweden every other worker is. We study the effect of these differences on the misallocation of talent. To do so we first show that selection into the labor force is positive, namely, the hgiher the barrier the more able the women who work and then use personnel data of a global MNE to estimate a structural model of pay setting within the firm, allowing the parameters to respond to local conditions. We show that the average ability of women in the workforce is higher than men’s and the ratio is largest where LFP is lower. We quantify the role of social norms and discuss policy alternatives

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:17:03 -0500 2021-01-20T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 23, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Bioethics Discussion: Population Control (January 26, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58835 58835-14563727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on limiting ourselves.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings to consider:
––Population Control Policies and Fertility Convergence
––Contraception and its ethical considerations
––Must Growth Doom the Planet?
––The Population Control Holocaust

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/054-population-control/.

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The masses will not be controlled at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:42:14 -0500 2021-01-26T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Population Control
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Identity and Underrepresentation: Interactions between Race and Gender (with Bary Pradelski) (January 27, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80368 80368-20711697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Economic outcomes vary significantly across socio-demographic groups. In a model
of multi-dimensional identity, we show how economic underrepresentation can evolve
through identity-specific norms. Whereas standard approaches treat identity dimensions as independent, our analysis reveals deep connections between inequality and underrepresentation based on race, gender and other characteristics. `Sterilized interventions' along a single identity dimension are impossible. Interventions that aim to reduce underrepresentation along one identity dimension can increase underrepresentation along another. We show how underrepresentation can be eliminated along every dimension, through a system of (a) self- financing subsidies or (b) role models, where interventions are connected across identity dimensions.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:23:41 -0500 2021-01-27T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Problem in China (January 27, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81233 81233-20877905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
How does energy regulation affect production and energy use within conglomerates? We study the effects of a prominent program aimed at reducing the energy use of large Chinese companies. Difference-in-differences analyses show that regulated firms significantly reduce their energy consumption and output but do not increase their energy efficiency. Using detailed business registration data, we link regulated firms to non-regulated firms that are part of the same conglomerate. We estimate large spillovers on cross-owned non-regulated firms, which increase both output and energy use. We then specify and calibrate a model of conglomerate production that fits our setting and the estimated effects of the regulation. The model quantifies the importance of conglomerate reallocation for aggregate outcomes, the shadow cost of the regulation, and the efficiency gains from using public information on business networks to improve the design of energy regulation.


* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:34:31 -0500 2021-01-27T16:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Privacy@Michigan: Privacy Day Discussion with Guest Speaker Sarah Igo (January 28, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80919 80919-20832763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

What’s in a number? In the case of the U.S. Social Security number, the now-familiar nine digits hold a fascinating story about modern citizenship, governance and data. Starting in 1936, the SSN was affixed to more and more American lives, spurring new uses of punch cards and filing systems as well as novel dilemmas about personal data. This talk gives a brief history of the SSN and what it reveals about the changing state of “our” information.

Speaker: Sarah Igo, acclaimed author and historian
Presentation: “Nine Digits: A Brief History of Data, Privacy and the SSN”
Webinar: Thursday, January 28 • 4 – 5 p.m.
More info: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/privacy-at-michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:36:43 -0500 2021-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Privacy@Michigan Webinar - Speaker: Sarah Igo
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
AIG (American Institutions Group) (January 29, 2021 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81268 81268-20879907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:05pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG will discuss a recent paper by Suryanaryan and White in American Political Science Review (APSR): "Slavery, Reconstruction and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South" (2020).

AIG is a group of graduate students and faculty who meet to discuss American institutions. For the first half of our meetings, we talk about our research, happenings in the field, and politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email Jared Cory and Benjamin Lempert (blempert@umich.edu) for the meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:58:02 -0500 2021-01-29T12:05:00-05:00 2021-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location American Institutions Group (AIG) Livestream / Virtual Flag
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 30, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 31, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Homophily, Peer Effects and Dishonesty (with Liza Charroin and Bernard Fortin) (February 3, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80199 80199-20596097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
If individuals tend to behave like their peers, is it because of conformity, that is, the preference of people to align behavior with the behavior of their peers, homophily, that is, the tendency of people to bond with similar others, or both? We address this question in the context of ethical dilemmas. Using a peer effects model, we designed a real-effort laboratory experiment in which individuals could misreport their performance to earn more. Participants initially worked in isolation and then, depending on the condition, they were assigned peers at random or they could select their peers based on a signal on their past (dis-)honesty. This allowed us to estimate i) the effect of conformity on lying behavior, ii) the presence of homophily, and iii) whether the endogenous choice of peers generates a self-selection bias in the estimation of conformity. Our results reveal the presence of conformity on lying and homophily in the selection of peers but only among participants who were already behaving dishonestly in isolation. Participants who behaved honestly in isolation are indifferent to the information received about peers and thus, do not exhibit any preference for homophily. Conditional on the absence of a self-selection bias due to homophily, the size of peer effects is similar when peers are assigned exogenously and when they are selected by individuals.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:27:46 -0500 2021-02-03T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (February 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81270 81270-20879909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:17:13 -0500 2021-02-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Executive Decision Making (February 3, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81238 81238-20877910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Central Student Government

Please join Dean Michael Barr, Professor Barbara McQuade, and Towsley Policymaker Javed Ali to discuss how these past weeks in our nation have unfolded and opportunities for Americans to move forward. Join us as they provide insight into fundamental questions regarding the effects of government policymaking on civic life and opportunities for bipartisanship

Link to Register: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mzGM3JgrSUKeOfEri9Fksw

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:11:49 -0500 2021-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Central Student Government Conference / Symposium Panelists
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Economics at Work (February 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80969 80969-20824900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/qsxyePpgCqa7Vuyt7

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:50:33 -0500 2021-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
MIDAS Seminar Series and ICPSR Co-present: Misty Heggeness, Research Economist, US Census Bureau (February 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81038 81038-20838680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

I examine the impact of the COVID-19 shock on parents’ labor supply during the initial stages of the pandemic. Using difference-in-difference estimation and monthly panel data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), I compare labor market attachment, non-work activity, hours worked, and earnings and wages of those in areas with early school closures and stay-in-place orders with those in areas with delayed or no pandemic closures. While there was no immediate impact on detachment or unemployment, mothers with jobs in early closure states were 68.8 percent more likely than mothers in late closure states to have a job but not be working as a result of early shutdowns. There was no effect on working fathers or working women without school age children. Mothers who continued working increased their work hours relative to comparable fathers; this effect, however, appears entirely driven by a reduction in fathers’ hours worked. Overall, the pandemic appears to have induced a unique immediate juggling act for working parents of school age children. Mothers took a week of leave from formal work; fathers working fulltime, for example, reduced their hours worked by 0.53 hours over the week. While experiences were different for mothers and fathers, each are vulnerable to scarring and stunted opportunities for career growth and advancement due to the pandemic.

Misty Heggeness is Principal Economist and Senior Advisor for Evaluations and Experiments at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Heggeness has a PhD from the University of Minnesota. She has worked as a research economist in the U.S. federal government since 2010 and also held positions at the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Labor. She teaches a course on policy analysis and evaluation at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on survey response quality, poverty & inequality, gender, and the high skilled workforce and has appeared in outlets like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Nature, and Science. At the Census Bureau, she leads a high-profile initiative to integrate the Census Bureau’s major frames and co-leads a 2020 administrative records census project.

