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
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Parama Chaudhury (UCL) The BME attainment gap - sources and implications for the (academic) pipeline
About the talk: At many leading UK universities, students from a BME background currently lag behind their white counterparts in academic attainment both in terms of average marks as well as the probability of obtaining a 鈥済ood鈥� degree (II.1 or above). In this presentation, I will discuss the details behind this finding, including the variation of this gap across faculties and programmes, gender, specific ethnic background, and other individual characteristics. Based on these findings, I will discuss potential implications for policy and outline some of the measures developed within UCL's BME attainment gap project and the initial effects of these policies.
About the speaker: Parama is a Principal Teaching Fellow at UCL and Founding Director at (CTaLE). She has also been recently appointed as BME Attainment Lead for the Social and Historical Sciences Faculty at UCL. Her research interests are in labour economics, specifically inequality and technological change. Before joining UCL, she taught at the University of Oxford, Dartmouth College and Yale University.