Seminar: Sherry Glied (NYU Wagner)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Title: The effects of Supplemental Security Income on children’s health: Evidence from New York State Medicaid Authors: Hansoo Ko, Renata E. Howland, Sherry Glied

Free Tax Preparation (V.I.T.A.): Week 3 of 10

Hunter West Lobby

FREE Tax Preparation! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.I.T.A.) IRS certified volunteers will prepare Federal and NY State income tax returns for low income families and individuals in the community. When: 10 Weeks from February 6th - April 12th, 2020 For taxpayer info and scope of services, click here: 2020 VITA Read more…

Seminar: Corina Boar (NYU)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Title: Who Are the Hand-to-Mouth? (H2M2E_Draft) Abstract: Many households hold little wealth, especially liquid wealth. In precautionary savings models, absent preference heterogeneity, these households should display not only higher marginal propensities to consume (MPC’s), but also lower average propensities to consume (APC’s) and higher future consumption growth. We see from Read more…

Free Tax Preparation (V.I.T.A.): Week 4 of 10

Hunter West Lobby

FREE Tax Preparation! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.I.T.A.) IRS certified volunteers will prepare Federal and NY State income tax returns for low income families and individuals in the community. When: 10 Weeks from February 6th - April 12th, 2020 For taxpayer info and scope of services, click here: 2020 VITA Read more…

Seminar: Vojtech Bartos (University of Munich)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Title: Effects of Poverty on Impatience: Preferences or Inattention?  (with Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová and Ian Levely) Abstract: We study two psychological channels through which poverty may increase impatient behaviour – an effect on time preference and reduced attention. We measured discount rates among farmers in Uganda who made decisions Read more…

Free Tax Preparation (V.I.T.A.): Week 5 of 10

Hunter West Lobby

FREE Tax Preparation! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.I.T.A.) IRS certified volunteers will prepare Federal and NY State income tax returns for low income families and individuals in the community. When: 10 Weeks from February 6th - April 12th, 2020 For taxpayer info and scope of services, click here: 2020 VITA Read more…

Meet an Audit Partner from Deloitte on Tuesday 3/10! (CANCELLED)

Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United States

The following event has been CANCELLED as of 3/9/20: MEET AN AUDIT PARTNER FROM DELOITTE! Learn what the work style at Deloitte is like! Join Matthew White, Audit Partner, as he discusses his overview of Deloitte Learn about the different lines of service offered at Deloitte Bring your questions and Read more…

Seminar: Partha Deb (Hunter)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Title: Effects of School Shootings on Risky Behavior, Health and Human Capital Abstract: In this paper, we examine the impacts of school shootings on human health and capital of student survivors as adults in their twenties and early thirties. Our data on school shooting events is from a recent, comprehensive Read more…

Free Tax Preparation (V.I.T.A.): Week 6 of 10 (CANCELLED)

Hunter West Lobby

FREE Tax Preparation! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.I.T.A.) IRS certified volunteers will prepare Federal and NY State income tax returns for low income families and individuals in the community. When: 10 Weeks from February 6th - April 12th, 2020 For taxpayer info and scope of services, click here: 2020 VITA Read more…