Departmental Seminar - Oct 10th

Sara HELLER is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research. She is also a University of Michigan Poverty Solutions faculty expert, a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Faculty Fellow at the Penn Institute for Urban Research, an Affiliate of J-PAL North America, and a Research Affiliate of the University of Chicago Crime Lab/Urban Education Lab.

She studies interventions to reduce crime and improve other life outcomes among young people. She uses large-scale experiments to isolate the causal effects of a variety of programs, including cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions and summer jobs. Her work has received numerous grants and she publishes regularly in top-knotch international and specialised journals.

Sara HELLER will present a paper, joint with Monica Bhatt, Max Kapustin, Marianne Bertrand, and Chris Blattman, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:

Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: Experimental Evidence from READI Chicago (read abstract, PDF 37.32 KB)

More about Sara HELLER and her research

Date: MONDAY, October 10th - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405

The next Departmental Seminar will host Kevin O'ROURKE (NYU Abu Dhabi) on October 17th.