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Presentation Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:38:52 -0500 2021-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Misty Heggeness
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Bioethics Discussion: Sex (February 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58836 58836-14563728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on what we do.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings to consider:
––Sex Differences in Institutional Support for Junior Biomedical Researchers
––Sex as an important biological variable in biomedical research
––Deciding on Gender in Children with Intersex Conditions: Considerations and Controversies
––The Use of Sex Robots: A Bioethical Issue

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/055-sex/.

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Not going to make a sex joke. We're above that here. All the same, please come to the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:42:03 -0500 2021-02-09T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-09T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Sex
Poverty: Looking from the Inside Out (February 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79851 79851-20509625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

If you've ever wondered why people in poverty can't seem to break out of its grip, sometimes even for generations, then this class is for you.

Together we will explore the dynamics of poverty-looking at what keeps people in it, what's needed to break out of it, and how we can all play a role in building community to end poverty.

Class includes hands-on simulations, thoughtful discussion, and personal stories of struggle and transformation. The final class focuses on solutions and will feature dynamic programs making a real difference right here in Washtenaw County.

Suzanne Van Dam leads this group that meets Wednesday for four weeks beginning on February 10. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:09:50 -0500 2021-02-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Costly information acquisition in centralized matching markets (February 10, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80355 80355-20705820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Every year during school and college admissions, students and their parents devote considerable time and effort to acquiring costly information about their own preferences. In a market where students are ranked by universities based on exam scores, we use a market design approach to explore ways to reduce wasteful information acquisition, that is, to help students avoid acquiring information about their out-of-reach schools or universities. We find that, both theoretically and experimentally, a sequential serial dictatorship mechanism leads to less wasteful information acquisition and higher student welfare than a direct serial dictatorship mechanism. This is because the sequential mechanism informs students about which universities are willing to admit them, thereby directing their search. Additionally, our experiments show that the sequential mechanism has behavioral advantages because subjects deviate from the optimal search strategy less frequently under the sequential than under the direct mechanism. We also investigate the effects of providing historical cutoff scores under the direct mechanism. We find that the provision of cutoffs can increase student welfare especially when the information costs are high, although the effect is smaller than that of a sequential mechanism.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:28:32 -0500 2021-02-10T15:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T16:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Owning Up: Closely Held Firms and Wealth Inequality (February 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81271 81271-20879910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

This paper studies how wealth inequality is shaped by frictions in debt and equity markets. Using micro data on households and firms for a set of Eurozone countries, I document that in countries with greater wealth inequality, there are more privately held firms and ownership of publicly traded firms is more concentrated. I develop a dynamic general equilibrium model in which entrepreneurs have the option to run a private firm and issue debt, or go public and also issue outside equity. Both forms of external finance are subject to country-specific frictions. More access to debt increases output as well as inequality. More access to outside equity also increases output, but reduces inequality. When parameters are chosen to match the facts I document on firm ownership and financing, the model predicts differences in wealth concentration across countries that closely fit the data. Quantitatively, I find that frictions in equity markets are the key driver of these differences in inequality -- they are nearly six times as important as frictions in debt markets.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:34:35 -0500 2021-02-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 14, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Labor Economics: Segregation, Capital, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality (February 17, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81195 81195-20872021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:51:34 -0500 2021-02-17T14:30:00-05:00 2021-02-17T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: How do firms build market share? (with David Argente, Doireann Fitzgerald, and Anthony Priolo) (February 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81274 81274-20879911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Firms are born small, grow, and die. We investigate an explanation for this process based on frictions in the accumulation of customers, across and within markets segmented by geography. We use matched retail scanner and TV advertising data on consumer food to show that entrants grow both by adding customers in new markets and by reaching new customers in continuing markets. Growth in market share within markets is not associated with changes in markups, but is associated with advertising. We use these facts to motivate and estimate a structural model of customer accumulation within and across markets. This allows us to estimate both the distribution of intrinsic heterogeneity across firms, and frictions in the accumulation of customers. We find that these frictions contribute substantially to heterogeneity in firm size, and to the gradual process of firm growth.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:16:22 -0500 2021-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Lisa D. Cook on diversity and innovation (February 18, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80170 80170-20572617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 18, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a discussion between Lisa D. Cook and Betsey Stevenson on economics, development, diversity, and innovation. Professor Cook's research on innovation and diversity has shown that while both women and underrepresented minorities have earned an increasing share of bachelor’s degrees and advanced degrees in fields most associated with invention, patent activity for these groups has not increased. What does this disparity reveal about our economy and how can we close the gap? What policies might be put in place to help encourage innovation among underrepresented groups?

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:48:26 -0500 2021-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lisa D. Cook
Economics at Work (February 19, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80970 80970-20824901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/pDtVWES5EHkqbzxC6

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:20:15 -0500 2021-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work Timothy Hurd
Economic History: Centrality of Slavery (February 23, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81865 81865-20982954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:40:20 -0500 2021-02-23T14:30:00-05:00 2021-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): How Social Stratification Affects Information Processing (February 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80767 80767-20785457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The United States has long been, and continues to be, a highly segregated society. When societies separate groups of people in the ways that we do in the U.S., that separation has not only economic, political, and sociological consequences, it also affects the psychology of the people in those societies due to social cognitive processes. In this talk, I will share recent findings from my program of research that has been using the United States as a context to examine how patterns of segregation and other forms of social stratification seep into the mind and affect how people perceive and make meaning of the world around them. I will also discuss the consequences of those meaning-making processes for people’s judgments, motivations, and decisions, particularly in the domains of education, health, and environmental sustainability. I will conclude with implications of this research for social scientific theories, and the practical application of those theories.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:36:39 -0500 2021-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics and Macroeconomics: Infrequent Wage Adjustment and Unemployment Dynamics (joint with Axel Gottfries, Pawel Krolikowski and Gary Solon) (February 24, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81197 81197-20872024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We seek to provide a synthesis of the allocative effects of infrequent wage adjustment in long-term employment relationships subject to idiosyncratic shocks. We devise a new theory of wage dynamics that follow a “drunken walk,” whereby wages adjust minimally to satisfy participation constraints of firm and worker. The theory is amenable to analytical solution for the endogenous wage adjustment bounds, and is easily embedded into canonical models of aggregate labor market equilibrium, allowing a study of allocative implications for unemployment dynamics. A variety of extensions to accommodate an inflationary environment, on-the-job search, and costly wage cuts further allow an interpretation of recent evidence on nominal wage adjustment, base vs. non-base pay, and the possibility of inefficient separations.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:44:25 -0500 2021-02-24T14:30:00-05:00 2021-02-24T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (February 26, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80973 80973-20824902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:19:48 -0500 2021-02-26T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Economic History: Understanding Persistence (March 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81490 81490-20901736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:31:26 -0500 2021-03-02T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Distinguished University Professorships (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81694 81694-20943443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University and Development Events

President Mark S. Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins
invite you to join them online to honor and celebrate three
Distinguished University Professorship awardees as they present
on their career work in our 2021 lecture series.

