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
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop)
There will be two (x 30mins) presentations for this Macro/international workshop.
Title - 1 - Structural Transformation and Intra-Household Bargaining (Jiaqi Li and Qianxue Zhang) (30 mins)
Abstract: A standard structural change model with intra-household bargaining predicts that moving out of agriculture increases female bargaining position by an increase in female to male wage ratio due to the rising service sector. However, we reject this prediction using data from Sub-Saharan Africa. We build a general equilibrium model with gender stigma. It shows that structural transformation reduces female bargaining power if social stigma exceeds the threshold jointly determined by female comparative advantage and substitutability of labor input between genders.
Title – 2 - Human Capital, Self-Insurance and Marriage Uncertainty (Jiaqi Li) (30 mins)
Abstract: Black women's high female labor supply has been a puzzle in economic and sociology literature, since economic and demographic variables fail to explain the gap. Therefore, literature relies on parameters( childcare cost and preferences) to explain the gap. By building a life cycle model of female labor supply, consumption, and savings with uncertainty in divorce shock, I show that only using the racial difference in marriage and divorce rates is able to generate the same racial gap in child penalties as empirical estimates. The structural model illustrates that Black women stay in the labor market to prevent human capital from depreciation as a means to self-insure against future divorce shocks