Public Lectures
In the Fall of 1996 we began an annual lecture series in memory of Gideon Fishelson in the field of applied economics.
12/01/2023
MIT
The Unexpected Compression: Competition at Work in the Low Wage Labor Market
joint with Arindrajit Dube and Annie McGrew
17/12/2019
Prof. Magne Mogstad
University of Chicago
Reservation Wages and Workers’ Valuation of Job Flexibility:Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
28/11/2017
Prof. Igal Hendel
Northwestern University
Health Insurance Market Design
29/11/2015
Prof. Robert M. Townsend
Elizabeth & James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT
Measurement, Analysis, And Design Of Financial System:First Principles as the Foundation for Policy
11/06/2013
Prof. Esther Duflo
MIT
"Did We Misunderstand Microcredit?
Evidence from a Decade of Empirical Research"
11/11/2010
Prof. Tim Besley
London School of Economics
"Lessons from the Global Crisis"
05/03/2008
Prof. Richard Blundell
Univesity College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies
"From Income to Consumption: Understanding the Transmission of Inequality"
17/01/2006
Prof. Zvi Eckstein
The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv Univeristy
"מחקלאים לסוחרים, מהגרים ומלווים בריבית:
הון אנושי בהיסטוריה הכלכלית של היהודים"
20/01/2004
Prof. Ariel Pakes
Harvard Univeristy
"Advances in the Analysis of Demand and Their Applications"
31/12/2002
Prof. Barry R. Chiswick
University of Illinois at Chicago
"Do Enclaves Matter for Immigrant Adjustment?"
15/01/2001
Prof. Edward Lazear
Stanford University
"The Importance of Sorting and Incentives in Business"
19/12/2000
Prof. Yair Mundlak
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Explaining Economic Growth"
11/01/2000
Prof. Franklin M. Fisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Optimal Water Management and Conflict Resolution"
16/12/1998
Prof. James J. Heckman
The University of Chicago
"Producing Skills in a Modern Economy: Evidence, Models and Lessons for Policy"
28/01/1998
Prof. Zvi Griliches
Harvard University
"R&D (Research and Development) and Productivity: Research Agenda"
17/12/1996
Prof. Sherwin Rosen
The University of Chicago
"Markets and Diversity"
Contact: Nilli Palmor
