This one day workshop will celebrate the many contributions to economics of Professor Costas Meghir. It will feature work on labour markets, families and human capital, both for developed economies and lower income countries.
The academic conference will take place in person only, and is free to attend, but places must be booked in advance.
Programme
| Time | Session |
| 09:30- 09:40 | Welcome, Monica Costa Dias |
| 09:40- 11:00 | Session 1 Chair: Steve Bond Jean Marc Robin, "A Nonparametric Finite Mixture Approach to Difference-in-Difference Estimation, with an Application to On-the-job Training and Wages" Luigi Pistaferri, "Revisiting the Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act" |
| 11:00- 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20- 12:40 | Session 2 Chair: Gabriel Ulyssea Vittorio Bassi, "Self-employment within the firm” Sonya Krutikova, "Empowering adolescent girls: does it take a village?" |
| 12:40- 13:40 | Lunch |
| 13:40- 15:00 | Session 3 Chair: Pedro Carneiro Alison Andrew, “Dowry, Old-Age Support and Labor Supply over the Lifecycle” Hamish Low, "Fertility and Family Labour Supply" |
| 15:00- 15:20 | Coffee Break |
| 15:20- 16:40 | Session 4 Chair: Pierre-Andre Chiappori Abi Adams, "The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships" Frederic Vermeulen, “Stable marriage, household consumption and unobserved match quality” |
| 16:40- 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00- 18:00 | Session 5 Chair: Richard Blundell Costas Meghir, "Earnings Dynamics and Firm-Level Shocks" |
Organisers: Richard Blundell and Monica Costa Dias
This event is funded by
Speakers
Abi Adams
Alison Andrew
Alison is a Senior Research Economist of our Institute with research interests in the economics of gender, marriage and education.
Vittorio Bassi
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.
Sonya Krutikova
Sonya Krutikova is an Associate Professor of Economics at Manchester University and IFS Deputy Research Director.
Hamish Low
Hamish is the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College and a Research Fellow at IFS.
Jean Marc Robin
Costas Meghir
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
Luigi Pistaferri
Frederic Vermeulen
Frederic is a Research Associate of the IFS, a Professor of Economics at the University of Leuven and a Research Fellow at the CEPR.
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