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
U.S. Economic History 1-day Workshop
External Speakers: Martha Bailey (Michigan) and Bob Margo (Boston)
The programme
11:00 – 12:00 Bob Margo 鈥淓conomies of Scale in 19th Century American Manufacturing: A Reassessment鈥�
12:00 – 12:45 Arianna Ornaghi 鈥淭he Equilibrium Effects of Amenity Changes: Evidence from the Prohibition Era鈥� (with Greg Howard)
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Yannick Dupraz 鈥淔atherless: The Long-Term Effects of Losing a Father in the U.S. Civil War鈥� (with Andy Ferrara)
14:30 – 15:30 Martha Bailey 鈥淧rep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Human Capital and Economic Self-Sufficiency"