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Graduate Student Workshop

October 25, 2014
University of California, Davis
1113 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
Davis, CA

8:00 - 8:30
Breakfast provided in the meeting room & Introductions

8:30 – 9:20
Francisco Haimovich, UCLA Econ, “The Return to Early Childhood Education: Evidence from the First US Kindergartens”

9:20 – 10:10
Rivka Shenhav, UCD Econ, “The Decline in the Quality of US Innovation in the Last 70
Years - The Smoking Gun”

10:10 – 10:40 Break

10:40 – 11:30
Daniel W. Franken, UCLA History, “Chapter IV. Making the Health Transition: Temporal Height Trends in Brazil

11:30 – 12:20
Nicola Bianchi, Stanford University Econ, “The General Equilibrium Effects
of Educational Expansion”

12:20 – 1:10
Jonathan Chapman, CalTech Econ, “The Franchise, Taxes, and Public Goods: The Political Economy of Infrastructure Investment in Nineteenth Century England”

1:10 – 2:10 Lunch

2:10 – 3:00
Dustin Frye, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “Transportation Networks and the Geographic Concentration of Industry”

3:00 – 3:50
Edward Kosack, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “The Bracero Program and Effects on Human Capital Investments in Mexico, 1942-1964”

3:50 – 4:20 Break

4:20 – 5:10
Mara Squicciarini, Stanford University Econ, “Human Capital and Industrialization:
Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment”

5:10 – 6:00
Mike Matheis, University of Arizona Econ, “Local Economic Impacts of Coal Mining in the U.S. 1870 to 1970”

7:00 – 9:00
Reception & Dinner at Seasons Restaurant
Discussion of the job market process and strategies by the faculty
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  • About
    • Director
    • Steering Committee
    • Faculty Affiliates
    • UC Graduate Student Affiliates
    • Support Recognition
  • Events
    • Conferences
    • Past Events
  • Projects
    • Historical Statistics of the US
    • Global Price and Income History
    • Africa Initivative
  • Mentions
    • UC members in the News
    • Prizes and Awards
    • Job Placements
  • Opportunities
  • Contact