WEST LAFAYETTE – The Purdue University Research Center in Economics invites you to our March economic policy luncheon! Join us on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus for a faculty talk, catered lunch, networking and Q&A.
Registration is open for:
Taxes, Benefits, and the Inequality of Income
with Victoria Prowse
Marge Magner Chair in Economics
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Rawls Hall, 3rd Floor Commons
100 S. Grant Street
Purdue’s West Lafayette campus
Prowse will explore how tax and welfare policies shape the distribution of income. Drawing on data, economic models, and empirical analysis, she will examine the effects of taxation and social benefits on labor market behavior and inequality. Her talk will include insights into how policy design influences work incentives, household decisions, and overall economic disparities.
Professor of Economics Prowse is an empirical microeconomist with a focus on labor, public, and experimental economics. She has published research on goal setting; the link between childhood creativity and life outcomes; and how cognitive skills and individual preferences influence effort provision, learning, human capital investments, and consequential life outcomes like educational attainment, labor supply, retirement, and inequality.
Space is limited for our luncheons, and registration is required. Please register here by noon on Friday, March 7. We look forward to seeing you in Rawls Hall!
Parking is available in the nearby Grant Street Parking Garage.
Reach out to us with any questions at purce@purdue.edu and (765) 494-3782. Learn more about our research center here.
