Our Seminars & Workshops
Seminars
Workshops
Wed 1 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Rebecca Wilde (WMG)S0.13Title : Immersive learning: 4-week block teaching. Speaker: Rebecca Wilde (WMG) Abstract: Immersive learning has recently gained attention within the higher education sector. Current publications reflect heavily around the benefits gained from block teaching. A significant caveat within the existing body of literature is around how 4-week block teaching and immersive learning is operationalised in terms of curriculum design; and how this is cascaded to a course and module level. The focus of the session will be upon WMG’s experience of moving from a one-week block to a four-week block teaching model. |
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Wed 1 May, '24- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Jakub Steiner (Zurich)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 7 May, '24- |
MIEW (Macroeconomics/International Economics Workshop) - Alperen TosunS2.79Title: Optimally informative monetary policy |
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Tue 7 May, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Subhasish Dey (Warwick)S2.79Title: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH FOR SECOND-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS IN THE UK Authors Subhasish Dey, University of Warwick Mahima Kapoor, University of Warwick Anirban Mukherjee, University of Calcutta
Abstract: This study assesses the quality of occupations that second-generation immigrants are employed in relative to natives in the UK. Based on the concept of education-occupation mismatch, we investigate whether the utilization of workers’ skills is commensurate with those required under the job. Using the multinomial logistic regression model to fit data from the Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study, we show that second-generation immigrants have a higher probability of being over-educated than natives and evaluate the mechanisms driving the results. We further explore the presence of double penalty along the overlap of legal and social identities. The findings direct attention towards the unique context of second-generation immigrants and inform policy efforts. |
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Tue 7 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/ Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Heather Sarsons (UBC)S2.79Title: Moving to Opportunity, Together |
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Tue 7 May, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Yuya Sasaki (Vanderbilt)S2.79Title: On the Inconsistency of Cluster-Robust Inference and How Subsampling Can Fix It Abstract: Conventional methods of cluster-robust inference are inconsistent in the presence of unignorably large clusters. We formalize this claim by establishing a necessary and sufficient condition for the consistency of the conventional methods. We find that this condition for the consistency is rejected for a majority of empirical research papers. In this light, we propose a novel score subsampling method that achieves uniform size control over a broad class of data generating processes, covering that fails the conventional method. Simulation studies support these claims. With real data used by an empirical paper, we showcase that the conventional methods conclude significance while our proposed method concludes insignificance. |
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Wed 8 May, '24- |
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Adam Di Lizia (PGR)S2.79Title: Social Influence in Online Reviews: Evidence from the Steam Store Abstract: How good are reviews as signals of product quality for consumers? Using a data-set derived from the popular Steam gaming platform I investigate the ‘priming’ of quality judgements as based on pre-existing consumer assessments. A policy reform on Steam in 2019 changed the average level of exposure to previous consumer quality ratings, with this randomly occurring within a game and reviewer’s life cycle. I find that removing the exposure of a reviewer to a product’s average rating leads to a 35% drop in the dependency of their review on such a rating. This is not driven by selection effects, and is robust to a wide range of alternate specifications and measures. The effect is heavily asymmetric: negativity compounds to inflate the gap between poorly-rated and well rated games. This is driven by users who are less experienced both within and across games. Finally, using estimates of owner data, I run a simple structural model of game choice based on rating. A 1% increase to product rating is equivalent to a 2.5 dollar sale price reduction, suggesting this effect has large implications for buyers and sellers.
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Wed 8 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Rahul Deb (Toronto)S2.79Title: Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages Here is the MS Teams link for this CRETA seminar |
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Thu 9 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Yue Yu (Toronto)S2.79Title: National Road Upgrading and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ugandan Households (with Ian Herzog and Siyuan Liu) |
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Tue 14 May, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Matthew Ridley (Warwick)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 14 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Seth Zimmerman (Yale)S2.79Title : Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten. |
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Wed 15 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - William Taylor (Lancaster)A0.23Title: The use of social networks to improve engagement and implement a research-led curriculum. Abstract: Improving the integration between research and teaching in higher education is an interesting yet complex issue that has been studied in several research papers. However, the relationship between research quality and students’ satisfaction, is consistently negative for economics over time. Past research suggests that the integration of research in higher education teaching has positive results in both students’ motivation and final grades in different areas, but in practice, this is a complex issue. We introduce an Instagram account as a complementary teaching resource in 4 different modules across 2 universities. The purpose of the account it to (1) introduce research-led teaching activities; (2) increase engagement and (3) relate teaching to students’ real lives. We find that engagement with the content persists even after the teaching term finishes, furthermore we observe a positive relationship between the students’ final grades and interaction with the account. |
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Wed 15 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Miaomiao Dong (Penn State)S0.08Title: Strategic Disclosure in Research Races (joint with Kalyan Chatterjee and Kaustav Das) |
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Thu 16 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (UT Austin)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 20 May, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Eric Hilt (Wellesley College)S2.79Title: The Value of Ratings: Evidence from their Introduction in Securities Markets. |
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Mon 20 May, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Karim Chalak (Manchester)S2.79Title: Higher Order Moments for Differential Measurement Error, with Application to Tobin's q and Corporate Investment (co-authored with Daniel Kim) Here’s a link to the paper . |
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Tue 21 May, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - See-Yu Chan (PGR)S2.79Title: Recruitment Efforts and the Labor Market Consequences of College Expansion.
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Tue 21 May, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Farzad Javidanrad (Warwick)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 21 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Nico Voigtlaender (UCLA)S2.79Title: Organizing a Kingdom (with Charles Angelucci and Simone Meraglia) Abstract: We develop a framework that examines the organizational challenges faced by central rulers when delegating administrative authority over rural areas and towns to local elites. We highlight two key mechanisms that describe how shifts in the economy can lead to institutional change: First, as towns’ economic potential grows (e.g., due to the Commercial Revolution), their inefficient administration by outsiders (i.e., landed elites) leads to higher losses for the ruler. Thus, the ruler grants self-governance to towns, allowing urban elites to better adapt to local shocks (trade opportunities). Second, in order for self-governing towns to coordinate their choices with the ruler’s interests, they need to receive reliable information about shocks to the kingdom (e.g., war threats). To ensure effective communication, the ruler informs towns directly in central assemblies. Overall, this process increases the weight given to urban elites’ preferences in decisions made by all stakeholders. Our framework can explain the emergence of municipal autonomy and towns’ representation in parliaments throughout Western Europe in the early modern period. We also discuss how the model applies to other historical dynamics, and to alternative organizational settings. |
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Wed 22 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford)S2.79Title: Multidimensional Screening with Returns (joint with Alexander Haberman and Frank Yang) |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advisedS0.09Title to be advised. |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workship - Devesh Rustagi (Warwick)S0.09Title to be advised. |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Lena Hensvik (Uppsala Universitet)S0.20Title to be advised. |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Leeat Yariv (Princeton)S0.20Title to be advised. |
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Wed 29 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Nahid Farnaz (York)S0.18Title: On Group Work |
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Thu 30 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Thierry Mayer (Sciences PO)S0.09Title to be advised. |
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Mara Squicciarini (Bocconi)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle to be advised. |
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Xiaoxia Shi (Wisconsin)S0.10Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advisedS0.09Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - to be advisedS0.09Title to be advised. |