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

  • Ben Smith
    October 13, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm in

  • Liang Tan
    October 27, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm in

  • TJ Hedin
    May 11, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm in

  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Jonathan Kowarski

    September 29, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Patrick Molligo

    October 6, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Ben Smith

    October 13, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Ekaterina Gurkova

    October 20, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Liang Tan

    October 27, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    November 3, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    November 10, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Maria Elena Guerrero Amezaga & Jacopo Ballabio

    November 17, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    December 1, 2025 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Arun Ramesh & Carson Zhang

    February 23, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Charlie Hutchinson & Madison Sievers

    March 2, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Jimmy Kim & Reid Dickerson

    March 9, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    March 30, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Ya-Ting Hsieh & Jiin Teom

    April 6, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    April 13, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Maria Elena Guerrero

    April 20, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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  • Albert Family Fund Proseminar in Applied Microeconomics (RAW) - Econ 268 - Nathaniel Barlow

    April 27, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    May 4, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    May 11, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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

    May 18, 2026 @ 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm

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