Moderated by Michael Solomon, Dean and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, the spring 2021 event features Distinguished University Professors Paul Courant (Economics and Public Policy), Deborah Goldberg (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), and Judith Irvine (Linguistic Anthropology).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:42:38 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Spring 2021 Distinguished University Professorship awardees and lecturers
Labor Economics: Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors (March 3, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82519 82519-21114094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Individuals in low-income settings are often overly pessimistic about survival risk. This paper provides evidence from a randomized experiment that provided mature adults aged 45+ in Malawi with information about population mortality risks. We find a positive treatment effect on expectations about population survival and about HIV transmission risk associated with having multiple sex partners. The latter is driven by the expectations of HIV+ people living longer, making the pool of potential partners riskier. Consistent with the change in perceived HIV transmission risk, treated individuals are less likely to engage in risky sexual practices one year after the intervention.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:49:30 -0500 2021-03-03T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81275 81275-20879913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:46:14 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bridging the Gap Series: UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82565 82565-21118087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

We are hosting the third event in our Bridging the Gap Series Thursday, March 4th from 7-8:30pm!

The third event will be a UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel featuring Kari Rea, Government Affairs Manager at the Partnership for Public Service; Frankie Moore, Director of Development at Community Action Network of Ann Arbor; and Emily Slavkin, Grassroots Director of Government Programs at Teach Coalition.

Each panelist will introduce themselves and answer a few prepared questions, followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:18:33 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - UMich Alumnae in Public Service PAnel
Michigan India Conference (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81742 81742-20949398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We provide the first empirical analysis of the relationship between algorithmic pricing (AP) and competition by studying the impact of adoption in Germany's retail gasoline market, where software became widely available in 2017. Because adoption dates are unknown, we identify adopting stations by testing for structural breaks in AP markers, finding most breaks to be around the time of widespread AP introduction. Because station adoption is endogenous, we instrument using headquarter adoption. Adoption increases margins, but only for non-monopoly stations. In duopoly markets, margins increase only if both stations adopt, suggesting that AP has a significant effect on competition.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:44:53 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80974 80974-20824904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/QGLeJBnhvd4UPui38

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:46:57 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 5, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Economic Theory: Reputation Building under Obervational Learning (March 5, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82699 82699-21161633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
I study a social learning model where a sequence of myopic players observe their predecessors’ actions as well as some private signals, and then forecast the behavior of a strategic long-run player. A sequence of buyers interact with a patient seller, who is either a strategic type or a commitment type that plays the optimal commitment action in every period. When each buyer observes all previous buyers’ actions and a bounded subset of the seller’s past actions, there exist equilibria in which the patient seller receives his minmax payoff since the speed of learning goes to zero as the seller becomes patient. When each buyer observes all previous buyers’ actions and an unboundedly informative private signal about the seller’s current-period action, the speed of learning is bounded away from zero and a patient seller receives at least his optimal commitment payoff in all equilibria.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:53:36 -0500 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 9, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-09T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Economic Theory (March 9, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81712 81712-20943465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:05:34 -0500 2021-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T14:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic History: Voting Rights, Deindustrialization, and Republican Ascendancy in the South (March 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81494 81494-20901737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:32:30 -0500 2021-03-09T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: International Spillovers and Local Credit Cycle (March 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81276 81276-20879915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper studies the transmission of the Global Financial Cycle (GFC) to domestic credit market conditions in a large emerging market, Turkey, over 2003-13. We use administrative data covering the universe of corporate credit transactions matched to bank balance sheets
to document four facts: (1) an easing in global financial conditions leads to lower borrowing costs and an increase in local lending; (2) domestic banks more exposed to international capital markets transmit the GFC locally; (3) the fall in local currency borrowing costs is larger than foreign currency borrowing costs due to the comovement of the uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) premium with the GFC over time; (4) data on posted collateral for new loan issuances show that collateral constraints do not relax during the boom phase of the GFC.
*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:37:31 -0500 2021-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81974 81974-20998843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:55:00 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics and Macroeconomics (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82403 82403-21092286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:20:28 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap (joint with Patricia Cortes and Nicolas Guida-Johnson) (March 12, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81201 81201-20872027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: Occupational segregation by gender, although still sizable, has decreased significantly over the last few decades. Women have also made marked gains in education relative to men, with the gender gap in college education reversing in favor of women since the early 1990s. In this paper, we examine the contribution of automation to both these phenomena. Specifically, we analyze the effects of automation on the occupational structure of men and women and overall occupational segregation as well as gender differences in skill investments. We start by documenting two facts: (1) in 1980, women were much more likely than men to be in occupations with a high risk of automation, and (2) the cross-occupational relationship between risk of automation in 1980 and the change in worker share between 1980 and 2017, though negative for both genders, is much steeper for women. Taken together, these two facts suggest that women were more likely to be displaced by automation.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:44:32 -0500 2021-03-12T08:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T09:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Private Monopoly and Restricted Entry – Evidence from the Notary Profession (by Frank Verboven and Biliana Yontcheva) (March 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81743 81743-20949399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

ABSTRACT:

This paper studies entry and price restrictions in a private monopoly: the Latin notary system. Under this widespread system, the State appoints notaries and grants them exclusive rights to certify important economic transactions, including real estate, business registrations, and marriage and inheritance contracts. We develop an empirical framework to uncover the current policy goals behind the entry and price restrictions. We estimate a spatial demand model to infer the extent of market expansion versus business stealing from entry; a multi-output production model to infer the size of scale economies and markups; and an entry model to infer the State’s objective function (conditional on the regulated prices). We subsequently perform policy counterfactuals with welfare-maximizing and free entry. We show how policy reform would generate considerable efficiency increases, and decrease the cost of the services to consumers.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:03:19 -0500 2021-03-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory (March 12, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81733 81733-20949387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:01:10 -0500 2021-03-12T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Business in the Time of COVID: Current Challenges and Future Perspective (March 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80040 80040-20548984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Although some businesses and organizations have thrived and flourished during Covid-19, many more have suffered financially with their owners and employees being impacted both psychologically and personally. The panel will bring to light the challenges and pressures faced by small businesses in our community -- and the country as a whole -- and what the future may hold.
Presenter Paula Gardner joined Bridge Magazine as its first business editor in April 2020. Her career includes several years at MLive. com, where she was editor of The Ann Arbor News, statewide business reporter and part of an award-winning environmental coverage team that helped uncover and dig into Michigan’s PFAS crisis.
Among her honors is an award naming her Michigan’s Journalist of the Year in 2019 from the Michigan Press Association. Ms. Gardner’s experience includes leading the news team at AnnArbor.com, a digital news startup launched in 2009 that generated company-leading audience growth. Before that, she worked at the Michigan Business Review, Detroit Free Press and the Ypsilanti Press.
Presenter Mike Gustafson is the co-owner of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor. Literati, which opened in 2013, is a full-service, general interest bookstore. In 2019, Literati was honored as the 2019 Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year. Mike is also on the board of the Independent Booksellers Consortium, an information-sharing cooperative made up of top independent bookstores from around the country, and the Library of Michigan Foundation. Mike is also the co-editor of the 2019 Michigan Notable Book, “Notes from a Public Typewriter”.

Presenter Grace Singleton has been a managing partner of Zingerman’s Delicatessen since 2002. She serves as the Board President of Kerrytown District Association, a non-profit organization promoting the businesses in the Kerrytown area. Previously, she served as a Board Member and Board President of the non-profit domestic violence support organization Safehouse Center. She has an AAS culinary degree from Paul Smith’s College in upper New York State. She has over 30 years of experience working with food, which includes working as a chef, wine buyer, dining room manager, general manager, and specialty food buyer.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:49:33 -0500 2021-03-16T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
OS Info Night (March 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82632 82632-21147758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?


Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. OS Info Night is an informational session for those students (typically first-years) that are interested in learning more about OS as a possible major.


