Happening tomorrow! Hello,

Please join us for the Change Seminar, Tuesday, April 30, 12:00-1:00pm, in CSE 203. *Abstract*: Working conditions are difficult in garment factories in Bangladesh, as tragically illustrated by the 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, which killed over 1000 workers. In this talk, I will first discuss research with Laura Boudreau and Tyler McCormick on on the relationship between migration, information, and working conditions before pre-Rana Plaza. I will then discuss research with Laurent Bossavie and Yoonyoung Cho that estimates the effects of the post-Rana Plaza reforms on working conditions and wages. Finally, I will describe work in progress with Laura Boudreau that will evaluate the effects of providing crowd-sourced information on working conditions to garment workers. *Bio*: Rachel Heath is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Before joining the faculty at UW, she was a post-doc in the Research Group at the World Bank. Her research examines labor markets in developing countries. In particular, she has focused on the expansion of manufacturing jobs (such as the garment industry in Bangladesh) in developing countries, looking at women’s decision to work, how workers are hired and the effects these job opportunities have on women and their households. She holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University and a BS in Economics from Duke University.