The Liberal Arts Colleges Public and Labor Economics (LAC-PaL) group provides opportunities for faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges to meet and learn from their colleagues working on public and labor topics. The in-person conference takes place annually in the early summer and rotates among Liberal Arts Colleges.
LAC-PaL faculty are also invited to join an online seminar series devoted to highlighting research by faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges in the fields of Labor Economics and Public Economics. It is typically held on the first Friday of the month from 12:30 to 1:30 pm ET.
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Next seminar: Victoria Wang (Wellesley College) will present "Adaptive Migration in the Face of Wildfires: Financial Constraints and the Role of Government Aid" on Friday, October 17, at 12:30pm ET.
Save the date - the 6th LAC-PaL conference will be May 8-9, 2026 at Oberlin College!
Fall 2025 Virtual Schedule
Aug 8, 2025 - Geoff Schnorr (US Military Academy at West Point), "Provider altruism and discarded cancer drugs"
Sep 5, 2025 - Hannah Ruebeck (Hamilton College), "LGBTQ Identity in Adolescence and the Peer Effects of 'Coming Out'"
Oct 17, 2025 - Victoria Wang (Wellesley College), "Adaptive Migration in the Face of Wildfires: Financial Constraints and the Role of Government Aid"
Nov 7, 2025 - Curtis Morrill (Bates College), "Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Plea Bargaining Outcomes"
Dec 5, 2025 - Carl McPherson (Wellesley College), "How Magnetic can Welfare Be?"