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13 November 2006

Applied Statistics –Joshua Angrist

This week the Applied Statistics Workshop will present a talk by Joshua Angrist, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Professor Angrist received his Ph.D. in Economics at Princeton University. After which he joined the Economics Departments at Harvard University and Hebrew University before coming to MIT. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Econometric Society, and has served as Co-editor of the Journal of Labor Economics. His publications have appeared in Econometrica, The American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, and The Quarterly Journal of Economics among others. His research interests include the effects of school inputs and organization on student achievement, the impact of education and social programs on the labor market, immigration, labor market regulation and institutions, and econometric methods for program and policy evaluation. Prof. Angrist also has a long-standing interest in public-policy. In addition to his academic work, he has worked as a consultant to the U.S. Social Security Administration, The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, and for the Israeli government after the Oslo peace negotiations in 1994.

Professor Angrist will present a talk entitled "Lead them to Water and Pay them to Drink: An Experiment in Services and Incentives for College Achievement." The presentation will be at noon on Wednesday, November 15th, in Room N354, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St. Lunch will be provided.

Posted by Eleanor Neff Powell at 1:08 PM