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Seminar: Hossein Alidaee (HBS)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, hosted by Alan Griffith. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, May 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Yufei Liao

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

CANCELLED - Faculty Brownbag: Ali Karimirad

Title: TBD. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6503585586. Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Seminar: Felix Tintelnot (Duke)

Part of the Macroeconomics and International Economics Seminars Series, Hosted by Brian Greaney   Title: Who Pays for Tariffs Along the Supply Chain? Evidence from European Wine Tariffs , Abstract: We study how tariffs affect prices along the supply chain using product-level data from a large U.S. wine importer during the 2019-2021 U.S. tariffs on European wines. Combining confidential transaction prices with foreign suppliers, U.S. distributors, and retail prices, we trace tariff pass[1]through from producers to consumers. Pass-through at the border is incomplete, yet consumers paid more than the tariff revenue collected. The dollar markups per bottle for the importer contracted, but expanded for the combined distributor-retailer segment. Price changes along the chain reached consumers after one year. We also document tariff engineering that biases unit values in trade statistics. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Brownbag: Will Zhang

Part of the Econometrics Brownbag Series. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6503585586. Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Thursday, May 14, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Zahra Khanalizadeh & Eric Wang

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 14, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Seminar: Seollee Park (WSU)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, hosted by Rachel Heath Title: Integrating Psychological Support into Malnutrition Treatment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nigeria Abstract: Poor maternal mental health is increasingly recognized as a psychological constraint impeding human capital accumulation and hindering child nutrition. We evaluate the impact of integrating a low-intensity, evidence-based psychological intervention (Problem Management Plus, PM+) into standard community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) services in Gombe State, Nigeria. In an individually randomized controlled trial of 790 caregivers of acutely malnourished children, participants were assigned to receive either PM+ alongside standard CMAM care or CMAM care alone. PM+ was delivered by trained community health workers over seven structured sessions. We find that the intervention significantly improves maternal mental health, raising a composite index by 0.13 standard deviations (SDs)… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

CANCELLED - Grad Student Brownbag: Alfredo Effendy

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Academics. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

Faculty Brownbag: Xu Tan

Title: Rationally Inattentive Echo Chambers Abstract: We study rationally inattentive echo chambers, where players allocate limited attention to biased primary sources and to other players as secondary sources to acquire information about an uncertain state. The resulting Poisson attention network stochastically transmits information from primary sources either directly or indirectly through others. We give conditions for echo-chamber equilibria, in which players restrict attention to their own-biased source and same-type peers. We characterize equilibrium attention networks, developing tools for comparative statics. Our results explain why modern information environments foster echo chambers, how small heterogeneity in attention capacities can magnify into large disparities in allocations, and why regulatory interventions such as altering user visibility on social media or mandating exposure to opposing views may backfire with unintended consequences. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6503585586. Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.

Dept of ECON Mentorship Program End of Year Celebration

Department of Economics Mentorship Program End of Year Celebration. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: KNE 225. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.

Seminar: Joshua Chan (Purdue)

Part of the Econometrics Seminar Series, Hosted by Jackson Bunting Title: Measuring US State Business Cycles with Mixed-Frequency Matrix Models Abstract: Large matrix-valued time-series datasets are increasingly common in economics and finance, but they are often subject to complex missing-data patterns, including unbalanced panels and mixed-frequency observations. We develop an exact Bayesian framework for mixed-frequency matrix autoregressions that addresses these challenges in a coherent and computationally tractable way. The framework treats missing values as latent variables, accommodates temporal aggregation constraints, and exploits matrix structure to scale to high-dimensional settings. We illustrate the methodology using US state-level macroeconomic data and produce model-based estimates of state GDP from 1988 onward based on a dataset of more than 400 time series. These data include quarterly state GDP from 2005, annual state GDP from 1997, and a wide range of state-level macroeconomic indicators… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Khashayar Pourtaheri

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517 Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,92985892517# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,92985892517# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Grad Student Brownbag: Yizhan Huang

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

Seminar: Mauricio Romero (ITAM)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, hosted by Rachel Heath Title: From Classrooms to Adulthood: Long-Term Impacts of Teacher and Student Incentives in Mexico Abstract: This paper evaluates the long-term effects of the Aligning Learning Incentives (ALI) experiment, which randomly assigned 88 federal high schools to a control group and three treatment arms — student incentives, teacher incentives, and combined incentives — with approximately 97,000 students participating across three academic years (2008–2011). Previous evaluations demonstrated short-run test-score gains of 0.2–0.3σ for treatment groups that offered student payments, but could not determine how much of the impact reflected increased test-taking effort rather than enhanced learning. We link the original experimental data with national administrative records on standardized tests, professional degree registries, social program enrollment, formal-sector employment, and voter rolls to trace effects over a 10–15 year horizo… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Tynan Challenor

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Seminar: Manisha Shah (UC Berkeley)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, hosted by Jason Kerwin Title: Scaling Up Life Skills Programming: An Evaluation of Adolescent Empowerment in Schools  Abstract: Over 60% of Sub-Saharan Africa's population is under 25, yet opportunities have not kept pace with this youth bulge. In Uganda, 44% of youth aged 15–24 are neither in education, employment, nor training. Life skills programs show promise for improving adolescent wellbeing, but most depend on donor funding, limiting their sustainability and scale. Integrating such programming into government secondary schools offers a potential pathway to reach more adolescents at lower cost. We evaluate the scale-up of life skills programming through schools using a cluster randomized controlled trial across 150 schools in Uganda. We find large and significant improvements in economic empowerment among female participants, including increased participation in vocational training, paid work, savings, and control over money. School… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, June 1, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Saya Ikegawa

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online via zoom. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM. Zoom.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6503585586. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Seminar: Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale)

Part of the Macroeconomics and International Economics Seminars Series, Hosted by Brian Greaney. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Seminar: Junnan He (Sciences Po)

Part of the Econometrics Seminar Series, Hosted by Jackson Bunting. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Rafia Nisat

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbag. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, June 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783 Meeting ID: 983 4197 3783 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,98341973783# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,98341973783# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, June 4, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Seminar: Joel Watson (UC San Diego)

Part of the Microeconomics Seminar Series, Hosted by Xu Tan and Fahad Khalil. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 3:15 PM – 5:00 PM.

2026 Department of Economics Graduation Celebration

Please see the 2026 Department of Economics Graduation Celebration webpage for up-to-date information on the ceremony. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 211, Husky Union Building Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies. Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.