CEP Events - Calendar

3 February 2021 12:30 - 13:30

International Economics Workshops

The Legacy of Conflict: Aggregate Evidence from Sierra Leone

This paper studies the general equilibrium impact of civil war in Sierra Leone. I first use an instrumental variable (IV) strategy and geographic conflict variation to estimate reduced-form effects. I show that civil war... Read more...

Tillman Hoenig (LSE)

ONLINE

4 February 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

What Drives Wellbeing in Schools and of Students?

Jose Marquez Merino (Cambridge)

ONLINE

8 February 2021 16:30 - 17:30

Public Events

Going for growth

How can the UK and the world get back to sustainable growth following the COVID-19 pandemic?... Read more...

John Van Reenen (LSE, CEP and POID)

ONLINE

10 February 2021 14:00 - 15:00

Vocational Education Research Seminars

The Returns to College(s): Estimating Value-Added and Match Effects in Higher Education

Jack Mountjoy (University of Chicago)

ONLINE

11 February 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

The Long-Term Impact of School Privatization on Wellbeing: Evidence from the 1981 Reform in Chile

Martín Fernández-Sánchez (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)

ONLINE

17 February 2021 15:00 - 16:00

Policing and Crime Workshops

Inequality in US Criminal Justice and Economic Outcomes

Mike Mueller-Smith (Michigan)

ONLINE

18 February 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Using Memories to Assess the Intrapersonal Comparability of Wellbeing Reports

Caspar Kaiser (Oxford)

ONLINE

23 February 2021 12:55 - 14:00

Labour Markets Workshops

Banning the Boston Mechanism in Britain: Effects on School Segregation and Student Achievement

Camille Terrier (HEC Lausanne and CEP)

ONLINE

24 February 2021 14:00 - 15:00

Vocational Education Research Seminars

Assessing the Implementation and Impact of CTE in NYC – Early Impacts on Short-term Academic Outcomes

Rebecca Unterman (MRDC)

ONLINE

24 February 2021 15:00 - 16:00

Policing and Crime Workshops

Interregional Contact and the Formation of a Shared Identity

Christopher Roth (Warwick)

ONLINE

25 February 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Does Inequality Affect the Perception of Needs?

Clément Bellet (Erasmus and CEP)

ONLINE

2 March 2021 12:55 - 14:00

Labour Markets Workshops

School Types – Evidence on the Relative Effectiveness of Different School Arrangements

Olmo Silva (LSE and CEP) joint with M. Bertoni (Padova) and T. Klein (ZEW)

ONLINE

3 March 2021 12:30 - 14:00

International Economics Seminars

Trade Protection Along Supply Chains

Paola Conconi (ULB, CEPR, CESifo and CEP) joint with Chad Bown (Peterson Institute and CEPR), Aksel Erbahar (Erasmus and Tinbergen Institute) and Lorenzo Trimarchi (Universit´e de Namur)

ONLINE

3 March 2021 17:00 - 18:00

International Economics Workshops

The Labour Market Effects of Services Trade

Josh De Lyon (Oxford and CEP)

ONLINE

4 March 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Does Growing up in a Recession Increase Compassion? The Case of Attitudes Towards Immigration

Maria Cotofan (CEP)

ONLINE

5 March 2021 14:00 - 15:30

Urban and Regional Economics Seminars

The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities

Alessandra Fogli (FRB Minneapolis)

ONLINE

9 March 2021 12:55 - 14:00

Labour Markets Workshops

Minimum wages and the wage policy of firms

Giulia Giupponi (Bocconi University and CEP) joint with Stephen Machin (LSE CEP)

ONLINE

10 March 2021 15:00 - 16:00

Policing and Crime Workshops

Misdemeanor Prosecution

Amanda Agan (Rutgers) joint with Jennifer Doleac (Texas A&M) and Anna Harvey (NYU)

ONLINE

10 March 2021 17:00 - 18:00

International Economics Workshops

Import Competition and Trade Credit: Evidence and Theory

Fadi Hassan (Bank of Italy and CEP) joint with Federico Esposito (Tufts University)

ONLINE

11 March 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

The Welfare Effects of Social Media

Sarah Eichmeyer (LMU Munich)

ONLINE

11 March 2021 13:45 - 15:00

Capabilities, Competition and Innovation Seminars

Opening up Military Innovation: Causal Effects of ‘Bottom-Up’ Reforms to U.S. Defense Research

John Van Reenen (LSE, CEP and POID)

ONLINE

12 March 2021 13:00 - 14:30

International Economics Seminars

European Immigrants and the United States’ Rise to the Technological Frontier

Costas Arkolakis (Yale) joint with Urban and Regional Economics Seminars

ONLINE

12 March 2021 13:00 - 14:30

Urban and Regional Economics Seminars

European Immigrants and the United States’ Rise to the Technological Frontier

Costas Arkolakis (Yale) joint with International Economics Seminars

ONLINE

16 March 2021 12:55 - 14:00

Labour Markets Workshops

Labour Market Shocks during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Inequalities and Child Outcomes

Claudia Hupkau (CUNEF and CEP/CVER) joint with Ingo Isphording (IZA) Stephen Machin (LSE and CEP) and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (CEP)

ONLINE

17 March 2021 12:30 - 14:00

International Economics Seminars

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Davin Chor (Dartmouth)

ONLINE

17 March 2021 17:00 - 18:00

International Economics Workshops

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Rebecca Freeman (Bank of England and CEP)

ONLINE

18 March 2021 16:00 - 17:00

Public Events

The Policy Implications of Recent Globalization Research

An online seminar series aiming to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment on developing and emerging countries.... Read more...

Dani Rodrik (Harvard University) joint with CEPR and the German Development Institute

ONLINE

18 March 2021 13:00 - 14:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Let’s Face It: Assessing the Welfare Effects of Calorie Labelling Using Facial Expressions

Kate Laffan (University College Dublin )

ONLINE

19 March 2021 13:00 - 14:30

Urban and Regional Economics Seminars

Judge Dread: Court severity, repossession risk and demand in mortgage and housing markets

We study the impact of the likelihood that a house is repossessed – conditional on the mortgage being in arrears and taken to court – on mortgage and housing demand. We focus on the severity of courts that adjudicate on ... Read more...

Nikodem Szumilo (UCL) joint with Piero Montebruno (CEP), Olmo Silva (LSE, SERC and CEP)

32L 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

23 March 2021 12:55 - 14:00

Labour Markets Workshops

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Stephen Machin (LSE and CEP)

ONLINE

24 March 2021 12:30 - 13:30

International Economics Workshops

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Thomas Sampson (LSE and CEP)

ONLINE

24 March 2021 14:00 - 15:00

Vocational Education Research Seminars

The Effect of College Capital Projects on Students' Outcomes

Claudia Hupkau (CUNEF and CEP/CVER)

ONLINE

24 March 2021 17:00 - 18:30

International Economics Seminars

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Stefania Garetto (Boston)

ONLINE

24 March 2021 15:00 - 16:00

Policing and Crime Workshops

Corruption under Austerity

We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the extension of one such policy, the Domestic Stability Pact (DSP), to small Italian municipalities. The DSP le... Read more...

Gianmarco Daniele (University of Milan)

ONLINE

25 March 2021 13:00 - 14:00