Microeconometrics Seminar CREST-PSE Time: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Date: 8th of April 2022 Room : 3001 Robert Miller (Cargnegie Mellon University) - "Search and Matching by Race and Gender" Abstract: This project uses data from a large firm that provided information on all job applications as well as labor market outcomes within the firm […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 12th of April 2022 Room : 3001 et visio Guillaume WILLEMME (University of Leicester) - "Age discontinuity and nonemployment benefit policy evaluation through the lens of job search theory" Abstract: Recent papers use sharp regression discontinuity designs (RDD) based on age discontinuity to evaluate minimum […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 19th of April 2022 Room : 3001 David Gomtsyan (Université de Rouen) - "Building the city under financial frictions" Abstract: In African cities the construction process of many small and medium-sized buildings proceeds very slowly and may take decades. To explain this phenomenon and understand […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 3rd of May 2022 Room : 3001 Ben LOCKWOOD (Wharton) - “Diffuse Bunching with Optimization Frictions: Theory and Estimation” Santosh Anagol, Allan Davids, and Tarun Ramadorai (co-authors) Abstract: This paper presents a parsimonious model in which a continuum of taxpayers face discrete income adjustment opportunities. […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 10th of May 2022 Room : 3001 Dario SANSONE (Exeter) - ""Understanding Discrimination Against LGBT People in the US: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey"" Abstract: In this paper, we report new statistics on views and beliefs regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 17th of May 2022 Room : 3001 Nina ROUSILLE (LSE) - "TBA" Abstract: Organizers: Benoît SCHMUTZ (Pôle d'économie du CREST) Anthony STRITTMATTER (Pôle d'économie du CREST) Sponsors: CREST
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 17th of May 2022 Room : 3001 Ramaele MOSHOESHOE () - "Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho" Abstract: Children starting school at younger ages have more potential years of education before they age out of compulsory schooling. However, early-starters also […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 24th of May 2022 Room : 3001+ zoom Robert MAHLSTEDT (Copenhagen) - "The Direct and Spillover Effects of Online Job Search Advice " Abstract: We study how personalized online job search advice affects the reemployment prospects of unemployed workers. In a large-scale field experiment, we […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 31th of May 2022 Room : 3001 Martin HUBER (Fribourg) - "Testing the identification of causal effects in data" Abstract: This study demonstrates the existence of a testable condition for the identification of the causal effect of a treatment on an outcome in observational data, […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 7th of June 2022 Room : 3001 Ulrich GLOGOWSKY (Linz) - "Child-related Earnings Gaps in Germany" Abstract: Recent evidence documents (a) that parenthood lowers women's earnings in the long run and (b) that this substantial loss in income due to children explains a large part […]
Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 14th of June 2022 Room : 3001 Ines HELM (LMU) - "Firm Expansion in Imperfect Labor Markets" Abstract: We test for the prevalence of imperfect competition in the labor market by analysing the effects of sudden expansions among medium-sized firms on wage setting. Our approach […]
Microeconometrics Seminar CREST-PSE Time: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Date: 20th of June 2022 Room : 3105 Arnaud Maurel (Duke University) - "Heterogeneity, Uncertainty and Learning: A Semiparametric Identification Analysis" Abstract: In this paper, we provide new semiparametric identification results for a general class of learning model in which outcomes of interest depend on i) predictable […]