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
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Subhasish Dey
Subhasish Dey with co-author Aditi Sanjay will be presenting the paper.
Title: Does a Legal Ban on Pre-Natal Sex Determination Improve Female Educational Attainment? Evidence from India
Abstract: The study attempts to empirically estimate the causal impact of a legal ban on pre-natal sex determination on female educational attainment in the Indian context. A differences-in-differences setup is employed to exploit the exogenous policy variation created by the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1996. The paper establishes the economic channels linking the direct effect of the Act on the odds of occurrence of a female birth to its indirect effect on female educational attainment. The results of the analysis report that the Act has significantly increased the probability of a female birth by 2.56% and years of education completed by 2.15 years. Hence, this study contributes to the scarce literature on the long-term consequential impact of this legislation and to the relevance of demographic policies in shaping human capital formation.