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
EBER (DR@W) Seminar - Bruno Ferman
Title: Rooting for the same team: Shared social identities in a polarized context
Abstract: Does sharing affective identities build social cohesion in a politically polarized setting? We experimentally answer this during the Brazilian presidential elections of 2022. We use Twitter follow-backs and blocks as measures of social ties among congruent or incongruent individuals along political (supporting the same candidate) and affective (rooting for the same football team) dimensions of identity. Congruence in either dimension fosters tie formation, but the positive effect of sharing an affective identity becomes substantially less relevant when information about political identity is available. This suggests that, although affective congruence fosters ties among politically opposite individuals, political polarization limits such effect. Consistent with these results, we also show that a shared national identity might not help build cohesion in a polarized setting. Through text analysis of live-streamed tweets of Brazilian soccer fans during the 2022 World Cup, we document significant differences in the fans' reactions to positive (e.g., goals) and negative (elimination) events depending on their political alignment with the specific players that triggered the events. Taken together, our results indicate that, in a polarized setting, political identities can hinder the potential of other shared identities to increase social cohesion.