This seminar meets 6 to 10 times a semester. Graduate students and faculty from the Economics Department and from elsewhere present papers on a range of topics in political economy.
Fall 2019 Schedule
Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
Tuesday September 17 4:00 pm |
Katherine Moos |
The Historical Evolution of the Cost of Social Reproduction in the United States, 1959-2012 (Paper available upon request) |
Tuesday |
Sara Cantillon |
Economic Autonomy within Households |
Monday October 21* 4:00 pm |
Heather Boushey |
Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It |
Tuesday October 29*** 4:00 pm |
Daniel Ellsberg |
The Dollar Auction, Unendable Wars and Gambling with Catastrophe |
Tuesday** |
Pilar Gonalons-Pons |
Reproductive Labor and the Structure of Inequality: Childcare Costs and Family Earnings Inequality 1984-2014 |
Tuesday December 3 4:00 pm |
Lopamudra Banerjee |
Class Location and the Risk of Disaster Exposure |
Tuesday December 10 4:00 pm |
Stephanie Seguino Professor of Economics University of Vermont |
Race Stratification in the US: Implicit Bias in the Criminal Justice System |
* co-sponsored by the UMass Economic Theory Workshop
** co-sponsored by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), Gender and Care Work Program
*** co-sponsored by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), at Gordon Hall Conference Room
Room 209
Crotty Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Papers should be posted at least one week prior to presentation.
For further information, contact Professor Moos at kmoos@umass.edu.