OS Director Mark Mizruchi will give a brief overview of the program, and OS staff provide information on the curriculum, opportunities, admissions process, and possible career paths available to OS majors.


Do you think you would enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network? Then the OS major may be for you!


Please register to attend! The virtual link will be provided after registration.

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Presentation Tue, 31 May 2022 14:14:59 -0400 2021-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS Info Night
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks (March 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82207 82207-21052542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the consumption response to typical labor income shocks and investigate how these vary by wealth and race. First, we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to income using an instrument based on firm-wide changes in monthly pay. While much of the consumption-smoothing literature uses variation in unusual windfall income, this instrument captures the temporary income variation that households typically experience. In addition, because it can be constructed for every worker in every month, it allows for more
precision than most previous estimates. We implement this approach in administrative bank account data and find an average elasticity of 0.23, with a standard error of 0.01. This increased precision also allows us
to address an open question about the extent of heterogeneity by wealth in the elasticity. We find a much lower consumption response for high-liquidity households, which may help discipline structural consumption
models.
Second, we use this instrument to study how wealth shapes racial inequality. An extensive body of work documents a substantial racial and ethnic wealth gap. However, less is known about how this gap translates
into differences in welfare on a month-to-month basis. We combine our instrument for typical income volatility with a new dataset linking bank account data with race and Hispanicity. We find that black (Hispanic) households cut their consumption 50 (20) percent more than white households when faced with a similarly-sized income shock. Nearly all of this differential pass-through of income to consumption is explained in a statistical sense by differences in liquid wealth. Combining our empirical estimates with a model, we show that temporary income volatility has a substantial welfare cost for all groups. Because of racial disparities in consumption smoothing, the cost is at least 50 percent higher for black households and 20 percent higher for Hispanic households than it is for white households.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:31:10 -0500 2021-03-17T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (March 18, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82404 82404-21092287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:24:34 -0500 2021-03-18T11:30:00-04:00 2021-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan India Conference (March 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Economic History: Great Migration Book (March 23, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81496 81496-20901739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:33:36 -0500 2021-03-23T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82484 82484-21108104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series – James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans

Wednesday, March 24, 1pm EST. https://umich.zoom.us/j/99879554198

Panelists: Robert Taylor (Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, RCGD); Belinda Tucker (Professor Emerita of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and the Special Liaison for Faculty Development, UCLA); and Phillip Bowman (Professor, Higher and Postsecondary Education at the U-M International Institute)

Join Robert Taylor, Belinda Tucker, and Phillip Bowman for a panel discussion on the continuing legacy and contributions of James S. Jackson.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:45:04 -0500 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Bias Intolerance: Predicting Condemnation of Apologetic Perpetrators of Prejudice (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82208 82208-21052543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
When public figures are accused of perpetrating prejudice, they often apologize. Whereas an apology may indicate to some that the perpetrator has changed and deserves forgiveness, other onlookers may continue to condemn them. What predicts condemnation, even when a perpetrator apologizes? In the present paper, we explore two factors that may jointly lead to this bias intolerance: Strong motivation to address bias coupled with beliefs that bias cannot change. Across five studies, we examined White and straight participants’ (N = 1,617) evaluations and condemnation of an apologetic ingroup perpetrator of anti-Black and anti-gay prejudice, respectively, as a function of beliefs that bias can change and motivations to address bias. Whether measured or manipulated, greater belief that bias cannot change predicted evaluating the perpetrator as currently more biased and believing they would be more biased in the future, compared to belief that bias can change. This relationship was not moderated by motivation to respond without prejudice. Believing bias cannot change did not straightforwardly predict greater condemnation. Among participants who believe bias cannot change, those who were internally motivated to respond without prejudice were particularly likely to be “bias intolerant.” We also considered additional factors that might shape evaluations and condemnation of past prejudice and found that participants’ collective guilt was related to both greater prejudice evaluations and greater condemnation. By signaling anti-prejudice norms, bias intolerance has the potential to reduce the expression of prejudice.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:35:01 -0500 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Changes in Assortative Matching: Theory and Evidence for the US (March 24, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81203 81203-20872028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The extent to which like-with like marry is particularly important for inequality as well as for the outcomes of children that result from the union. In this paper we discuss approaches to the measurement of changes in assortative mating. We derive two key conditions that a well-defined measure should satisfy. We argue that changes in assortativeness should be interpreted through a structural model of the marriage market; in particular, a crucial issue is how they relate to variations in the economic surplus generated by marriage. We propose a very general criterion of increase in assortativeness, and show that almost all indices used in the literature are implied by our criterion with one notable exception, that moreover violates one of our conditions. Finally, we use our approach to evaluate the evolution of assortative matching in the US over the last decades, and conclude that assortative matching has increased, particularly at the top of the education distribution.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:55:49 -0500 2021-03-24T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Consumer Bankruptcy as Aggregate Demand Management (March 24, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81279 81279-20879919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the role of consumer default policy in macroeconomic stabilization. Our economy features nominal rigidities, incomplete financial markets, and heterogeneous households with access to unsecured defaultable debt. In addition to its traditional role of balancing the ex-ante cost of credit against the ex-post benefit to defaulters, the optimal bankruptcy code features an aggregate demand management objective. Consumer bankruptcy acts as an automatic stabilizer whenever the average consumption effect of default, or “ACED” (the causal effect of default on consumption, normalized by the level of debt), is larger than the marginal propensity to consume of savers. When entering a recession, the optimal policy is lenient on past debts, but promises to be harsh on future debts to encourage credit supply. We study quantitatively the extent of business cycle amplification under consumer different bankruptcy codes, and the effectiveness of bankruptcy rules that systematically respond to the business cycle.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:02:32 -0400 2021-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Designing for Impact in Global Health (March 24, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82821 82821-21179589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar for the UM Center for Global Health Equity: Designing for Impact in Global Health.

Panelists include:
Kathleen Sienko, College of Engineering
Paul Clyde, William Davidson Institute
Rocky Oteng, School of Medicine
Kentaro Toyama, School of Information
Grace Burleson, College of Engineering
David Green, Social Entrepreneur
Jesse Austin-Breneman, College of Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:12:00 -0500 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Panelists
International Economics (March 25, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82405 82405-21092288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:26:55 -0500 2021-03-25T11:30:00-04:00 2021-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (March 25, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81994 81994-21004759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:59:49 -0500 2021-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-25T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: A Theory of Simplicity in Games and Mechanism Design (March 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81734 81734-20949388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We introduce a general class of simplicity standards that vary the foresight abilities required of agents in extensive-form games. Rather than planning for the entire future of a game, agents are presumed to be able to plan only for those histories they view as simple from their current perspective. Agents may update their so-called strategic plan as the game progresses, and, at any point, for the called-for action to be simply dominant, it must lead to unambiguously better outcomes, no matter what occurs at non-simple histories. We use our approach to simplicity to provide characterizations of simple mechanisms in general social choice environments both with and without trans- fers, including canonical mechanisms such as ascending auctions, posted prices, and serial dictatorship-style mechanisms. As a final application, we explain the widespread popularity of the well-known Random Priority mechanism by characterizing it as the unique mechanism that is efficient, fair, and simple to play.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:18:28 -0400 2021-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T10:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan India Conference (March 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Who Benefits from Surge Pricing? (March 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81744 81744-20949400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
In the last decade, new technologies have led to a boom in real-time pricing. I analyze the most salient example, surge pricing in ride hailing. Using data from Uber, I develop an empirical model of spatial equilibrium to measure the welfare effects of surge pricing. The model is composed of demand, supply, and a matching technology. It allows for temporal and spatial heterogeneity as well as randomness in supply and demand. I find that, relative to a counterfactual with uniform pricing, surge pricing increases total welfare by 1.59% of gross revenue. Welfare effects differ substantially across sides of the market: rider surplus increases by 5.25% of gross revenue, whereas driver surplus and plat- form profits decrease by 1.81% and 1.77% of gross revenue, respectively. Riders at all income levels benefit, while disparities in driver surplus are magnified.
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:41:02 -0500 2021-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (March 26, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82675 82675-21155689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/DBTkHNFtRQcexkmDA

