Seminars
IFS organises a variety of seminars, previously held at IFS over lunchtime but which have been taking place entirely online since the start of the pandemic. All seminars listed below are open to the general public. For more information on how to attend, please contact events@ifs.org.uk.
Please contact the organisers listed below if you wish to present a paper.
- Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) seminars; Organisers: Alison Andrew, Peter Levell and George Stoye.
- IFS-STICERD seminars on public economics: topics relating to public economics; co-organised by CPP at IFS and STICERD at LSE. Organiser: Kate Smith and Monica Costa Dias
- Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap) seminars: topics relating to econometrics; Organiser: Daniel Wilhelm
2022 Seminar Programme
Unless otherwise specified, these seminars will take place in person at the IFS and online. For more information on how to attend, please contact events@ifs.org.uk.
Monday 13th June, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, University of California Santa Cruz
How Much Is a Formal Job Worth? Evidence from Mexico
Wednesday 15th June, 16.00 - 17.15
IFS Seminar: Attila Lindner, UCL
Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Payroll Taxes
Past Seminars
Friday 18th February, 15:30 - 17:00 (Online only)
Micro Macro Household Finance Seminar: Mark Aguiar, Princeton
Who are the hand-to-mouth?
Wednesday 23rd February, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Max Kellogg, University of Chicago
Household Self-Insurance and the Value of Disability Insurance in the United States
Monday 14th March, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Abhijeet Singh, Stockholm School of Economics
The incidence of affirmative action: Evidence from quotas in private schools in India
Wednesday 16th March, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS/STICERD Seminar: Evan Rose, University of Chicago
Systemic Discrimination among large U.S. Employers
Friday 18th March, 15:30 - 17:00 (Online Only)
Micro Macro Household Finance Seminar: Matthieu Gomez, Columbia
Asset-Price Redistribution
Monday 21st March, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Naomi Feldman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Impact of Opportunity Zones on Commercial Investment and Economic Activity
Wednesday 30th March, 16.30 - 17.45 (Online Only)
IFS/STICERD Seminar: Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University
Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States
Monday 25th April, 14.30 - 15.45 (Online Only)
IFS Seminar: Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago
National Wage Setting
Wednesday 4th May, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS/STICERD Seminar: Petra Persson, Stanford University
Targeting Precision Medicine: Evidence from Prenatal Screening
Monday 9th May, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Jonathan Colmer, University of Virginia
Air Pollution and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Wednesday 18th May, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS/STICERD Seminar: Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics
Pregnancy Loss: Stress, Investment, and Subsequent Children
Monday 23rd May, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS Seminar: Diane Alexander, The Wharton School
Provider Payments and the Direction of Innovation: The Case of the Wearable Artificial Kidney
Wednesday 8th June, 12.30 - 13.45
IFS/STICERD Seminar: Johannes Spinnewyn, LSE
Predicting Long-term Unemployment Risk