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
Economic History Seminar - Paul Seabright (Toulouse)
Title: Leaders Who Lose It: What Can We Do?
Abstract: This talk will present an ongoing book project (with co-author Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt). We argue first that the age of the world's political leaders is increasing in ways that pose concerns about their ability to function. We provide worldwide data about political leaders from 1870 to 2015 showing that the main mechanism underlying leader ageing is selective turnover: comparing across countries, circumstances that favor relatively older individuals entering office also make it relatively difficult to replace them. Furthermore, within-country comparisons show an absence of error-correction: increases in age and/or tenure of leaders produce no offsetting increase in the probability of replacing them. Secondly, we argue that recent medical evidence about the impact of dementia on decision making suggests that the damage to meta cognition (leader's ability to understand the extent of their own impairment) is more dangerous than its direct impact on cognitive skills. We set out a theoretical framework that helps to explain these facts, and discuss potential measures that might lower the associated economic, social and security risks.