2022 events
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College education, intelligence and disadvantage: policy lessons from the UK in 1960- 2004
In this seminar we explore the general equilibrium Roy model using the 1963 Robbins Report as a case study.
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Who makes it an Autocracy? Networks and Political Careers in the German Democratic Republic
We're investigating networks and political careers in former autocratic East Germany.
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Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: Medicare Payments for Dialysis Drugs
Seth Richards-Shubik explores the healthcare provider agency and optimal payment policy regarding medication for dialysis patients.
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Exploring Heterogeneous Effects of Health Insurance Using the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: An Application of Instrumental Forests
Stephen O'Neill discusses how expanding Medicaid has been shown to impact health and financial hardship outcomes in the US.
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Tax Wedges, Financial Frictions and Misallocation
Arpad Abraham challenges the assertion that corporate taxes on labour is approximately zero.
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Violence Against Women at Work
Using police reports in Finland this seminar explores between colleague conflicts.
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Voter polarisation and extremism
Tai-Wei Hu presents a theory that voters prefer a moderate policy over extreme alternatives to the left or right.
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Mobile Internet and the Rise of Political Tribalism in Europe by Marco Manacorda, Guido Tabellini and Andrea Tesei
Marco Manacorda discusses the political effects of the rise of mobile internet in Europe between 2007 and 2017.
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Is off-balance sheet funding effective in mitigating adverse selection?
This workshop discusses the effectiveness of off-balance sheet funding.
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Us macroeconomic trends, secular stagnation and the implications for consumer welfare
Peter Spencer explores the developments on welfare through the lens of Epstein-Zin's model.
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Second York-Durham Workshop on Economic Theory
Join us for our second York-Durham workshop on economic theory.
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Strategic Asset Allocation for Sovereign Wealth Funds
In this seminar we propose a model for sovereign wealth funds (SWFs).
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Simultaneously Incoherent and Incomplete (SII) Dynamic LDF Models: With an Application to Quantifying Financing Constraints and a Firm's Decision and Ability to Innovate
This seminar discusses dynamic LDF models.
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Personalised Information Provision and the Take up of Emergency Government Benefits: Experimental Evidence from India.
We explore the gaps in welfare schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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Consideration sets on the marriage market
Wietse Leleu explores the constructions of the marriage market.
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Women's unpaid work, living standards and contributions to national income
In this seminar we explore women's paid and unpaid work to highlight current challenges the UK is facing regarding the cost of living.
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A theory of apartheid, Jim Crow and other forms of institutionalised labour market discrimination
This workshop explores the theory of apartheid.
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The Effect of Increasing Women's Autonomy on Primary and Repeated C-Sections in Brazil
Climent Quintana-Domeque discusses the state wide law passed in Brazil regarding caesarean sections.
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Multitasking, Two-part Contracts and Bunching: an Application to Doctors' Tasks and Incentive Contracts
We explore an applicable test which details the optimal design of incentive contracts.
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Inference for Ranks
We address the challenges of ranking different populations according to the value of some feature of each population.
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First generation elite: the role of school social network
Emma Tominey explores how the school social network has shaped our world.
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Widening Access with Smart Targets
We discuss a system which would allow universities to be more flexible to meet their targets.