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
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (PSE)
Title: Henry Ford and Antisemitism (Johannes Buggle, Seyhun Sakalli, Alexandre Verlet, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya)
Abstract: We investigate whether economically powerful individuals leverage their business influence to advance political or ideological agendas. We study the impact of Henry Ford鈥檚 newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, which disseminated anti-Jewish conspiracy theories in the early 1920s, on the diffusion of antisemitism across the United States. To measure local antisemitic sentiment, we construct a novel granular index based on digitized data from discriminatory classified advertisements in local newspapers. Exploiting variation in exposure arising from the geographic distribution of Ford dealerships—since newspaper subscriptions were distributed with Ford car purchases—and the timing of the campaign鈥檚 onset, we employ a difference-in-differences design to estimate its effect. To isolate exogenous variation, we instrument for local exposure using market saturation with competing automobile brands, while controlling for detailed demographic characteristics. Our results indicate that the Ford campaign significantly increased antisemitic classified ads in counties with more Ford dealerships. Event-study estimates show no pre-trends and reveal that the effects persisted until World War II. These findings demonstrate how businesspeople can shape social and political attitudes over the long term without going into politics.