Center for Micro-Economic Policy Research (CMEPR)
Micro-Economic Policy Seminar (MEPS): Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST in VMH 322 at the Arlington campus of George Mason University
November 12th: Diego Angel-Urdinola (World Bank) – Can Digital Personalized Learning for Mathematics Remediation Level the Playing Field in Higher Education? Experimental Evidence from Ecuador
November 15th (Friday): STUDENT RESEARCH DAY (all are welcome!)
Time: 12:15 – 4:15 pm || Location: VMH 602
12:15 Lunch* (for those who register in advance, by the deadline of November 12)
Registration link: https://forms.gle/6B1ghjGsj22EZKRYA
* Lunch is supported by the Dean’s Office.
1:00 Valeska Araujo: Childcare costs, investments, and savings of young families
1:30 Eric Childress: Import Competition and Firm Product Switching
2:00 Andrew Emmons: Does Unemployment Insurance Benefit Generosity affect Mental Health? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic’s UI Supplement
2:30 Break
2:45 Hyeseon Na: Does Participation in Global Value Chains Increase Employment? Colombian Evidence
3:15 Sungbin Park: Decision to Leave: Do Licensure Compacts Matter?
3:45 Jared Wold: Stressed About Stress Tests
November 19th: Robert McGrath (Schar School, GMU) – Collaboration in Crisis? Policy Conformity and Opioid Outcomes in the U.S. States
November 26th: Ekkehard Koehler (University of Siegen, Germany) – What happens if you ask your legislator about police violence? Experimental evidence on political elites’ responsiveness before the US 2020 Elections
December 3rd: Susan Parker (UMD – Public Policy) – Rolling Back Progresa: How the Sudden Ending of a Landmark Anti-Poverty Program Affected School and Labor
Political Science Brown Bag series
First and third Wednesdays 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST in Aquia Hall 334 at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University
Nov 13: Rob McGrath, “Not all Borders are Barriers: Policy Conformity and Opioid Outcomes in the U.S. States”
Nov 20: Sungbin Park (graduate student), “Unemployment Insurance and Racial Disparities in Covid Mortality
Center for Security Policy Studies (CSPS)
Nov 14 – Liam Collins – “Leadership and Innovation During Crisis: Lessons from the Iraq War”