Bright African undergraduate students will have the opportunity to hear from top-notch international research economists on how academic research in economics helps guiding good economic policy. Moreover, it will help students to get to know practical issues regarding the application process for top Ph.D. programs in Economics and about the experience of being a graduate student in the U.S.

Programme

Monday, March 15, 2021

• 9:00 - 9:10 Welcome remarks
• 9:10 - 10:00 What do economist do? Doing research to solve real problems (Microeconomics)
  • Aislinn Bohren and Andrew Postlewaite. University of Pennsylvania.
• 10:00 - 10:50 What do economist do? Doing research to solve real problems (Macroeconomics)
  • Dirk Krueger. University of Pennsylvania.
• 10:50 - 11:10 Break
• 11:10 - 12:00 What do economist do? Doing research to solve real problems (Applied and Empirical)
  • Jere Behrman and Petra Todd. University of Pennsylvania.
• 12:00 - 12:50 What do economist do? Doing research to solve real problems (Policy Institutions)
  • Jonas Arias, Thorsten Drautzburg and Ben Lester. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
• 12:50 - 13:00 Concluding remarks

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

• 9:00 - 10:00 How to apply for and succeed in a Ph.D. in Economics?
  • Jesús Fernández-Villaverde. University of Pennsylvania.
• 10:00 - 11:00 The experience of being a Graduate Student in the U.S.
  • Grad Students. University of Pennsylvania
• 11:00-11:10 Break
• 11:10 - 11:55 Group meetings in breakout rooms
  • Focus Groups. University of Pennsylvania.
• 12:00 - 12:10 Concluding remarks