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Anett Hofmann (STICERD, LSE) 10 - Feb - 2012 Public banks improve private banks performance: Evidence from a dynamic structural model Fabio A. Miessi Sanches joint with Daniel Silva Junior (London School of Economics) 03 - Feb - 2012 Does AIDS treatment stimulate negative behavioural response? Plamen Nikolov (Harvard University) 27 - Jan - 2012 Cooperation vs. non cooperation in a dynamic international environmental game Henry Tulkens joint with Parkash Chander (Universite Catholique de Louvain) 09 - Dec - 2011 Family Instability and Family Size as Factors in Child Well-Being: Evidence from Ireland Tony Fahey (University College Dublin and CASE visitor) 02 - Dec - 2011 Middlemen, Bargaining and Price Information: Is knowledge power? Tara Mitchell (EOPP, LSE) 25 - Nov - 2011 Locust. Estimating the Impact of a Plague Abel Schumann (Stockholm School of Economics, visiting STICERD) 18 - Nov - 2011 Does Political Competition Reduce the Selection of Self-Serving Politicians? Alois Stutzer (University of Basel) 11 - Nov - 2011 Social class and cognitive development in childhood - the debate over the Feinstein graph Ruth Lupton (CASE) 28 - Oct - 2011 Advertising expenditure and consumer prices Ferdinand Rauch (CEP, LSE) 21 - Oct - 2011 Why did Africa Urbanize? Resource booms and consumption cities in Ghana and Ivory Coast Remi Jedwab (Paris School of Economics/LSE) 29 - Jun - 2011 The insurance value of a public employment program: evidence from NREGA Anne Brockmeyer (EOPP, LSE) 22 - Jun - 2011 Hyperbolic discounting: how much can uncertainty explain? Theory and preliminary evidence from Microfinance clients in rural West Bengal Miriam Sinn (EOPP, LSE) 15 - Jun - 2011 Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana Remi Jedwab joint with Alexander Moradi (University of Sussex) (Paris School of Economics/LSE) 08 - Jun - 2011 Tax Me, But Spend Wisely: The Political Economy of Taxes, Evidence from Brazilian Local Governments Lucie Gadenne (Paris School of Economics) 01 - Jun - 2011 TBC Luke Miner (LSE) 25 - May - 2011 The economic logic of Naxalite violence Oliver Vanden Eynde (EOPP, LSE) 18 - May - 2011 Income and living arrangements of the elderly populations in Hong Kong and Singapore Kok Hoe Ng (CASE, LSE) 11 - May - 2011 Weather shocks, sweet potatoes and peasant revolts in historical China Ruixue Jia (IIES, Stockholm) 04 - May - 2011 Ethnicity Meets Politics: One Hundred Years of Road Building in Kenya Remi Jedwab joint with Robin Burgess, Edward Miguel and Ameet Morjaria (Paris School of Economics/LSE) 16 - Mar - 2011 Rising claims for incapacity benefits: The fault of job strain? Ben Baumberg (CASE) 09 - Mar - 2011 Measuring the impact of micro-finance in Italy using a randomised evaluation: the 'Microcredito Etico-Sociale' programme Giorgia Barboni (LEM-Sant'Anna, EOPP Visitor) 02 - Mar - 2011 Social Protection, Redistribution and Economic Growth David Piachaud (Social Policy and CASE, LSE) 23 - Feb - 2011 Assessing postcode discrimination in employment in the UK: Challenges in employing a 'correspondence test' methodology in low-skilled labour markets Simon Watmough (CASE, LSE) 09 - Feb - 2011 Democratisation and representation: Italy 1909-1913 Valentino Larcinese (Department of Government, LSE) 02 - Feb - 2011 Trends in individual income growth: measurement methods and British evidence Stephen Jenkins joint with Philippe Van Kerm (Social Policy, LSE) 26 - Jan - 2011 Measuring mobility: A new approach Frank Cowell (PEP, STICERD, London School of Economics) 08 - Dec - 2010 TBC CANCELLED John Hills (CASE, LSE) TBC 01 - Dec - 2010 The impact of microfinace: a panel study of self-help groups in India Timothée Demont (Namur and EOPP Visitor) 24 - Nov - 2010 Coalition Formation and Political Decision Making: Evidence from Finnish Municipal Mergers Janne Tukiainen joint with Tuukka Saarimaa (VATT) (HECER and VATT, STICERD visitor) 10 - Nov - 2010 Mobility Measurement CANCELLED Frank Cowell (PEP, STICERD, London School of Economics) Mobility Measurement 27 - Oct - 2010 Differences in Decline. Why has relative child poverty decreased more quickly in Scotland than in England?" Eleanor Barham (Centre for Educational Research, LSE) 13 - Oct - 2010 Selecting case studies using quantitative data: choosing typical case studies for the evaluation of the Bolsa Família Programme in