The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 03:00 pm - 4:00 pm Date: 15th of December 2020 by visio Augustin TAPSOBA (TSE) - "The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health" Abstract: This paper investigates the consequences of a locust plague that occurred in Mali in 2004. We provide evidence of substantial crop […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Time: 04:30 pm - 5:45 pm Date: 7th of January 2021 exceptionally by visio Clément de CHAISEMARTIN (UCSB) - "Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects" Abstract: We consider the estimation of the effect of a policy or treatment, using panel data where different groups of units are exposed to the treatment at […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Time: 04:30 pm - 5:45 pm Date: 7th of January 2021 exceptionally by visio Clément de CHAISEMARTIN (UCSB) - "Difference-in-Differences Estimators of Intertemporal Treatment Effects" Abstract: We consider the estimation of the effect of a policy or treatment, using panel data where different groups of units are exposed to the treatment at […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Job market interview (ENSAI) Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Date: 12th of January 2021 by visio Marica VALENTE (Berlin School of Economics) - "Heterogeneous effects of waste-pricing strategies" Abstract: Using machine learning methods in a quasi-experimental setting, I study the heterogeneous effects of introducing waste prices---unit prices on household unsorted […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Job market interview (ENSAI) Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Date: 12th of January 2021 by visio Marica VALENTE (Berlin School of Economics) - "Heterogeneous effects of waste-pricing strategies" Abstract: Using machine learning methods in a quasi-experimental setting, I study the heterogeneous effects of introducing waste prices---unit prices on household unsorted […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 01:00 pm - 2:00 pm Date: 9th of February 2021 by visio Michael AMIOR (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) - "« Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration " Abstract: In a generalization of the well-known “immigration surplus” result, we showimmigration must always increase the average native worker’s marginal product,in any […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 01:00 pm - 2:00 pm Date: 9th of February 2021 by visio Michael AMIOR (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) - "« Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration " Abstract: In a generalization of the well-known “immigration surplus” result, we showimmigration must always increase the average native worker’s marginal product,in any […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 18th of February 2021 exceptionally Thursday by visio Christoph BREUNIG (Emory University) - "Adaptive, Rate-Optimal Testing in Instrumental Variables Models " Abstract: This paper proposes simple, data-driven, optimal rate-adaptive inferences on a structural function in semi-nonparametric conditional moment restrictions. We consider two types of […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 18th of February 2021 exceptionally Thursday by visio Christoph BREUNIG (Emory University) - "Adaptive, Rate-Optimal Testing in Instrumental Variables Models " Abstract: This paper proposes simple, data-driven, optimal rate-adaptive inferences on a structural function in semi-nonparametric conditional moment restrictions. We consider two types of […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 23rd of February 2021 by visio Mathilde MUNOZ (PSE) - "Firm-Led Mobility: Equity-Efficiency Effects of a Novel Mobility Channel" Abstract: This paper investigates a novel mobility channel where the mobility of workers is initiated by firms rather than individuals’ decisions, and that currently represents […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 23rd of February 2021 by visio Mathilde MUNOZ (PSE) - "Firm-Led Mobility: Equity-Efficiency Effects of a Novel Mobility Channel" Abstract: This paper investigates a novel mobility channel where the mobility of workers is initiated by firms rather than individuals’ decisions, and that currently represents […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 03:00 pm - 4:00 pm Date: 2nd of March 2021 by visio José MONTALBAN CASTILLA (Stockholm University) - "Home Broadband and Human Capital Formation" Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of home high-speed internet on national test scores of students at age 14. We combine comprehensive information on the telecom network, […]