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:21:21 -0400 2021-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Crucial Conversations: The Pandemic's Disproportionate Impact on Women (March 29, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83159 83159-21282859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 29, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Public Engagement & Impact

For a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we learn, work, and interact while also causing many to experience job loss, economic hardship, and wellness challenges. From college students learning at home, to struggling to maintain mental wellbeing, to mother’s working remotely while attempting to serve as teachers to their children, studies have shown that the stressors caused by the pandemic have increased the gender inequality gap in a variety of ways.

In recognition of Women’s History Month, and one year since the pandemic began, there is no better time than now to discuss the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. This live conversation will bring together U-M experts and community members for an authentic and engaging dialogue on the myriad ways the pandemic has impacted women and what can be done to address these issues.

Join via Zoom: myumi.ch/jx9E3
Watch Live: YouTube.com/UM
Submit a question for the panel: myumi.ch/Bobz7

Moderator:
Betsey Stevenson, PhD
Professor of Public Policy and Professor and Economics
Ford School of Public Policy, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Panelists:
Reshma Jagsi, MD
Deputy Chair of Radiation Oncology, Newman Family Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences
Michigan Medicine

Shawna Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work, Faculty Associate of Research Center Group Dynamics
School of Social Work, Institute for Social Research

Tabbye Chavous, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, Professor of Education and Psychology
School of Education, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:47:49 -0400 2021-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Public Engagement & Impact Livestream / Virtual Crucial Conversations: The Pandemic's Disproportionate Impact on Women
Economic History: Do You Believe in Magic? The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War (March 30, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81497 81497-20901740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:34:44 -0500 2021-03-30T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic (March 31, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83034 83034-21257031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
It’s clear that the pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color. In this study, we investigate mental health distress among essential workers during the Coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire and General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire using unique, nationally representative, data set. Our findings suggest that Black essential healthcare workers disproportionately report symptoms of anxiety; while, Latino essential health-care workers disproportionately report symptoms of depression. Additionally, we find that being a Black or Latino essential non-health care worker is associated with higher levels of distress related to anxiety and depression. These findings highlight the additional dimensions to which Black and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately being affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, it calls into question how essential worker classifications, compounded by US unemployment policies, is potentially amplifying the mental health trauma experienced by workers.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:34:12 -0400 2021-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Marriage and cohabitation. A search and matching equilibrium model. (March 31, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81204 81204-20872030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Whereas marriage is still the dominant framework to raise a family, competitive partnerships emerge. Facing the increasing proportion of couples likely to cohabit rather than marry, some provincial governments of Canada have enhanced the commitment related to cohabitation to protect women and children in case of separation. To understand the effects of such a policy on couple formation, assortative matching and within-household allocation of resources, we need an equilibrium model of marriage. In this paper, I propose a search and matching model of marriage with two types of contracts where men and women draw utility from private consumption and leisure, and may invest in a match specific good. The model is estimated on Canadian data. I then use this model to show how enhancing commitment of cohabiting couples might change the entry and exit rate into cohabitation and marriage, impact assortative matching and the within-household allocation of the total resources.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:57:19 -0400 2021-03-31T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-31T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Gerry Anderson on energy policy and Michigan's economic recovery (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80174 80174-20572621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation with Gerry Anderson (MPP '88), executive chairman of DTE Energy and co-chair of Michigan's Economic Recovery Council. Assistant Professor Kaitlin Raimi will moderate a discussion on energy policy and Michigan's economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

From the speaker's bio:

Gerard M. Anderson (MPP '88) is executive chairman of DTE Energy. Anderson joined DTE in 1993 and held various senior executive leadership roles throughout the enterprise until being named president in 2004, CEO in 2010 and chairman in 2011. He was the architect and leader of the company’s strategy to focus on cost and operational excellence in the utility business and develop its non-regulated businesses. As CEO, he focused on building a positive, highly engaged culture – and on deeply connecting DTE Energy to the communities it serves, enabling it to act as a force for good. In 2019, Anderson was elected executive chairman to serve as an advisor to DTE’s CEO on business issues and focus on DTE’s community, state, federal and broader industry roles.

Prior to joining DTE Energy, Anderson was a senior consultant at McKinsey & Co., from 1988 to 1993, with a focus on the energy sector and financial institutions. In the mid 1980’s, he was employed with an economic forecasting group, The Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. Anderson also worked at R.T.K.L Associates, Inc. and The Collaborative, Inc., serving as an engineer and project manager from 1981 to 1985.

Anderson earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He also earned a master of business administration degree and a master of public policy degree from the University of Michigan.

Anderson is a vice chairman of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) board and co-chairman of the EEI Committee on Environment. He is the founder and leader of the Detroit Regional CEO Group. He chairs both the recently formed Detroit Regional Partnership and the Detroit Economic Club. He also chairs the Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM). In addition, Anderson is involved in various local community and civic activities, including serving on the boards of trustees of The Nature Conservancy (Michigan chapter), the Henry Ford, the McGregor Fund, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, and the West Michigan Policy Forum. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Andersons, a publicly traded company.
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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:46:53 -0500 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Gerry Anderson
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents (joint with Adrien Auclert, Matt Rognlie, and Martin Souchier) (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81281 81281-20879920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Introducing heterogeneous households to a New-Keynesian small open economy model resurrects the real income channel of exchange rates: the rise in import prices from a depreciation lowers households’ real incomes, and leads them to cut back on spending. This channel counteracts the standard expenditure-switching channel of exchange rates, and can result in contractionary devaluations. We study the implications of the real income channel for monetary policy.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:04:49 -0400 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (April 1, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82406 82406-21092289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:29:27 -0500 2021-04-01T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81995 81995-21004760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:02:18 -0500 2021-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-01T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: The Evolution of Market Power in the US Automobile Industry (April 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81745 81745-20949401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We evaluate the evolution of measures of industry performance in the U.S. car and light truck market from 1980-2018. We estimate a differentiated products demand model for this market using aggregate data on market shares, prices, and product characteristics and consumer-level data on demographics, purchases, and stated second choices. We estimate marginal costs under the conduct assumption of Nash-Bertrand pricing. We relate trends in price-cost margins to industry trends in market structure and the composition of products, like the rise of import competition, introductions of the minivan and SUV, and changes in automobile characteristics. We find that although prices rose over time, concentration and market power decreased substantially. Consumer welfare increased over time. The fraction of the total surplus accruing to consumers also increased.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:22:44 -0400 2021-04-02T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (April 2, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82850 82850-21201318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/iifARCbaNxGz26ww7

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:05:28 -0400 2021-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Economic Theory (April 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81736 81736-20949389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:07:12 -0500 2021-04-02T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-02T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic History: 40 Acres and a Mule: Black Americans’ Landholding and Economic Mobility after Emancipation (April 6, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81498 81498-20901741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:35:52 -0500 2021-04-06T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-06T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: Virtual Reality (April 6, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58840 58840-14563732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion like any other?

