The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time:12.15 - 13.30 Date: 19th of December 2022 Zoom Alex CLYMO (University of Essex) "Equilibrium Job Turnover and the Business Cycle" Abstract : This paper develops and estimates a new equilibrium theory of unemployment, firm dynamics and on-the job search over the business cycle. We investigate two seemingly unexplored facts. Firm job […]
Applied Micro Seminar : Every Tuesday Time: 11:00 pm - 12:15 pm Date: 20 th of December 2022 Room : 3001 David GOMTSYAN (Clermont Auvergne) - "Building the city under financial frictions" Abstract: The construction process of many residential buildings in African cities proceeds very slowly and may take over a decade. I document this […]
Séminaire Microéconomie : Tous les mercredis Heure : 11h00 - 12h15 Date : 21/12/2022 Zoom Clémentine VAN EFFENTERRE (U of Toronto) - "Does Better Information Reduce Gender Discrimination in the Technology Industry? Abstract : Does information provision mitigate gender biases in how individuals are assessed in interviews? We investigate this question looking at a high-skilled […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 03th of January 2023 Zoom Andrea Canidio (IMT school of advanced studies, Lucca, Italy) Title : "Auctions with Tokens" Abstract : "In a repeated, private-value auction, the auctioneer accepts payments in a blockchain-based token he creates and initially owns. I show that the present-discounted value […]
Applied Micro Seminar Time:12.15 - 13.30 Date: 09th of January 2022 Room 3001 Elisa MOUGIN (Sciences-Po) "TV in Times of Political Uncertainty: Evidence from the 2017 Elections in Kenya" Abstract : What is the impact of television in periods of political crisis? This paper studies the nullification of the 2017 presidential election in Kenya and […]
Applied Micro Seminar Time:12.15 - 13.30 Date: 10th of January 2022 Room 3001 Bertrand GARBINTI (CREST) "Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence from the French Wealth Tax" Abstract : We study a reform of the French wealth tax that dramatically reduced the amount of information that taxpayers must self-report below a certain level of wealth. […]
The Micro Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:15 pm Date: 11th of January 2023 Room 3001 Alexandra DE GENDRE (University of Melbourne) "Child Health and Parental Responses to an Unconditional Cash Transfer at Birth" Abstract : We estimate the impact on child health of the unanticipated introduction of the Australian Baby Bonus, a $3,000 one-off […]
The Micro Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:15 pm Date: 11th of January 2023 Room 3001 Nicolas SALAMANCA (University of Melbourne) "Do Same-Sex Teachers Affect Test Scores and Job Preferences? A Super-Study and a Meta-Analysis on Role Model Effects in Education" Abstract : Previous studies provide contradicting evidence on same-sex role model effects in education. […]
The Microeconomics Seminar: Time:12.15 - 13.30 Date: 12th of January 2022 Room 3001 Vishal Kamat (TSE) "Estimating welfare effects in a nonparametric choice model: The case of school vouchers" Abstract : We develop new robust discrete choice tools to learn about the average willingness to pay for a price subsidy and its effects on demand […]
The Macroeconomics Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 17th of January 2023 Room 3001 Suzanne Bellue (University of Mannheim) "Why Don’t Poor Families Move? A Spatial Equilibrium Anaylsis of Parental Decisions with Social Learning" Abstract : ": In the United States, childhood neighborhood quality shapes adulthood economic opportunities. However, most children raised in […]
The Micro Seminar: Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 18th of January 2023 Room 3001 Sam ALTMANN (University of Oxford) "Choice, Welfare, and Market Design. An Empirical Investigation of Feeding America’s Choice System" Abstract : Feeding America, an organisation responsible for feeding 130,000 Americans every day, distributes donated food among a network of participating […]
The Econometrics Seminar: Time:12.15 - 13.30 Date: 19th of January 2022 Room 3001 Zheng Wang (EUI Florence) "The linking effect: causal identification and estimation of the effect of peer relationship" Abstract : The endogeneity of network formation has been a major obstacle to the study of peer influence. This paper proposes a causal identification solution […]