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Upcoming Seminars/Workshops

Upcoming Research Seminars

Thursday, April 18, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm. in Richards 165

Patrick Button, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Tulane University

Patrick Button will present the paper Gender Identity, Race, Ethnicity, and Health Insurance Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from an Audit Correspondence Field Experiment.
Thursday, April 25, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm. in Richards 165

Romaine A. Campbell, Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Harvard University

Romaine A. Campbell’s main areas of interest are labor economics, the economics of crime, and the economics of education. His research focuses on understanding and addressing racial inequality in criminal justice, education, health, and labor market systems.
Thursday, May 9, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm in 220 Shillman Hall

Kei-Mu Yi, M.D. Anderson Professor of Economics, University of Houston

His current research interests are on the interrelationships between trade, growth, global value chains, and structural change.

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The office is located in 301 Lake Hall and open Monday – Friday, 9-5.

Robert Triest, Chair (617-373-7852)

Ann Osborne, Administrative Officer (617-373-2872)
Kathleen Downey, Program Coordinator (617-373-2887)
Katie Thorp, Graduate Administration Coordinator (617-373-2882)
Michelle E’toile, Administrative Assistant (617-373-6369)

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