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 - Eric Renault
Workshop organisers: Mingli Chen and Clement Imbert
Title of paper: Weak Instruments Test in Discrete Choice Models
This paper proposes a test to reliably detect weak instruments in discrete choice models. As a by-product of our testing approach, we generalize the standard 屎rule-of-thumb屎 for linear models to discrete choice models. This generalized rule provides insights regarding instrument strength in a host of discrete choice models. A Monte Carlo analysis compares our proposed testing approach against commonly applied weak instruments tests. The results simultaneously demonstrate the good performance of our approach and the fundamental failure (over-rejection of the null of weak identification) of conventionally applied, i.e. linear, weak instrument tests in this context. We compare our testing approach to those commonly applied in the literature within two empirical examples: married women labour force participation, and US food aid and civil conflicts.