James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop (Speaker: Kory Kroft)

The James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series

 presents

Kory Kroft
University of Toronto
Department of Economics

 Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Screening Model

 Wednesday, October 24, 2012
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (room FA2)
84 Queen’s Park

Kory Kroft is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto. His current research interests include the optimal design of taxation and social insurance policies, the causes and consequences of unemployment, and behavioral welfare economics. His work has been published in journals including the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and Journal of Public Economics. Professor Kroft received his B.A. from the University of Western Ontario, his M.A. from Queens University and Ph.D. degree from University of California at Berkeley.

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.