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The Economics Department Seminar series hosts scholars throughout the academic year. Invited speakers present new research in various fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economics graduate and undergraduate students are welcome, along with interested faculty and students from the School of Climate, Environment and Society and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Seminars (Fall 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>Speakers<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
10\/01\/2026<\/td>Mariana Laverde (BC)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10\/15\/2026<\/td>Jon Denton-Schneider (Clark)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10\/22\/2026<\/td>Farid Farrokhi (BC)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10\/29\/2026<\/td>Bilge Ertern (Northeastern)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11\/05\/2026<\/td>Menqi Wang (Amherst College)<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fall 2026 Seminar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thursdays <\/strong>
12 – 1:15 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Room: TBA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Past Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2025\u201326<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Nathaniel Baum-Snow<\/td>Toronto<\/td>Housing Affordability and the Mobility of Renters<\/td><\/tr>
Jiwon Choi<\/td>Brandeis<\/td>Save the Banks, Save the People? Long-run Impact of Banking Access on Households<\/td><\/tr>
Linh T\u00f4<\/td>BU<\/td>The Child Penalty and an Age-Old Problem<\/td><\/tr>
Joanna Venator<\/td>Boston College<\/td>Reproductive Policy Shocks and Defensive Investments in Contraception<\/td><\/tr>
Nathan Franz<\/td>UT Austin<\/td>Cheaper and Better? Explaining a Newborn Mortality Advantage at Public Versus Private Hospitals in India<\/td><\/tr>
Monica Agarwal<\/td>Northwestern<\/td>The Role of Affirmative Action in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality: Evidence from India<\/td><\/tr>
Balazs Zelity<\/td>Wesleyan<\/td>Demographics and International Capital Flows: An Empirical Assessment<\/td><\/tr>
Mehedi Hasan Oni<\/td>Clark<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
Edson Severnini<\/td>Boston College<\/td>Carbon Rollercoaster: A Historical Analysis of Decarbonization in the United States<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2024\u201325<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Doug Gollin<\/td>Tufts<\/td>The Long-Run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India<\/td><\/tr>
Stefania Garetto<\/td>BU<\/td>No Sugar Coating: Quantifying the Welfare Losses from the US\u2013Cuba Trade Policy<\/td><\/tr>
Hong Ma<\/td>Tsinghua<\/td>Tariffs Tax the Poor More: Evidence from Household Consumption During the US\u2013China Trade War<\/td><\/tr>
Laura Gee<\/td>Tufts<\/td>Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement<\/td><\/tr>
Eoin McGuirk<\/td>Tufts<\/td>Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa<\/td><\/tr>
Jesse Bruhn<\/td>Brown<\/td>Path Dependence in the Labor Market: The Long-run Effects of Early Career Occupational Experience<\/td><\/tr>
Moshi Alam<\/td>Clark<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
Mindy Marks<\/td>Northeastern<\/td>Persistence in Season of Birth: A New Measure of Black Intergenerational Mobility<\/td><\/tr>
Federico Esposito<\/td>Tufts<\/td>Input Sourcing under Risk: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing Firms<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2023\u201324<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Emily Oster<\/td>Brown<\/td>COVID-19 and Education in the United States<\/td><\/tr>
Yuhei Miyauchi<\/td>BU<\/td>Supply Chain Disruption and Reorganization: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine’s War<\/td><\/tr>
Bryce Steinberg<\/td>Brown<\/td>Family Planning, Now and Later: Infertility Beliefs and Contraceptive Take-Up<\/td><\/tr>
Danial Lashkari<\/td>NY Fed<\/td>Capital-Skill Complementarity in Firms and in the Aggregate Economy<\/td><\/tr>
Nishith Prakash<\/td>Northeastern<\/td>Science on the Move: How Mobile Pedagogy Shapes Human Capital<\/td><\/tr>
Sadia Priyanka<\/td>Connecticut<\/td>Intergenerational Effect of an Education Stipend Program on Child Development: Evidence from Bangladesh<\/td><\/tr>
Ana Cec\u00edlia Fieler<\/td>Yale<\/td>The Margins of Trade<\/td><\/tr>
Marcella Alsan<\/td>Harvard Kennedy School<\/td>Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States<\/td><\/tr>
Conor Carney<\/td>Holy Cross<\/td>Strategic Grain Reserves and Deforestation<\/td><\/tr>
Gib Metcalf<\/td>Tufts<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
Kensuke Suzuki<\/td>Clark<\/td>Structural Change in the Global Economy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2022\u201323<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Anna Aizer<\/td>Brown<\/td>What Happens When an Industry Runs Dry? Long-Term Evidence from Prohibition<\/td><\/tr>
Jacob Bor<\/td>BU<\/td>Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho<\/td><\/tr>
Stelios Michalopoulos<\/td>Brown<\/td>The Songs of Refugees<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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