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


11:15am - 12:30pm Export as iCalendar	PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Peter Schwardmann (Carnegie Mellon) S2.79 Title: Social Anxiety and Evaluative Interviews, with Samantha Horn and Egon Tripodi As social skills command ever rising labor-market returns, fear and avoidance of social interactions are poised to become an increasingly important source of inequality. We study how social anxiety shapes behavior and beliefs in evaluative interviews using a controlled online experiment (N = 922). Participants complete a performance task and then take part in a face-to-face interview with an evaluator attempting to hire high performers. Socially anxious individuals disproportionately avoid interviewing and hold significantly more pessimistic beliefs about how competent, likable, and hirable they will appear. This pessimism is unfounded: socially anxious individuals perform just as well as others in the interview. Yet the experience of a non-discriminatory interview does not correct their pessimism, nor does random assignment to a particularly warm or non-judgmental interviewer. Social anxiety is a strong and distinct predictor of avoidance and pessimism, even relative to depression, generalized anxiety, personality measures, and social-skill indices commonly used in labor economics. Lowering the cost of interviewing increases the share of socially anxious applicants, highlighting the removal of frictions as a promising intervention point. More information \| Tags: Political Economy and Public Economics Seminar \|
1pm - 2pm Export as iCalendar	Teaching & Learning Seminar - Emanuela Lotti (Southampton) S0.13 Title: Aligning UG Research in Economics towards AI-driven Research Skills More information \| Tags: Teaching and Learning Seminar \|
1pm - 2pm Export as iCalendar	MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Andrew Harkins (糖心TV) S2.79 Title: Opinion Dynamics on Edges: Differentiated Messaging and Polarization More information \| Tags: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) \|
1pm - 2pm Export as iCalendar	BERG (Behavioural & Experimental Reading Group) - Sebanti S2.86 Title: to be advised. More information \| Tags: Workshop \|
2pm - 3:30pm Export as iCalendar	Macro/International Seminar - Feng Ying (NUS) S2.79 Title to be advised. More information \| Tags: Macro/International Seminar \|

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