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
COVID recovery: What can we learn from post-World War II economic history?
CAGE Event:
Now the UK is looking towards its economic recovery post-COVID, many modern commentators have called for a new settlement that models itself on post-World War II policy reform. The transition from war to peace in the years after 1945 is often regarded as a great British success story. The economy is seen to have moved rapidly to a golden age of economic growth and developed a welfare state that provided economic security ‘from the cradle to the grave’. But is such a model right for the UK in the 21st century? Or is nostalgia clouding our perspective? Join Nick Crafts and Duncan Weldon to find out. (This is event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.)