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few reading to consider:
––Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work: Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses and Evaluation of Website Availability
––Ethics of Virtual Reality in Medical Education and Licensure
––Wearables and the medical revolution
––Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/059-virtual-reality/.

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A decently maintained virtual reality may be found on the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:39:24 -0500 2021-04-06T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Virtual Reality
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Does Black and Blue Matter?: An Experimental Investigation of Race and Perceptions of Police Bias (April 7, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81045 81045-20838697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
High profile acts of violence by police against black civilians has renewed discussion of the racial bias held by police officers and inspired major policy pushes to increase the diversity of police departments. An underlying assumption is that a more racially diverse police department will lead to less racial bias and more public trust in police officers. In an experiment, we examine the potential consequences of such policies. First, we test whether black and white civilians perceive a difference in the probability of punishment when interacting with white versus minority police officers. Subjects are asked to imagine that they are driving through a real but unnamed city in the United States. They are incentivized to reach their destination quickly; however, they have the potential of receiving a speeding ticket, which will reduce their earnings. Subjects are told that the probability that they receive a speeding ticket depends on their characteristics, real speeding tickets issued to people driving through that city, and information about people's general speeding behavior. In one treatment, prior to deciding how fast they wish to drive, subjects receive a description of a city with a predominantly white police department. In the other treatment, subjects are informed that the city has a predominantly non-white police department. By comparing subjects' speed in both treatments, we are able to determine whether subjects perceive they'll be treated equally by both white and minority police officers and whether the race of the subject affects this perception.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:09:41 -0500 2021-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: What Accounts for the Racial Gap in Time Allocation and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital? (April 7, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81205 81205-20872031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper analyzes the sources of the racial difference in the intergenerational transmission of human capital by developing and estimating a dynastic model of parental time and monetary inputs in early childhood with endogenous fertility, home hours, labor supply, marriage, and divorce. It finds that the racial differences in the marriage matching patterns lead to racial differences in labor supply and home hours of couples. Although both the black-white labor market earnings and marriage market gaps are important sources of the black-white achievement gap, the assortative mating and divorce probabilities racial
gaps accounts for a larger fraction of it.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:24:44 -0400 2021-04-07T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-07T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: The Macroeconomics of Sticky Prices with Generalized Hazard Functions. (joint with Fernando Alvarez and Aleksei Oskolkov) (April 7, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81282 81282-20879921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We give a full analytic characterization of a large class of sticky-price models where the firm's price setting behavior is described by a generalized hazard function. Such a function allows for a vast variety of empirical hazards to be tted. This setup is microfounded by random menu costs as in Caballero and Engel (1993) or, alternatively, by information frictions as in Woodford (2009). We establish two main results. First, we show how to identify all the primitives of the model, including the distribution of the fundamental adjustment costs and the implied generalized hazard function, using the distribution of price changes. Second, we derive a sucient statistic for the aggregate eect of a monetary shock: given an arbitrary generalized hazard function, the cumulative impulse response of output to a once-and-for-all monetary shock is proportional to the ratio of the kurtosis of the steady-state distribution of price changes over the frequency of price adjustment. We prove that Calvo's model yields the upper bound and Golosov and Lucas's model the lower bound on this measure within the class of random menu cost models.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:13:28 -0400 2021-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 8, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-08T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
International Economics (April 8, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82407 82407-21092290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:33:11 -0500 2021-04-08T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81996 81996-21004761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:05:54 -0500 2021-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
The evolving role of banks in addressing opportunity ladders for the underserved (April 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83398 83398-21369784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Register and more details at https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2021/evolving-role-banks-addressing-opportunity-ladders-underserved

Since becoming Goldman Sachs’s youngest female Black partner in history at age 37 in 2018, Margaret Anadu has spearheaded much of the big bank’s efforts to invest in underserved areas and particularly communities of color. Anadu is the global head of sustainability and impact for Asset Management at GS, leading the development and oversight of the firm’s strategy for delivering commercial solutions and leading advisory services to clients related to inclusive growth and climate transition, the two core pillars of the firm’s sustainability strategy. She is also chair of the Urban Investment Group (UIG) and co-chair of the Asset Management Sustainability Council. Anadu also took a leading role in disbursing the bank’s capital for the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government’s stimulus initiative for small businesses. She will discuss how banks can help create opportunity for underserved communities, in conversation with Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence William Bynum.

From the speaker's bio

Prior to assuming her current role, Margaret was head of UIG, overseeing a $4 billion portfolio dedicated to investments that address racial inequities, unemployment, a lack of affordable housing, and other problems, providing equity and debt to real estate projects and social enterprises, and lending facilities for small businesses, students, and individuals in order to create opportunity. Established in 2001, UIG has committed more than $10 billion to community and economic development investments, serving as a catalyst in the revitalization of underserved, predominantly minority communities.

Margaret also serves on the Board of Advisors of Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’ $500 million commitment to invest in companies and investment managers with diverse leadership, and is an ex-officio member of the Investment Banking Division Council for Advancement of Racial Equity.

Margaret serves on the boards of several community and economic development organizations, including the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Center for an Urban Future, Core Innovation Capital, Low Income Investment Fund, New York Public Radio and The Africa Center.

Margaret earned a BA in Computer Science from Harvard College in 2003.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 May 2022 13:58:36 -0400 2021-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Margaret Anadu and William Bynum
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 9, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-09T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Scaling Auctions as Insurance: A Case Study in Infrastructure Procurement (April 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81746 81746-20949402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Most U.S. government spending on highways and bridges is done through “scaling” procurement auctions, in which private construction firms submit unit price bids for each piece of material required to complete a project. Using data on bridge maintenance projects undertaken by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), we present evidence that firm bidding behavior in this context is consistent with optimal skewing under risk aversion: firms limit their risk exposure by placing lower unit bids on items with greater uncertainty. We estimate bidders’ risk aversion, the risk in each auction, and the distribution of bidders’ private costs. Simulating equilibrium item-level bids under counterfactual settings, we estimate the fraction of project spending that is due to risk and evaluate auction mechanisms under consideration by policymakers. We find that scaling auctions provide substantial savings relative to lump sum auctions and show how our framework can be used to evaluate alternative auction designs.


* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:53:27 -0400 2021-04-09T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar (April 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83180 83180-21288792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Learn about opportunities to earn a Masters or Doctoral degree in Survey and Data Science. Students in the program receive theoretical grounding in all aspects of survey methodology, from sample design and measurement, to data collection, extraction and wrangling, data visualization, statistical estimation, and probability and distribution theory. Students have the opportunity to explore novel ways to develop applications of survey methodology in a wide variety of field.

Advance registration is required, bit.ly/38YZLj1

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Presentation Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:09:33 -0400 2021-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar
Economic Theory (April 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81737 81737-20949395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:41:56 -0500 2021-04-09T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-09T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 10, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 10, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-10T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 11, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 11, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-11T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 12, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-12T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation (April 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79985 79985-20525409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is designed to explore active stock investing strategies using your computer. Which stock (or group of stocks) is most likely to meet your objectives? A prerequisite for this course is to be an active stock investor. We will utilize various sources of information such as Value Line, Morningstar, Better Investing, S&P, and other stock related websites.

We will demonstrate and use the online tools of Better Investing to analyze potential companies. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of various types of investments. We do not intend to cover basic investing questions.

