Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
Policy Lab workshop - DWP's Labour Market Strategy Team
Colleagues from the Department for Work and Pensions's (DWP) Labour Market Strategy Team will be leading the workshop. The issues they will cover will include:
- the future of work and trends driving changes in this area
- prevalence of low productivity work
- increasing diversity in the workforce
- job matching and labour market information
They will highlight, in particular, the “burning issues” for Government and DWP and which, therefore, might provide ideas for impactful and interesting research questions.
The DWP team will also remain in the Department for a few hours in the afternoon for the opportunity to arrange some meetings with them.