four rural municipalities in Brazil Kenia Parsons (CASE, London School of Economics) 23 - Jun - 2010 For Love AND for Money. Work motivations among childcare workers Ludovica Gambaro (CASE, London School of Economics) 16 - Jun - 2010 Effects of childhood poverty on youth unemployment in the UK Yuka Uzuki (CASE, LSE) 09 - Jun - 2010 Performance-based incentives versus direct inputs: An experiment targeting child malnutrition in Indian slums Prakarsh Singh (EOPP) 02 - Jun - 2010 Carrying out independent reviews for Government John Hills (CASE, LSE) 24 - Feb - 2010 Risk Attitudes and the Incidence of Informality among Workers: Evidence from a Transition Country Melanie Khamis (IZA, Bonn) 17 - Feb - 2010 Foreign Influence and the Cold War History of Democracy in Latin America Roberto Bonfatti (Oxford) 20 - Jan - 2010 Median Independent Inequality Orderings for Ordered Response Data Ramses Abul Naga joint with Tarik Yalcin (University of Bath) 09 - Dec - 2009 TBC CANCELLED Sarah Mohaupt (CASE, LSE) TBC 25 - Nov - 2009 A term on the MPC Rohini Pande (Harvard, EOPP Visitor) 11 - Nov - 2009 Employment and wage trajectories of mothers in low-skilled work: evidence from the longitudinal UK Families and Children Study (FACS) Francesca Bastagli (CASE, LSE) 28 - Oct - 2009 Fiscal policy and the labour market: The effects of public sector employment and wages Pedro Gomes (PEP, STICERD) 14 - Oct - 2009 The Right to Inherit: Female Education and Empowerment in India Sanchari Roy (EOPP, STICERD) 24 - Jun - 2009 Is competition between local authorities an effective way to motivate local public provision? –the experience of China Bingqin Li (Social Policy, London School of Economics) 17 - Jun - 2009 Assessing the social sustainability of pension reforms in Europe Aaron Grech (Department for Work and Pensions) 10 - Jun - 2009 Competition between local authorities – an effective way to motivate local public provision? The case of the Hygienic City Campaign China CANCELLED Bingqin Li (Social Policy, London School of Economics) Competition between local authorities – an effective way to motivate local public provision? The case of the Hygienic City Campaign China 03 - Jun - 2009 Childcare workers in the UK: who are they and how much are they paid? Ludovica Gambaro (CASE, London School of Economics) 20 - May - 2009 Education and Civic outcomes in Europe: quality versus quantity effects Francesca Borgonovi joint with Beatrice d’Hombres and Bryony Hoskins (OECD) 18 - Mar - 2009 Concession and Repression in Civil Wars Prakarsh Singh joint with Aki Ishihara (EOPP) 26 - Nov - 2008 Family Income and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Price Shock in Cote d'Ivoire Remi Jedwab (Paris School of Economics/LSE) 29 - Oct - 2008 The Military, War and Political Power: Theory and Evidence Gabriel Leon (EOPP and LSE) 22 - Oct - 2008 What They Don't Know Can't Hurt You: The Benefits of Limited Feedback in Organizations Stephen Hansen (UPF) 15 - Oct - 2008 Poor Democracy? The political exclusion of poor people in Britain and Israel re-examined Gal Alon (Dept of Policy Planning, Israel, and Dept of Social Policy, LSE) 08 - Oct - 2008 Son preference and sex ratios: How many 'missing women' are missing? Jas Ellis (LSE) [downlaod pdf] 25 - Jun - 2008 TBA Ann-Sofie Isaksson (University of Gothenburg) 11 - Jun - 2008 Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Child Well-being: A longitudinal analysis of Indonesia Sarah Mohaupt (CASE, LSE) 04 - Jun - 2008 Against Evidence-based Policy: The Damaging Effects of Misunderstanding What Social Research Can Achieve Ben Baumberg (CASE) 28 - May - 2008 Son Preference and Culture Jas Ellis (LSE) 21 - May - 2008 The Flypaper Effect Revisited Fernando Aragon joint with Sanchari Roy (LSE) 12 - Mar - 2008 Railways and Migration: How much can infrastructure impact on urbanization and development? Laura Ralston (EOPP) 05 - Mar - 2008 An economic approach to terrorism in Punjab Prakarsh Singh (EOPP) 27 - Feb - 2008 The impact of the privatisation of the pension regimes in UK and Germany on social inequality Michaela Willert (Freie Universitaet Berlin) 06 - Feb - 2008 Supply chain structures, coordination costs and trade Bernard Sinclair-Desgagne (HEC Montreal and CIRANO) 30 - Jan - 2008 The politics of culture-led housing revitalisation in Shanghai: The case of Taikang Road Creative Industry Cluster, 1998-2007 