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Justin Wolfers featured in Aussie Financial Review

May 29, 2014
"The path from gambling at a Sydney racetrack to sparring with the world's intellectual elite led Justin Wolfers to become one of Australia's more unorthodox and influential academic exports," writes Washington Correspondent John Kehoe in an...

Justin Wolfers speaks with Marketplace on gift-giving

Dec 12, 2012
American Public Media's Marketplace spoke with Justin Wolfers for the program's holiday edition of the Freakonomics podcast. In a playful segment about gift-giving, Marketplace asked Wolfers and other economists for advice on choosing that perfect...
CFLP Blue Bag Lunches

CFLP blue bag lunch talk with Prof. Sanjukta Paul

Mar 9, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Visions of Labor Coordination and Fair Competition in Progressive Era Law & Reform Professor Sanjukta Paul from Michigan Law will be speaking at our March blue bag lunch talk on Thursday, March 9 at 12pm. The talk will be virtual on Zoom. Please register by March 8. 

2020 Census: Citizenship, Science, Politics, and Privacy

Oct 31, 2018, 8:30 am-12:00 pm EDT
ISR 1430
The event will be a half-day symposium at which scholars, public officials, private sector representatives, and other census stakeholders will address preparations for the 2020 Census and the challenges it faces, include funding, the proposed citizenship question, and the implications of an inaccurate count.
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Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Guns and Pro-Social Behavior

Feb 14, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EST
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
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Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

The Advanced Placement Program and Inequality in College Outcomes

Jun 28, 2017, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
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Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

How do Colleges Respond to Federal Government Ratings

Jun 7, 2017, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
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Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

An Experimental Analysis of Cream Skimming in Public Schools of Choice

Jan 25, 2017, 8:30-10:00 am EST
Weill Hall, Room 1220
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
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Industrial Upgrading and Economic Growth in China

Oct 21-22, 2016, 12:00-12:30 pm EDT
University of Michigan Ross School of Business Colloquium (6th Floor)
This conference will examine China’s changing development model and the role of industrial upgrading in promoting new sources of growth and development. Presented by Ross China Initiatives, LSA Department of Economics, and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Ross Executive Education.
Citi Foundation Lecture, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

A conversation with Roger Ferguson, hosted by Justin Wolfers

Sep 22, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System and *View the stream* CEO of TIAA-CREF Roger Ferguson and Professor of Public Policy and Economics Justin Wolfers sit down for a conversation that economists or financial policy wonks won't want to miss!
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Causes, consequences & potential solutions to the problem of educational disparities in the US: Perspectives from psychology, sociology & economics

Jan 20, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall
Free and open to the public. Join in the conversation on Twitter #eddispartiites About the roundtable: This seminar will feature speakers from sociology, psychology and economics giving their perspectives on the causes, consequences and potential solutions to the problem of educational disparities in the United States. Each speaker will discuss their own work as it relates to educational disparities in the United States, also drawing on existing work from the field that has bearing on this topic.

Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations

Oct 21, 2005, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall
'Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations,' conference was hosted by the International Policy Center of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, together with the Department of Economics and the Law School. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to discuss the most important issues to be addressed during the December 2005 Ministerial Meeting of the WTO in Hong Kong. Robert M.
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The Role of Special Interests in American Politics

May 8-9, 2015, 8:00 am-12:15 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom
This program features some of the best scholars of interest groups, policy advocacy, and social movements in the country.  The papers presented span three disciplines (Political Science, Economics, Sociology) and include work that is experimental, formal, historical, comparative, qualitative, and quantitative. They deal with a number of topics, including corporate and nonprofit advocacy, health and environmental policy, and campaign finance.
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Improving Equality of Opportunity in America: New Insights from Big Data

Jun 21, 2018, 4:00-5:20 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
This talk will show how children’s chances of climbing the income ladder vary across neighborhoods, analyze the sources of racial disparities in intergenerational mobility, and discuss the role of higher education in creating greater income mobility. 
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