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Economic Development Seminar

Promotions and productivity: The role of meritocracy and pay progression in the public sector

Apr 8, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Promotion incentives in the public sector by means of a field experiment with the Ministry of Health in Sierra Leone.

Economic Development Seminar

The equilibrium effects of grants to public schools

Mar 25, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Effects of a policy that distributed large cash grants through school councils to public schools in rural Pakistan.

Economic Development Seminar

When transparency fails: Financial incentives for local banking agents in Indonesia

Apr 22, 2021, 9:30-11:00 am EDT

The speaker will discuss the effect of raising the level and the transparency of financial incentives offered to local agents for acquiring clients of a new banking product on take-up.

News

New attorney general will address domestic extremism threat, which Ali calls a “fifth wave” of U.S. terrorism

Feb 28, 2021

The United States is experiencing a ”fifth wave” of terrorism, according to Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali, after “Anarchist, Anti-Colonialist, New Left, and Religious” periods. He writes in an essay in The Cipher Brief that this wave...

In the Media

Barr discusses "The COVID Economy" in podcast

Feb 28, 2021 Burn Bag

Barr discuss the challenges of rebuilding the global economy post-COVID-19, attracting foreign direct investment to the United States, the Robinhood debacle and securities regulation, repeating mistakes from the 2007/08 financial crisis, the risks...

Michael Barr in Weill Hall, masked for COVID-19

News

Wolfers co-authored paper looks at systemic sexism in economics

Feb 28, 2021

A paper on which Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers collaborated (with Pascaline Dupas, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, and a broader set of 97 economist collaborators known as the Seminar Dynamics Collective), “Gender and the...

Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day 2021: Leading through crisis

Jul 15, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Celebrate your #FordSpirit! Join fellow Fordies for a virtual panel highlighting the work of Ford School alumni during the pandemic and their leadership over the last year in addressing the pandemic and its impacts.

Spirit Day graphic featuring a photo of President Ford over a styled white and maize background

The Next Big Thing: Redistricting In Michigan And The Role Of Communities Of Interest

Feb 25, 2021 1:27:17

Learn how to participate in the process of drawing the new district maps in Michigan, the role of "communities of interest", and how to engage with the new Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission in the redistricting process.

North American Colloquium

Urban climate governance in North America

Apr 8, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT

Join us for a conversation with leading scholars of urban climate governance. Find out what some of the largest North American cities have been doing to address climate change.

Sara Hughes, Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos, Hilda Blanco

Parthasarathy testifies to the House Appropriations Committee

Feb 25, 2021 2:04:00

Watch this House Appropriations Committee meeting featuring Shobita Parthasarathy's testimony about 'Strategies for Energy and Climate Innovation.' February 2021.

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