Stephen Wang (CASE) 05 - Dec - 2007 The household wealth distribution in Spain: The role of housing and financial wealth Francisco Azpitarte Reposeiras (University of Vigo) 28 - Nov - 2007 Fiscal incentives: Testing for China's sub-national governments Jin Wang (EOPP, STICERD) 21 - Nov - 2007 Wage inequality and education choices in Latin America: A general equilibrium approach Chiara Binelli (UCL) 14 - Nov - 2007 Decolonization: the role of changing world factor endowments   24 - Oct - 2007 A probabalistic voting model of indirect taxation with single-minded groups Emanuele Canegrati (UCSC Milan and DARP Visitor) 27 - Jun - 2007 Wine, exchange rates and divorce: Evidence from Chile to UK exports Rocco Machiavello (Oxford University) 20 - Jun - 2007 Tax evasion as a global game: an experiment Miguel Sanchez (STICERD/DARP) 13 - Jun - 2007 TBA Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (STICERD / DARP) 06 - Jun - 2007 Housing choice of rural to urban migrant workers - survey results from Tianjin, PRC Bingqin Li (Social Policy, London School of Economics) 31 - May - 2007 Divided We Stand, United We Fall: Religious Pluralism, Giving and Volunteering Efforts Francesca Borgonovi (OECD) 30 - May - 2007 Neighbourhood and School Effects on Educational Goals and Achievement Ann Owens (Harvard University and CASE visitor) 23 - May - 2007 Sustainable regeneration, sustainable communities or both? Assessing the impact of housing renewal of community sustainability - a theoretical model Catalina Turcu (CASE) 09 - May - 2007 Poverty, capabilities and the welfare state Gianluca Busilacchi (Ancona University and CASE visitor) 14 - Mar - 2007 Why decolonisation?   07 - Mar - 2007 Social and economic disadvantages of workers laid off from state-owned enterprises in Northeast China Mingzhu Dong (CASE, LSE) 21 - Feb - 2007 Corporate tax coordination schemes and welfare: A general equilibrium analysis Pedro Gomes (PEP, STICERD) 14 - Feb - 2007 History, ethics and organisations' reputation Tianxi Wang (EOPP) 17 - Jan - 2007 Is subjective goodwill excluded from accounting income? Yuko Katsuo (Visitor to the Japanese Studies Programme) 13 - Dec - 2006 Employment pathways for mothers in low skilled work: Evidence from the British Lone Parent Cohort Kitty Stewart (CASE) 06 - Dec - 2006 The interaction between family and work histories and their impact on incomes in later life among older women in the UK Tom Sefton (CASE) 29 - Nov - 2006 Anti-evasion policy in the presence of common income shocks Miguel Sanchez (STICERD/DARP) 15 - Nov - 2006 Redistributive taxation and public expenditure Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay joint with Joan Esteban (STICERD / DARP) 08 - Nov - 2006 Doing well by doing good: Formal volunteering and subjective well-being in the United States Francesca Borgonovi (OECD) 01 - Nov - 2006 Party democracy, political competition and quality of politicians Erlend Berg (LSE) and Sanchari Roy (LSE) 25 - Oct - 2006 Political economy in the early years of social security Radu Ban (EOPP) 18 - Oct - 2006 TBC Tianxi Wang (EOPP) 11 - Oct - 2006 Broad cross-license agreements in the semiconductor industry: Waiting to persuade? Alberto Galasso (Economics of Industry, STICERD) 28 - Jun - 2006 National identity vs ethnic identity CANCELLED Paolo Masella (EOPP) National identity vs ethnic identity 21 - Jun - 2006 Occupational choice between formality, informality and self-employment Melanie Khamis (IZA, Bonn) 14 - Jun - 2006 tbc CANCELLED Hannes Mueller (EOPP) tbc 07 - Jun - 2006 What motivates nonprofits and for-profits to compete for aid contracts? Theory and evidence Marieke Huysentruyt (EOPP) 24 - May - 2006 Taking care of the elderly: Political economy in the early years of social security Radu Ban (EOPP) 17 - May - 2006 Economic consequences of wars: Evidence from landmine contamination in Mozambique Ouarda Merrouche (European University Institute and IFAU Uppsala University) 10 - May - 2006 Cross-license agreements in the semiconductor industry: Waiting to persuade? Alberto Galasso (Economics of Industry, STICERD) 01 - Mar - 2006 Modelling vulnerability in the UK Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay joint with Frank Cowell (STICERD / DARP) 22 - Feb - 2006 Child poverty in the twentieth century Lucinda Platt (Department of Sociology, University of Essex) 08 - Feb - 2006 Managerial incentive, corporate