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
CWIP Workshop - Juliana Cunha Carneiro Pinto
Title: Transitory health shocks, human capital and crime: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data in Brazil.
Abstract: This paper provides the first causal evidence on the effects of dengue fever on educational and
behavioural outcomes. Using matched administrative data linking official dengue notifications,
school census records, and police reports for the universe of public secondary school students in
Minas Gerais, Brazil, we estimate the impact of individual health shocks on grade progression,
dropout, and subsequent involvement in crime. Identification exploits within-school and within-
neighbourhood variation in dengue exposure over an eleven-year period, with rich student and
classroom controls and detailed temperature measures. We find that dengue infections during
the school year increase grade retention by about 5 percent and school dropout by roughly
4 percent relative to baseline means. Linking the same students to police records, we show that
dengue infections also raise criminal involvement by 9–12 percent in the following years, driven
primarily by property and violent offenses. The results reveal that even short-lived illnesses can
have lasting consequences for human capital formation and youth behaviour, underscoring the
broader social costs of infectious diseases and the potential gains from targeted vaccination and
vector-control policies.