Departmental Research Seminar
Curious about the latest industry trends and cutting-edge research in economics? The Economics Seminar Series offers you a front-row seat to the knowledge and experience of industry leaders and experts. Held in both the Fall and the Spring semester, this is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of what’s shaping the field today, while also connecting with fellow students and inspiring professionals.
Join us in person on Thursdays from 3:00 - 4:30pm for these intriguing and relevant seminars. Interested in attending or have questions? Reach out to the department's Program Assistant, Emma Gaut, at ergaut@usfca.edu. We encourage you to take this opportunity of engaging with, and learning from, the best in the field!
| DATE | SPEAKER | Position | Institution | Title & DEsciption | Location |
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Jan. 30th, 2025 |
Mans Kalra & CEGA Fellows | Senior Research Associate at CEGA (Center for Effective Global Action) | UC Berkeley |
Emerging LMIC Research on Forced Displacement Exploring the current research being done by 3 UC Berkeley CEGA Fellows. |
Education 110 |
| Feb. 6th, 2025 | Alexandra Hill | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley |
On the Effects of Regulated Overtime Standards: An examination of California’s new overtime law for agricultural workers Hired farm workers are among the most socially and socioeconomically disadvantaged members of the U.S. agri-food system. Solving this systemic inequity has gained public and political traction in recent years, leading to a variety of policy changes. This paper presents the first causal evidence on the viability of one such policy---standards for overtime pay---as a mechanism to improve farm worker well-being. The paper focuses on the short-run effects of the policies in California, the first of several states to enact new overtime standards for agricultural workers in recent years. Results suggest that employers responded to the legislation by reducing worker hours to avoid incurring the new costs associated with long working hours. I find statistically significant increases in the proportions of workers working at or just below the new overtime thresholds, and reductions in the proportions working above the thresholds. On average, workers worked 5 fewer hours and earned roughly $100 less each week. |
Education 110 |
| Feb. 13th, 2025 | Ashish Shenoy | Associate Professor | UC Davis |
tbd |
Education 110 |
| Feb. 20th, 2025 | Ariel Zucker | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Cruz |
tbd |
Education 110 |
| Feb. 27th, 2025 | Patrick Krause | Data Director | OpenResearch |
tbd |
Education 110 |
| March 6th, 2025 | Fabio Tufano | Professor | University of Leicester |
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Education 110 |
| March 20th, 2025 | Bruce Wydick | Professor | University of San Francisco | tbd |
Education 110 |
| March 27th, 2025 | Shaoda Wang | Assistant Professor | University of Chicago | tbd | Education 110 |
| April 10th, 2025 | Andrew Wilson | Postdoc | Stanford University | tbd | Education 110 |
| April 24th, 2025 | Yunwei Chen | Postdoc | Stanford University | tbd | Education 110 |