The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Fall 2026 Seminar Schedule (ET time)
For connection information, please contact Anna Bonfield (abonfield@worldbank.org).
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Speaker |
Paper |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick) |
Depression, Violence, and Bargaining Power |
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Daniel Yi Xu (Duke University) |
Firm Selection and Growth in Carbon Offset Markets: Evidence from the Clean Development Mechanism |
Wednesday September 23, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Jaya Wen (Harvard Business School) |
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Wednesday October 7, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Molly Lipscomb (UVA) | |
Wednesday October 14, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Simone Schaner (USC) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Laura Boudreau (Columbia University) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Dev Patel (Brown University) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Allan Hsiao (Stanford University)
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Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Aprajit Mahajan (UC Berkeley) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Gaurav Khanna (UCSD) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Diego Vera-Cossio (IDB) | |
Wednesday December 9, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 8-100 |
Manuela Angelucci |
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