Fall 2007 Lecture Series

Wednesday, Sep. 26
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

Angus Deaton
Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Princeton University
"Income, aging, health and wellbeing around the world: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll"
Co-sponsored with Research Program in Development Studies (RPDS)

Wednesday, Oct. 3
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

Joachim Voth
Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Health and Well-being, Princeton and ICREA Research Professor, Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
(joint with Jörg Baten and Dorothee Crayen)
"Poor, Hungry and Stupid: Numeracy, Malnutrition and Poor Relief in England, 1780-1850"
Co-sponsored with Research Program in Development Studies (RPDS)

Wednesday, Oct. 10
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

Eric Verhoogen
Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Health and Well-Being, Princeton University and Assistant Professor of Economics and of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
(joint with Miguel Urquiola)
"Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence"
Co-sponsored with Research Program in Development Studies (RPDS)

Wednesday, Oct. 17
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

James Smith
Senior Economist RAND Corp.
"Why do (some) Irish drink so much?"

Monday, Nov. 5
300 Wallace Hall
4:30pm

Bennett Foddy
Harold T. Shapiro Fellow in Bioethics University Center For Human Values, Princeton University
with comments by Professor Douglas Bernheim, Princeton University
"Should we cure addiction?"

Wednesday, Nov. 7
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

Alan. B. Krueger
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"Are We Having More Fun Yet? Categorizing and Evaluating Changes in Time Allocation" and
"A Pain Profile of the American People: Results of a Diary Day."

Wednesday, Nov. 7
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall
4:15pm

Marcel Tanner
Director, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
"Neglected Diseases and the Challenges of International Health"

Wednesday, Nov. 14
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm

Anne Case
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"Sex Differences in Obesity Rates in Poor Countries: Evidence from South Africa"
Co-sponsored with Research Program in Development Studies (RPDS)

 




Lectures and seminars from previous semesters:

Spring, 2001

Fall, 2001

Spring, 2002

Fall, 2002

Spring, 2003

Fall, 2003

Spring, 2004

Fall, 2004

Spring, 2005
Fall, 2005
Spring, 2006
Fall, 2006
Spring, 2007