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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:


Natalia Zinovyeva

Co-ordinator

Manuel Bagues

Deputy Co-ordinator


Events

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PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Tak-Huen Chau (LSE)

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Location: S2.79
Title: Who Belongs to the Nation?
Abstract: Why do citizens have differing views on who is 'truly' American, or British, or Chinese? When is one considered 'one of us'? The model endogenizes the composition of the national identity as a bundle of costly traits. Agents face trade-offs between acquiring costly traits, choosing an identity to achieve positive distinctiveness, and shaping others' trait expressions. Views on national identity arise from strategic interactions. The model predicts growing minority group proportion from low levels leads to dominant group members shifting away from 'non-attainable' traits for minorities, such as ancestry and birth, while continuing to emphasize 'attainable' traits, such as language. This strategic shift enables the dominant group to extract maximum behavioral change from minorities in Goldilocks region(s) of intermediate minority proportion. However, continued growth in minority proportions reduces assimilation incentives and shrinks the set of costly traits the dominant group can feasibly demand. This can trigger a backlash to an exclusive identity as the strategic benefits of offering an attainable identity collapse.

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