Our instructors for this study group are Dale Brandenburg and Bob Shaw.
Dale is a retired research professor and Bob is a director and current Vice-President of the SE Michigan Chapter of Better Investing.

This study group will meet Mondays for five weeks beginning April 12. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 29 Dec 2020 09:26:25 -0500 2021-04-12T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
MIDAS Seminar Series Presents: Vicki Bogan, Economics and Management, Cornell University (April 12, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82466 82466-21106115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

We provide empirical evidence that visceral factors affect financial risk taking by showing that exposure to mass shootings alters mutual fund managers’ risk taking decisions. Funds that are exposed to mass shootings subsequently decrease risk relative to their peers. The effect that we document is temporary, lasting approximately one quarter before reverting to normal levels and is strongest among managers with demographics shown to express greater fear from mass shootings. Together with the literature on laboratory studies that show that market downturns induce fear, our findings suggest that fear could exacerbate variation in risk taking, generating the highly volatile countercyclical risk premiums shown to exist in markets.

Bio:

Vicki Bogan’s research interests are in the areas of financial economics, behavioral finance, and applied microeconomics centering on issues involving investment decision making behavior and financial markets. She explores questions relating to investment decision making (corporate and individual) and household portfolio allocation with the goal of shedding light on how to better model observed behavior.

Bogan has published numerous journal articles and book chapters including a book chapter on “Household Investment Decisions,” in Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing. Bogan’s research has received considerable media attention including radio interviews and coverage in Forbes.com, the Wall Street Journal website, NPR’s Marketplace Tech, PsychologyToday.com, and the Harvard Business Review Blog. She also has been featured on the PBS News Hour – Paul Solman’s Making Sense, the Lou Hutt Show on Sirius XM radio, and Knowledge@Wharton on Sirius XM radio.

Bogan currently serves as Co-Editor for Financial Planning Review. She is the founder and director for the Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance. She also worked as a consultant for Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc.

Prof. Bogan teaches finance courses for master’s and undergraduate students in the Dyson School of Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business. She has received two outstanding educator awards and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Bogan holds a Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University, an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Economics from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. She also has held a visiting fellow appointment at Princeton University.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:25:34 -0500 2021-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Vicki Bogan
The Rainbow Coat Panel (April 12, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83616 83616-21438454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

Please join the Spectrum Center for the first of a hopefully annual event, The Rainbow Coat Panel! This event is meant to open a community-wide intersectional discussion regarding first-generation and low-income queer and trans* students' experiences. The panelists include:

Trevor Bechtel, Student Engagement Coordinator at Poverty Solutions (he/him);
Jessie Fullenkamp, UM Alumna and Education and Evaluation Director at the Ruth Ellis Center (she/her);
Jay Hash, former Spectrum Center Student Staff Member (they/them);
Samuel Ramirez-Morales, a current undergraduate student in LSA (he/him)

A huge thank you to our collaborators for this event from Poverty Solutions at UM and the Ruth Ellis Center. You can learn more about these organizations and their work at https://poverty.umich.edu and https://ruthelliscenter.org respectively.

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:12:04 -0400 2021-04-12T18:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion This event aims to open an intersectional dialogue regarding first-generation and low-income queer and trans* students' experiences. Co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center, Poverty Solutions at UM, and the Ruth Ellis Center.
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 13, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-13T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Economic History: Colonial institutions, marriage markets, and Africa's HIV epidemic: Evidence from Mozambique. (April 13, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81500 81500-20901743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Three institutions organized much of colonial economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa: concessions of territory and population to companies, labor reserves providing nearby employers with male temporary workers, and colonial trade economies coercing peasants to produce agricultural exports. To make some of the first comparisons of these institutions’ short- and long-run impacts, I exploit an arbitrary concession-labor reserve border in Mozambique. The concession was Africa’s longest lasting (1891-1942) and heavily restricted mobility, while the labor reserve (1901-70s) was one of the most important, sending one third of its men annually to work in South Africa ("circular migrants"). Colonial census data show that men in the concession before its abolition were half as likely to be circular migrants and boys were twice as likely to enroll in school, but after it ended both outcomes converged. However, even after the concession’s abolition, marriage rates in the labor reserve were 10 to 25 percent higher and spousal age gaps may have been smaller. The likely explanation is the lasting social effects of nearly a century of circular migration. Consistent with the continuation of these patterns, women’s HIV prevalence today is twice as high in the former concession while levels of economic development are similar.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:34:05 -0400 2021-04-13T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 14, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-14T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Interregional Contact and National Identity (April 14, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81012 81012-20832806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions on beliefs, preferences and the formation of a shared national identity. We combine a natural experiment, therandom assignment of male conscripts to different locations throughout Spain,with tailored survey data. Being randomly assigned to complete military service outside of one’s region of residence fosters contact with conscripts fromother regions, and increases sympathy towards people from the region of service, measured several decades later. We also observe an increase in identification with Spain for individuals originating from regions with peripheral nationalism. Our evidence suggests that intergroup exposure in early adulthood canhave long-lasting effects on individual preferences and identity formation.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:29:30 -0500 2021-04-14T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: nterdependent Values in Matching Markets: Evidence from Medical School Programs in Denmark (joint with Martin Hackmann, Adam Kapor, Sofia Moroni, Anne Brink Nandrup) (April 14, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81206 81206-20872033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper studies imperfect information and interdependent values in matching markets, with an application to Danish medical school programs. We combine unique data on college applicants’ program preferences, programs’ admission decisions, and student outcomes to provide direct evidence on the value of screening and the winner’s curse in matching markets. To this end, we leverage the two-tiered Danish admission system with predetermined shares of GPA-based and program-specific screening-based admissions. We first use an RD design to document that applicant screening provides extra information over GPA on program completion. We then take advantage of an information experiment where one medical program intensified their screening efforts in a difference-in-difference design. While this program substantially increased completion rates after the reform, their experiment worsened the winner's curse in the rival program, providing direct evidence for common values. In the second part of the analysis, we develop and estimate a structural model that yields these empirical facts as equilibrium outcomes of a two-sided matching market. Our counterfactual analysis aims to analyze potential inefficiencies of the current DA mechanism by allowing for alternative information structures and assessing changes in players’ strategies and welfare outcomes.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:13:58 -0400 2021-04-14T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-14T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Skewed Business Cycles (joint with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom) (April 14, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83752 83752-21491326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Using firm-level panel data from the US Census Bureau and almost fifty other countries, we show that the skewness of the growth rates of employment, sales, and productivity is procyclical. In particular, these distributions display a large left tail of negative growth rates during recessions and a large right tail of positive growth rates during booms. We find similar results at the industry level: industries with falling growth rates see more left-skewed growth rates of firm sales, employment, and productivity. We then build a heterogeneous-agents model in which entrepreneurs face shocks with time-varying skewness that matches the firm-level distributions we document for the United States. Our quantitative results show that a negative shock to the skewness of firms’ productivity growth (keeping the mean and variance constant) generates a persistent drop in output, investment, hiring, and consumption. This suggests the rising risk of large negative firm-level shocks could be an important factor driving recessions.
* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:19:05 -0400 2021-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (April 15, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82408 82408-21092291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:36:19 -0500 2021-04-15T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-15T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81998 81998-21004763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:09:04 -0500 2021-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-15T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Market Structure, Oligopsony Power, and Productivity (April 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81747 81747-20949403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
I study how ownership consolidation affects market power on both factor and goods markets, and productive efficiency. I develop a model to separately identify markups, markdowns and productivity using production and cost data. I use it to examine the effects of a large-scale consolidation policy in the Chinese cigarette manufacturing industry. Exploiting size thresholds in the policy, I find that it increased leaf price markdowns by a third, but did not increase markups or productivity. As a result, income inequality between tobacco farmers and manufacturing workers increased by twice as much as it would have without the consolidation.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:20:32 -0500 2021-04-16T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-16T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory (April 16, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81741 81741-20949396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:49:07 -0500 2021-04-16T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-16T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Residential College Alumni-Student Mentorship Panel (April 18, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83716 83716-21477629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Leveraging your academic, professional, and personal experiences in an interview to land the job (And, engaging a mentor to overcome obstacles (like the competitive pandemic economy, or imposter syndrome, or writers block) and make your next step!)

