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Maryland Population Research Center
2002-2003 Seminar Series

SPEAKER:	Michael Kremer Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
TITLE:	Teacher Incentives
DATE:	Fri. Feb 28, 2003
TIME:	12:00 Noon
PLACE:	1101 Art-Sociology University of Maryland, College Park Campus
Michael Kremerreceived his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Economics at Harvard. He is a research associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a consultant for the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. He is also an associate editor of both the Journal of Development Economics and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Kremer's research interests include development, macroeconomics, economic growth, education and development and research incentives. Among his publications are "Ways to Spur Malaria Vaccine Research" and "Retrospective vs. Prospective Analyses of School Inputs: The Case of Flip Charts in Kenya." Other recent publications include "The Impact of Development Assistance on Social Capital: Evidence from Kenya," and "A Purchase Commitment for Vaccines," both of which are chapters of books.

Please join us for this brown bag event. For the series schedule, please refer to http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/events/spring2003.shtml