Departmental Seminar *in-person* - Oct 4th
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*This seminar will take place in-person*
Eliana LA FERRARA is the Invernizzi Chair in Development Economics at Bocconi University, where she also directs the Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies (LEAP). She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), of European Development Research Network (EUDN) and of the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), as well as a J-PAL Affiliate and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was president of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) from 2016 to 2019 and President of the European Economic Association in 2018.
Her research focuses on Development Economics and Political Economics, particularly on the role of social factors in economic development. She has studied ethnic diversity, kin structure and social norms, and the effects of television on social outcomes. She has also investigated political constraints to development, with particular focus on violent conflict in Africa. Her work is regularly published in the top tier journals in economics.
Eliana LA FERRARA will present a paper, joint with Erick BAUMGARTNER, Emily L. BREZA, Victor Hugo OROZCO-OLVERA, and Pedro ROSA DIAS, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:
The nerds, the cool and the central. Peer education and teen pregnancy in Brazil (paper to follow)
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Date: MONDAY, October 4th - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405
The next Departmental Seminar will host Axel GOTTFRIES (University of Edinburgh) on October 11th.
Friday Seminar *in-person* - Oct 1st
Paper in a typewriter on which it is written "New Research"
*This seminar will take place in-person*
Oliver CASSAGNEAU-FRANCIS is a PhD Candidate in Economics at Sciences Po, working on a thesis entitled The Returns to On-the-Job Training, under the supervision of Ghazala AZMAT.
His research interests are in labour economics, economics of education, skills and human capital. He is also interested in microeconometrics and intergenerational mobility.
Oliver CASSAGNEAU-FRANCIS will present a paper at the next Friday Seminar on the theme:
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Date: FRIDAY, October 1st - 12:30 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405
Our next Friday Seminar will host Pauline CORBLET (PhD Candidate, Sciences Po) on October 8th.
PEPES Seminar *in-person* - Sept 30th
Citizens from different walks of life voting
*This seminar will take place in-person, at the PSE*
Dominic ROHNER is Professor of Political and Institutional Economics at HEC Lausanne (University of Lausanne) since 2012. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Prior to joining the University of Lausanne, he taught at the Universities of York and Zurich. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, and holds research affiliations at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Zurich, Oslo, and Sussex.
His research focuses on political and development economics. Several of his recent papers have studied the role of natural resources and social capital for explaining armed conflict. His research has won several prizes and has been widely published.
Dominic ROHNER will present a paper at the next PEPES Seminar on the theme:
Donor Attention and Civil Unrest in Africa (read Abstract, PDF 25.56 KB)
More about Dominic ROHNER and his research
Date: THURSDAY, September 30th - 12:30 PM
Location: PSE - Jourdan Campus, 75014 Paris - Room R2-21
The next PEPES Seminar will be dedicated to PEPES Juniors Antonela MIHO (PSE) and Vladimir AVETIAN (Sciences Po) on October 14th.
Empirical IO Seminar *via Zoom* - Sept 28th
Vector gear infographic elements
*This seminar will take place via Zoom but you may watch it in room H 405*
Frank VERBOVEN is Professor at the Department of Economics of KU Leuven. He is also a member of the Industrial Orgianization Group at KU Leuven (IO@Leuven) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Among his editorial duties, he is currently Managing Editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization (together with Yongmin CHEN).
His research focuses on industrial organisation, competition policy, and applied micro-economics.
Frank VERBOVEN will present a paper, joint with Biliana YONTCHEVA, at the next Empirical IO Seminar on the theme:
Private Monopoly and Restricted Entry: Evidence from the Notary Profession (paper to follow)
More about Frank VERBOVEN and his research
Date: TUESDAY, September 28th - 3:15 PM
Location: Zoom
The next Empirical IO Seminar will host Stéphane BONHOMME (University of Chicago) on October 12th.
Roy-ADRES Seminar *in-person* - Sept 27th
Portrait of René Roy and stylised equations
*This seminar will take place in-person, at PSE*
Zvika NEEMAN is Professor of Economics at the Berglas School of Economics of Tel Aviv University, where he was also the Head form 2009 to 2012. He was a permanent faculty member for several years at Boston University and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2013 to 2015, he was the Visiting Professor of the Cowles Foundation and the Department of Economics of Yale University.
He is a microeconomic theorist with wide interests in other fields of economics. His main interests include mechanism and information design, game theory, and law and economics.
Zvika NEEMAN will present a paper, joint with Ran EILAT, at the next Roy-ADRES Seminar on the theme:
Communication with Endogenous Deception Costs (read Abstract, PDF 25.38 KB)
More about Zvika NEEMAN and his research
Date: MONDAY, September 27th - 5 PM
Location: PSE - Jourdan Campus, 75014 Paris - Room R1-09
The next Roy-ADRES Seminar will host Ludvig SINANDER (Oxford) on October 4th.