control and outside finance: A theory of capital structure Xuewen Liu (LSE - FMG) 01 - Feb - 2006 Divide and conquer: Tax evasion as a global game Miguel Sanchez (STICERD/DARP) 25 - Jan - 2006 The social cost of near-rational investment Tarek Hassan (Harvard University(EOPP Visitor)) 23 - Nov - 2005 Does it pay to study far from home? Explaining the returns to geographic mobility of Italian college graduates Mattia Makovec (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research) 09 - Nov - 2005 Organisation's self and brandname's value Tianxi Wang (EOPP) 02 - Nov - 2005 The incidence of an earned income tax credit: Evaluating the impact on wages in the UK Ghazala Azmat (UPF Barcelona) 12 - Oct - 2005 Cross-country determinants of vertical integration Rocco Machiavello (Oxford University) 29 - Jun - 2005 Vertical Integration and Credit Markets. Rocco Machiavello (Oxford University) 15 - Jun - 2005 Qualitative Voting in Conflict Resolution Situations: An Experimental Analysis. Rafael Hortala-Vallve (LSE) 08 - Jun - 2005 Did Decentralization Give Rise to Strategic Interactions in the Provision of Schooling? - Evidence from a Swedish Reform. Karin Edmark (DARP) 01 - Jun - 2005 t.b.a. Eleni Karagiannaki (CASE) 25 - May - 2005 On the persistence of Inequality. David Piachaud (Social Policy and CASE, LSE) 18 - May - 2005 Income Distribution, Ethnic Heterogeneity and School Choice. Theory and Evidence from the UK. Inger Munk (EOPP, STICERD, LSE) 11 - May - 2005 The value of participation and the effect of cheap talk in a dictator game. Cornelius Schaub (EOPP) 04 - May - 2005 t.b.a. Patrick Francois (University of British Columbia) 27 - Apr - 2005 Rainy Tuesdays: Distinguishing Strategic Voters from Naive Voters in US Elections. Radu Ban (EOPP) 14 - Jan - 2005 'Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects' Alberto Abadie joint with Guido Imbens (UC Berkeley and NBER) (Harvard University) [downlaod pdf] 30 - Jun - 2004 The Impact of Progress on Child Health Outcomes Carmen Huerta (OECD) 23 - Jun - 2004 The Nature of Creative Development: Thoughts about Individualism and Social Systems Jonathan Feinstein (Yale University) 16 - Jun - 2004 Developmental Coalition and Urban Redevelopment of Inner City Residential Areas: with reference to Beijing and Seoul Hyun-Bang Shin (CASE / FMG / LSE) 02 - Jun - 2004 Girls' Educational Outcomes in Bangladesh and the Role of Non-formal Schools Pataporn Sukontamarn (STICERD / EOPP) 26 - May - 2004 CANCELLED!! CANCELLED Rocco Machiavello (Oxford University) CANCELLED!! 19 - May - 2004 Seven Decades of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States Bob Plotnik (University of Washington) 12 - May - 2004 Poverty in Spain: 1993-2000. A static and dynamic approach Elena Barcenae (CASE) 04 - May - 2004 Can Governments Change the Way People Behave? Jake Elster (CASE) 28 - Apr - 2004 Centre-State Relations and Economic Growth across Indian States - Some Preliminary Evidence Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (STICERD / DARP) 20 - Mar - 2002 Should Prime Ministers be Elected? Barbara Veronese (EOPP) 06 - Mar - 2002 The Fiscal Leviathan in a Multiple Equilibria Model of Sectoral Allocation Riccardo Puglisi (Universita di Padua) 27 - Feb - 2002 Helping Communities Find Sustainable Solutions Jake Elster (CASE) 13 - Feb - 2002 The Effect of Child Labor on Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from India Marco  Manacorda (CEP) 06 - Feb - 2002 Preference Reversals Frank Cowell (PEP, STICERD, London School of Economics) 30 - Jan - 2002 Social Networks and Technology Adoption in Northern Mozambique Oriana Bandiera (LSE, EOPP) 16 - Jan - 2002 Informed Principal and Correlation Michela Cella (EOPP) 12 - Dec - 2001 Well-being and Exclusion in Europe's Regions Kitty Stewart (CASE) 28 - Nov - 2001 On the Measurement of Poverty when Needs Differ Udo Ebert (DARP Visitor) 21 - Nov - 2001 Do People Know What Makes Them Happy? Orsolya Lelkes (CASE) 14 - Nov - 2001 Equalization and Tax Competition: Theory and Evidence Leonzio Rizzo (EOPP) 31 - Oct - 2001 International Organizations and Welfare States at Odds? The Case of Sweden and the OECD, 1975-2000 Eero Carroll (CASE Visitor) 17 - Oct - 2001 What Makes a Revolution? Robert MacCulloch (EOPP)   copyright © STICERD 2005 - 2007 LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE   e-mail: sticerd@lse.ac.uk