The Institute for Fiscal Studies and CAGE Research Centre (University of Warwick) are co-organising this workshop as a follow-up to a workshop on this topic organised by CAGE in 2022. We intend this to be a biennial event which convenes a network of researchers working on mental health.
This academic workshop will take place at the Building Centre in-person only and spaces are limited. Please email [email protected] to express your interest in attending.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Alison Andrew (Oxford)
- Manuela Angelucci (Austin)
- Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick & IFS)
- Francesco Capozza (Berlin)
- Monica Costa-Dias (Bristol & IFS)
- Emily Cuddy (Duke)
- Julian Johnsen (Bergen)
- Sonya Krutikova (Manchester & IFS)
- Canishk Naik (LSE)
- Ekaterina Oparina (LSE)
- Fabien Postel-Vinay (UCL & IFS)
- Matthew Ridley (Warwick)
- Anna Sandberg (Swedish Institute of Social Research)
- Jonathan Zhang (McMaster)
Programme
Day 1 - Tuesday 18th June | ||
| 8.30 | Arrival Tea and Coffee Refreshments | |
| 9.00 | Changes in the Distribution of Job Characteristics in the US, 2008-present day (with a focus on Mental Health) | Fabien Postel-Vinay |
| 9.40 | Social Media Toxicity, Emotions, and Mental Health: Experimental Evidence | Mateusz Stalinski |
| 10.20 | Tea and Coffee Break | |
| 11.00 | Economic impacts of prescribing antidepressants to children | Sonia Bhalotra |
| 11.40 | The Impact of PhD Studies on Mental Health — A Longitudinal Population Study | Anna Sandberg |
| 12.20 | Peer effects in mental health: Evidence from Danish schools | Monica Costa-Dias |
| 13.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14.20 | Empowering Adolescent Girls: Does it take a Village? | Sonya Krutikova |
| 15.00 | Invisible Wounds: Health and Well-Being Impacts of Mental Disorder Disability Compensation on Veterans | Jonathan Zhang |
| 15.40 | Tea and Coffee Break | |
| 16.10 | Do Children's New Mental Health Conditions Spillover Onto Their Parents? | Emily Cuddy |
| 16.50 | Alcohol Availability, Prenatal Conditions, and Mid-life Mental Health | Peter Nilsson |
| 18.00 | Drinks and dinner (by invitation) | |
| Day 2 - Wednesday 19th June | ||
| 8.30 | Arrival Tea and Coffee Refreshments | |
| 9.00 | Contagion in the Classroom: Peer Effects of Mental Health | Julian Johnsen |
| 9.40 | Mental Models of Mental Health | Francesco Capozza |
| 10.20 | Tea and Coffee Break | |
| 11.00 | Talking Therapy: Impacts of a Nationwide Mental Health Service in England | Ekaterina Oparina |
| 11.40 | Mental Health and the Targeting of Social Assistance | Canishk Naik |
| 12.20 | Mental Illness Discrimination | Matthew Ridley |
| 13.00 | Lunch and close of workshop | |
This event is funded by
Speakers
Alison Andrew
Alison is a Senior Research Economist of our Institute with research interests in the economics of gender, marriage and education.
Sonia Bhalotra
Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick.
Monica Costa Dias
Monica is a Deputy Research Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol, with an interest in Labour, Family and Public Economics.
Fabien Postel-Vinay
Fabien is an IFS Research Director and a Professor of Economics at UCL. His work’s focus is on labour markets.
Sonya Krutikova
Sonya Krutikova is a Professor of Economics at Manchester University and IFS Deputy Research Director.
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