Sunday, April 18, 2021
5-6 pm via Zoom
Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/erqkR

RCers on the Panel:

Lena Benjakul
BA in Economics & Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, 2020
Currently: Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mark Castañeda
BA in Organizational Studies / Program in the Environment, class of 2021
What's next: Moving to Big Sky, Montana to work with the Montana Conservation Corps as a Conservation Fellow

Ionut Gitan
BA in Asian Languages and Cultures at U-M, 2012
MA, International Relations and Business at NYU, 2018
Currently: Communications at Catholic Medical Mission Board

Caitlin Cowan
BA in English and Creative Writing, 2008
MFA - The New School, 2010
PhD - The University of North Texas, 2015
Currently: Development Coordinator, Chair of Creative Writing, and a Freelance Editor

Maria LoCicero
BA in History and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities, class of 2021
What's next: City Year Service Member, Chicago

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:47:49 -0400 2021-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Careers / Jobs Flier
Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records (April 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80921 80921-20824848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Dr Andrés Villarreal (University of California, Los Angeles) will discuss "Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records"

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Abstract: The systematic study of immigrants’ economic assimilation requires an analysis of both intra- and intergenerational mobility, that is, of the progress made by each immigrant generation over the course of their own lives and relative to their parents. In this study we examine both types of mobility using a unique dataset linking respondents of multiple waves of the Current Population Survey (CPS) to their longitudinal tax records. This longitudinal information allows us follow individuals’ earnings trajectories and measure the extent to which second-generation men are able to reduce the earnings gap with later generations during their lifetimes. To overcome the limitations of previous studies examining intergenerational mobility we match a sample of second- and later-generation children to their actual parents. Our matching strategy allows us to identify the exact third generation and to evaluate the contribution of ethnic attrition. We find large ethnoracial disparities in earnings mobility consistent with segmented assimilation theory. The earnings assimilation of Hispanic men stalls or reverses during the course of the second generation rather than in the third generation as previously thought. Once the lower earnings of first-generation parents are taken into account, second-generation Hispanic men experience lower intergenerational earnings mobility.



BIO:
Andrés Villarreal is a sociologist and social demographer specializing in the areas of international migration, race and ethnicity, social stratification, and health in social context. Much of his research focuses on Latin America and the Latin American-origin population in the U.S. Within the area of immigration he seeks to understand how population movements are driven by economic changes, and the consequences that these movements have for social wellbeing. In an ongoing research project he is examining the long-term economic assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. using administrative data. In a new line of research he is exploring the social and demographic consequences of the opioid epidemic.

Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:18:11 -0400 2021-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Andrés Villarreal
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality & Health in Detroit (April 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83634 83634-21446267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us on Zoom as we discuss 'Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality and Health in Detroit' featuring Angela Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation), Stuart Batterman (Environmental Health Sciences, UM SPH), and Amy Schulz (Health Behavior & Health Education, UM SPH). (Rescheduled from Feb 9.)

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96155698295

Webinar series organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). Co-sponsored by the DEI Committee of Health Behavior & Health Education and the DEI Committee of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:08:12 -0400 2021-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments in Detroit
Economic History: The Long-Run Implications of Slum Clearance (April 20, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81501 81501-20901744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper analyzes the federal urban renewal and slum clearance program. This program was enacted by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and was one of the largest and most controversial location-based economic development policies used to rehabilitate neighborhoods in the United States. I construct a new spatial dataset documenting the locations of approximately 200 urban renewal projects across 28 U.S. cities. I use this newly constructed dataset to examine the characteristics of neighborhoods cleared for redevelopment and the effect that urban renewal projects had on neighborhoods over time. I show that conditional on experiencing urban blight, black neighborhoods were between two and three times more likely than white neighborhoods to be targeted for slum clearance. Further, the resulting redevelopment led to a persistent decline in population density, housing density, and in the share of black residents in directly treated neighborhoods. Simultaneously, median rents and median incomes increased. These results are consistent with predictions from a spatial equilibrium model of locational choice. Viewed through the lens of this model, my results imply that households in the lowest end of the income distribution were made worse off by slum clearance policies.
*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:20:48 -0400 2021-04-20T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: Abdication (April 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58841 58841-14563735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our renunciation.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455

A few readings to consider:
––The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine
––Decentralization of health care systems and health outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment
––Vox Populi or Abdication of Responsibility?: The Influence of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the Public Discourse Regarding Abortion, 2016-2019
––Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/060-abdication/.

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Before you give up, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:38:57 -0500 2021-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abdication
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Hate Trumps Love: The Impact of Political Polarization on Social Preferences (April 21, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83715 83715-21477628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. I quantify this phenomenon through the use of 5 pre-registered studies, comprising 15 behavioral experiments and a diverse set of over 8,600 participants. The focus of this paper is to examine various behavioral-, belief-, and norm-based layers of (non-)strategic decision-making that are plausibly affected by existing polarization in the context of Donald J. Trump. I find strong heterogeneous effects: ingroup-love occurs in the perceptional domain (how close one feels towards others), whereas outgroup-hate occurs in the behavioral domain (how one helps/harms/cooperates with others). The rich setting also allows me to examine the mechanisms: observed intergroup conflict can be attributed to one's grim expectations about the cooperativeness of the opposing faction, rather than one's actual unwillingness to cooperate. In a final step, I test whether popular behavioral interventions (defaults and norm-nudging) can eradicate the detrimental impact of polarization in the contexts studied here. The interventions are ineffective in closing the polarization gap, suggesting that structural -- on top of behavioral -- changes are needed to heal the society

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:23:50 -0400 2021-04-21T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-21T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net (April 21, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81209 81209-20872034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The 1996 US welfare reform introduced limits on years of welfare receipt. We show that this reduced program participation, raised employment for single mothers, and reduced divorce. A limited commitment, lifecycle model of labor supply, marriage and divorce, estimated on pre-reform data, replicates these effects. A large part of the responses occur in anticipation of benefit exhaustion, impacting primarily women with low potential earnings. The reform reduces lifetime utility of women, even allowing for the government savings, but has negligible effects on men. The expectation of marriage attenuates the losses for women and an increased probability of single-motherhood raises them.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:12:13 -0400 2021-04-21T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-21T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
OS Honors Symposium (April 22, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83093 83093-21266978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Join us virtually as our 2021 honors students, Rachel Klein and Brianne VanDyke, present their research and findings to the OS community.

For any questions, contact Honors Advisor Dr. Lisa Fein (lisafein@umich.edu)
Zoom link will be provided to those that register.

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Presentation Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:04:00 -0400 2021-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS honors symposium event image