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: Leah Lakdawala (Wake Forest University) will present "Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Formation: Child Learning and Child Labor in Peru" on Friday, February 6 at 12:30pm ET.
Spring 2026 Virtual Schedule
January 9: Joseph Pickens (US Naval Academy), "Marriage Market Competition and Labor Supply"
February 6: Leah Lakdawala (Wake Forest University), "Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Formation: Child Learning and Child Labor in Peru"
March 6: Scott Kaplan (US Naval Academy), "The Impact of Publicly-Funded Business Advisory Services on Firm Performance: Evidence from the US Small Business Development Center Network"
April 3: Martin Abel (Bowdoin College), "How Do Workers Respond to AI Evaluations? Experimental Evidence from a Prosocial Task"
May 1: Kevin Williams (Occidental College), "Crowded College Cohorts"
June 5: Jaehee Choi (Duke Kunshan University), "Universalization of Childcare and Women's Career: Evidence from South Korea's Reform"