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Conference Session: "Social Preferences, Institutions and Performance in the Labour Market" within the theme "labour market, work and family" at the 3rd International ESS Conference in Lausanne (CH), 13-15 July, 2016

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Ben Zissimos

InsTED member, Simone Moriconi, is organizing a session at the 3rd International ESS Conference in Lausanne (CH), 13-15 July, 2016. Paper submissions are welcome. Here is the session proposal: Abstract submissions are welcome on “Social Preferences, Institutions and Performance in the Labour Market” within the theme “labour market, work and family“ at the 3rd International ESS Conference in Lausanne (CH), 13-15 July, […]

Kiel Institute Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

The Kiel Institute will continue its successful Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research with a new program starting in August 2016 : Macroeconomics in Open Economies – Roberto Rigobon (MIT) Financial Markets and the Macro-Economy – Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton) Debt Crises and Macro-Prudential Policy – Enrique Mendoza (Pennsylvania) Monetary Policy: Theory and Practice – Volker Wieland (Frankfurt) Exchange-Rate Economics […]

Weather Shocks, Natural Disasters, and Economic Outcomes

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

The ‘new weather-economy literature’ applies panel methods to examine how weather-related events such as temperature, precipitation and windstorms affect economic outcomes such as output, labor productivity and conflict. By capturing exogenous variation in weather related events over time within a given spatial unit, the literature helps inform classic issues of economic development and especially the […]

Welcome new members

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Prof. Gouranga Das (Hanyang University) His primary research fields are trade and development, computable general equilibrium modeling, technological change, and outsourcing. Prof. Carl Davidson (Michigan State University) His research falls into two general areas: the influence of labor market structure on issues related to […]

New Working Papers – November 2015

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

The following working papers have recently been added to our working papers page. Bartelme, Dominick and Yuriy Gorodnichenko (2015) “Linkages and Economic Development” Boehm, Johannes (2015) “The Impact of Contract Enforcement Costs on Outsourcing and Aggregate Productivity” Bove, Vincenzo, Jean-Philippe Platteau and Petros G. Sekeris (2015) “Political repression in autocratic regimes” Glaeser, Edward L., Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto and Yimei Zou (2015) […]

3rd International ESS Conference: “Understanding key challenges for European societies in the 21st century” 13-15th July 2016, Amphimax, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Posted on 27 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

The 3rd International ESS Conference will showcase research that uses data from the European Social Survey (ESS) to address a range of substantive issues highly relevant to European societies. It will bring together ESS data users from around the world and working across a range of disciplines to share ideas, discuss their results and showcase […]

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

Posted on 26 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

“The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton–one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty–tells the remarkable story of how, […]

Job Opportunity: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, International Macroeconomics, University of San Francisco, CA

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

The Department of Economics at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a tenure-track position in the field of International/Open Economy Macroeconomics, broadly defined, at the Assistant Professor level beginning in August 2016, pending approval and funding. Preference is for a supplementary field and/or applied research in Economic History, Trade, Econometrics, Financial Economics, or […]

Call for papers: An International Conference on International Trade

Posted on 5 November 2015 by Ben Zissimos

An International Conference on International Trade, 13-16 June 2016, Athens, Greece. The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers, organizes An International Conference on International Trade, 13-16 June 2016, Athens, Greece. Submission Please submit a 300-word abstract before 16 November 2015, by email (atiner@atiner.com), addressed to Mr. Athanasios Mihalakas, […]

Learning Externalities and International Trade

Posted on 31 October 2015 by Ben Zissimos

It has long been recognized that the dynamic effects of trade, such as the learning externalities that drive technological change, are likely to dwarf the static gains. According to the oral tradition in economics, the literature tended to focus on the static gains because the dynamic effects were poorly understood and supposedly impossible to measure. […]