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 (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Subhasish Dey
Title: Educated Leaders through Legislation but at What Cost?
Abstract: Many societies have tried to design incentives and restrictions to improve the quality of their political leaders. In this paper, we use a legislation introduced in 2014 that mandated minimum education requirements– a correlate of quality, in the context of local village council elections in Rajasthan to look at the impact of such restrictions on the selection of elected leaders. We show that there was a higher probability of under-representation of disadvantaged groups where such legislation hit the hardest in terms of the incumbent not meeting the education criteria. These results are robust to accounting for differential trends by education and population characteristics. Furthermore, we find that this legislation did not lead to demonstrable improvement in performance of public program (NREGS), economic development as measured by night time luminosity or investment in education as measured by new school openings.