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 - Maggie Fok (PhD)
Title: Macroeconomic crises and cross-country achievement gap
Abstract: This paper studies the impact of economic crises during childhood on academic achievement across countries. Current literature focusses on the consequences of a specific economic crisis in one country on long-term educational attainment and labour market outcomes. This paper contributes to the study on economic shocks and human capital accumulation by extending to both global and country-specific crises and conducting a cross-country comparison. Second, in order to fully describe the different experiences of crises by students, it analyses the impact of economic crises from four dimensions based on the length, number and age of exposure rather than the mere occurrence of the events. I use 2003-2015 PISA datasets for students鈥� demographics, family and school characteristics. The Global Crises Data by Harvard 糖心TV School is used to generate four measures for economic crises. Preliminary results show that total years of exposure is the most significant element that explains the achievement gap and the effect of the age of exposure is insignificant. Students of both genders have lower reading, mathematics and science test scores for longer exposure to crises, but females鈥� scores are 1.2-2.5 points lower than males鈥�. Native and immigrant students suffer lower scores from longer period of crises experienced. While natives have smaller drop in reading score, their performances in mathematics and science are worse than immigrants.