The Kevin Albert Family Fund supports research in applied microeconomics. Researchers affiliated with the Fund engage in research addressing a wide variety of important issues including: Changes in the “returns” to education, the effects of economic crises in developing countries; the effects of welfare reform; the efficacy of job training programs and early intervention programs for disadvantaged children; the reasons for rising health insurance costs; effects of government regulation in the market for services; social security reform; rising inequality and the economic consequences of changes in the family. The Fund also supports speaker series and special events of interest to applied microeconomists.

Fund Director: Kathleen McGarry

Affiliated Faculty: Natalie Bau, Martha Bailey, Dora Costa, Michela Giorcelli, Felipe Goncalves, Daniel Haanwinckel, Patrick Kennedy, Adriana Lleras-Muney, Juliana Londono-Velez, Maurizio Mazzocco, Yotam Shem-Tov, Bernardo Silveira, Till von Wachter

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Upcoming Workshops

  • TJ Hedin*
    March 31, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm in Bunche 9383

  • Pepe Inguanzo
    April 21, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 1:35 pm in Bunche 9383

  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - TJ Hedin*

    March 31, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - James Lee & Theo Naff*

    April 7, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Jake Anderson & Jacopo Ballabio*

    April 14, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 1:35 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Pepe Inguanzo

    April 21, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 1:35 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Tim Kolenikov & Ryan Longmuir*

    April 28, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Ben Pirie & Tom Basin*

    May 5, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Estefania Saravia*

    May 12, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Victor Li, Charles Bruinink, & Ya Ting*

    May 19, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Reid Dickerson, Jiin Yeom, & Madison Sievers*

    June 2, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Jimmy Kim, Rachel Rodgers, & Carson Zhang*

    June 9, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
    Bunche 9383

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