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 - Sarthak Joshi
The title and abstract of Sarthak's talk are:
Title: The effect of increasing academic competition on student welfare
Abstract: The college admissions competition is arguably the most high-stakes contest in the young person鈥檚 life. Moreover, this competition usually takes the form of a rank order contest, which are characterised by the arms race phenomenon. In such settings, the precise mechanism through which students are assigned available college seats have important implications for the choice of pre-college effort, and eventually, for the mental health of college aspirants. I study the case of the 2008 expansion in affirmative action policy in India that reserved 27% of all seats in higher education for students belonging to a particular caste group. Using nationally representative data, I analyse the potential effects of this policy on chosen levels of pre-college year of schooling across different social groups, and on the count of suicides 鈥渄ue to failure in examinations鈥� between 2001-2019.