Special Lectures

2012

LABOUR Lectures: JOSHUA ANGRIST - MIT

Title: Empirical Strategies: IV and RD go to school
Date: June 18 (10am-1.15pm and 2.30-5pm), June 19 (9am-12.15pm and 1.30-4pm) and June 20 (9am-12.15pm and 1.30-4pm)

For details on the lectures, registration and fee-payment please see the web-site www.ceistorvergata.it/angrist.

LABOUR Lectures: CHARLES F. MANSKI - Northwestern University

Title: Public Policy in an Uncertain World: Analysis and Decisions
Date: March 20 and 22 (3-5pm)

If you are interested in attending these lectures, please send an e-mail to labour@economia.uniroma2.it specifying your name and affiliation.

2011

SØREN JOHANSEN & KATARINA JUSELIUS - University of Copenhagen

Title: Cointegrated VAR Model: Special Topics
Date: Nov. 8 (12-1pm), 9 (11am-1pm; 2-4pm), 10 (11am-1pm), 11 (1-2pm), 14 (11am-1pm)
Professor Juselius’ Lectures: Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6, Lecture 7
Professor Johansen’s Lectures: Lecture

GARY CHARNESS - UCSB Economics

Title: Experimental Economics
Date: Nov. 2 (11am-1pm; 2-4pm), 3 (11am-1pm; 2-4pm)

LABOUR Lectures: JEFFREY M. WOOLDRIDGE - Michigan State University

Title: Topics in Microeconometrics
Date: October 18 (9.30 am-1pm; 2.30-4pm), 19 (9.30 am-1pm; 2.30-4pm)
Slides 1, Slides 2, Slides 3, Slides 4, Slides 5

EIEF SUMMER LECTURES

Dates: From June 13 to July 13, 2011.

For details see the calendar. Each visitor will present his own research on the topic. If you wish to participate, please fill in the form and send it to applications@eief.it indicating all the lectures you would like to attend. Due to space constraints, we cannot guarantee that all the applications will be accepted. All accepted applications will be notified.

RAJNISH MEHRA - Arizona State University

Title: The Equity Premium: Why Is It a Puzzle
Date: May 25 (2-5 pm)

MICHAEL LECHNER - University of St. Gallen

Dates: April 8 (10am - 12pm) - Matching Estimation.
April 12 (3 - 5pm) - Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy. Slides 1. Slides 2.
April 14 (4 - 6pm) - Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Participation. Paper 1. Paper 2.

LABOUR Lectures: JOSEPH ALTONJI - Yale University

Title: Selection on Observables and Bias from Unobservables: With Applications to the School Choice Literature
Dates: March 8, 9 (4-6pm), 11 (3-5pm)
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3

2010

FRANCIS VELLA - Georgetown University

Title: Control Functions in Microeconometric Models
Dates: June 17 (2 - 5 pm), 18 (10 am - 1 pm)

LABOUR Lectures: ANNE CASE - Princeton University

Title: A Discussion of Techniques and Issues in Development Economics
Dates: May 31, June 1, 3 (3 to 5 pm)

ANTONIO FORCINA - University of Perugia

Title: Introduction to Causal Inference without Counterfactuals
Dates: April 9 and 16 (9 to 11.30 am)

LABOUR Lectures: JANET CURRIE - Columbia University and NBER

Title: Early Life and Human Capital Development
Dates: March 23, 24 (2.30-4 pm, 4.30-6), 25 (3-4.30 pm)
This course will provide an overview of recent literature in Economics linking early life experiences to human capital development and longer term outcomes.
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 4b, Lecture 5

KENNETH D. WEST - University of Wisconsin

Title: Forecast Evaluation
Dates: March 4, 11 (9.30-11 am)

DAVID K. LEVINE - Washington University

Title: Game Theory and Behavioral Economics
Dates: February 15, 19, 22 and 26 (11 am to 1 pm), March 5 (2-4 pm)