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
Erez Yerushalmi
The welfare implications of reducing malaria in Ghana: A dynamic general equilibrium analysis
Erez Yerushalmi, Priscillia Hunt, Stijn Hoorens
The paper develops a modelling approach to estimate the impact of malaria disease and its prevention on the overall economy, with Ghana as a case study. Our dataset includes 45 households, which are disaggregated by five income level quintiles, and nine geographic regions that have different Malaria prevalence. The dynamic, multi-sector multi-agent general equilibrium model is integrated with a health model, linking the labour resource with ill-health. The health model includes two components: (1) population projection for the size of the labour force, using the cohort-component method that accounts for changes in fertility, migration, and mortality; (2) a labour effectiveness component that takes into account the impact of malaria on the worker’s productivity for various malaria-specific health statuses. The model estimates the marginal benefits for various preventive scenarios to a baseline, at individual and regional levels. This approach could be similarly used for other diseases, e.g., TB and HIV/AIDS.
This paper is funded by GlaxsoSmithKline (GSK)