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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)
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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)
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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) |
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Wednesday, Oct. 17
300 Wallace Hall
12:15pm |
James Smith
Senior Economist RAND Corp.
"Why do (some) Irish drink so much?"
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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?"
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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."
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Wednesday, Nov. 7
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall
4:15pm |
Marcel Tanner
Director, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
"Neglected Diseases and the Challenges of International Health"
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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)
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