May 3

Mike Levere (Colgate University)

“Do Minimum Wage Increases Induce Changes in Work Behavior for Vulnerable Populations? Evidence from People with Disabilities”

June 7

Priti Kalsi (Rochester Institute of Technology)

“The Gilded Age and Beyond: Persistence of Elite Households in American History”

July 5

Leah Lakdawala (Wake Forest University)

“Frosty Climate, Icy Relationships: Frosts and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Peru”

August 2

Scott Kaplan (United States Naval Academy)

“Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Specific Excise Taxation: Lessons and Evidence from Volume-Based Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Across the United States”

September 6

Zhengren Zhu (Yale University)

“Effects of Free Community Colleges - Evidence from a Dynamic School Choice Model”

October 4

Martin Abel (Bowdoin College)

“Name-Based Race Discrimination: The Role of Heuristics”

November 1

Sadia Priyanka (Connecticut College)

“Effect of A Girls’ Education Program on Son-Biased Fertility Preference and Behavior”

December 6

Xiaoxue Zhao (Wesleyan University)

“Migration, Kinship Networks, and Risk Sharing”