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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:


Natalia Zinovyeva

Co-ordinator

Jennifer Smith

Deputy Co-ordinator


Events

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Macro and International Economics Workshop - Dennis Novy
S2.79

Title: Urban-biased structural change (with Natalie Chen, Carlo Perroni and Horng Wong)

 Abstract: Over the past few decades, high-income countries have experienced a structural shift of economic activity from manufacturing towards services. Using rich administrative micro data from France, we document three stylized facts about structural change: (i) structural change has been urban-biased -- areas with higher population density have seen a faster shift into services than less densely populated locations; (ii) the urban bias is entirely driven by exporters; (iii) large manufacturing exporters locate in small cities, while large services exporters locate in large cities. Motivated by these findings, we build and estimate an open economy model of cities and exporters to quantify the role of agglomeration forces, falling trade costs, and sectoral productivity growth in shaping urban-biased structural change. We find that changing agglomeration benefits and falling international trade costs led manufacturing exporters to grow in small cities and services exporters in large cities, generating urban-biased structural change. Sorting by exporters and non-exporters into different locations plays a key role in understanding structural change -- if exporters and non-exporters had made the same location choices, there would be no urban bias in structural change.

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Seminar - David Huffman (Pittsburgh)
S2.79

Title - to be advised

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Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Hyejin Ku (UCL)
S2.79

Title: The Rise of China and the Global Production of Scientific Knowledge (with Tianrui Mu)

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CRETA Seminar - David Ahn (Wustl)
OC0.02

Title: Incentives and Efficiency in Constrained Allocation Mechanisms (joint with Joseph Root (Chicago)).

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