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
CWIP Lunchtime Workshop - Carlo Schwarz (PGR-糖心TV)
Carlo will present 鈥淢aking America Hate Again? Twitter and Anti-Muslim Hate Crime under Trump鈥� (joint with Karsten M眉ller)
Abstract: Is social media activity associated with violent real-life actions? This paper studies the period around the 2016 presidential election in the United States. We show that Trump's Tweets on Islam-related topics are highly correlated with anti-Muslim hate crime after, but not before his presidential campaign, and are uncorrelated with other hate crimes. Furthermore, the rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes since Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been concentrated in counties with high Twitter usage. These patterns stand out in historical comparison: counties with many Twitter users today did not experience disproportionally more anti-Muslim hate crimes in the past. To establish causality, we exploit plausible exogenous variation in Trump鈥檚 Tweeting behaviour based on the travel distance between campaign rallies. We find statistically significant reduction in the number of hate crimes on days Trump is prevented from Tweeting by long distance travels.