STICERD Work in Progress Seminars

Many of our seminars and public events this year will continue as in person or as hybrid (online and in person) events. Please check our website listings and Twitter feed @STICERD_LSE for updates.

Unless otherwise specified, in-person seminars are open to the public.

Those unable to join the seminars in-person are welcome to participate via zoom if the event is hybrid.

STICERD Work in Progress seminars are held on Fridays in term time at 13:00-14:00, ONLINE, unless specified otherwise.

Seminar organisers: Philip Barteska and Alix Bonargent

For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.

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Friday 03 April 2020 13:00 - 14:00

TBC

Martina Zanella (LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 20 March 2020 13:00 - 14:00

TBC

Tillman Hoenig (LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 13 March 2020 13:30 - 14:30

Can Unemployment insurance decrease attachment to the labour market?

Alexandre Desbuquois (LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 06 March 2020 13:00 - 14:00

What makes tax reforms successful? Evidence from 100 years of tax experimentations in the US

Sacha Dray (Department of Economics, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 28 February 2020 13:00 - 14:00

The Role of Trademarks in International Trade: Evidence from Chinese Exporters in the African Tyre Industry

Since the fact that reliable quality of goods and services cannot be provided has been a great concern in developing countries, how to allow sellers to upgrade their quality has been debated in terms of a public policy a...Read more...

Yusuke Kuroishi (LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 21 February 2020 12:00 - 13:00

What makes a boss? Evidence from the career trajectories of 70,000 employees in a multinational firm

What is the nature and role of bosses in organizations? I analyse panel data at the employee-level from a multinational ﬁrm operating in 114 countries for the period 2011-2019. To identify the role of bosses, I ex...Read more...

Virginia Minni (Department of Economics, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 14 February 2020 13:00 - 14:00

Demand for Children and the Income-Fertility Gradient in Sub-Saharan Africa

Current and projected population growth rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) constitute a major policy concern, especially as they are highest among the poorest segments of the region’s population. Governments, internationa...Read more...

Celine Zipfel (LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 07 February 2020 13:00 - 14:00

Cooperation in a Fragmented Society: Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees and Natives in Lebanon

Bilal Malaeb (Institute of Global Affairs, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 31 January 2020 13:00 - 14:00

Workers Across Borders: Equity-Efficiency Trade-Offs for Mobility Policies

This paper studies the effects of public policies that aim to enhance workers’ mobility across countries with different fiscal and social security regimes. Exploiting the unique setting provided by the largest European m...Read more...

Mathilde Munoz (University of California, Berkeley)

ONLINE

Friday 24 January 2020 13:00 - 14:00

What Makes a Good Doctor? Evidence from Random Patient-Physician Matching in Sweden

Amanda Dahlstrand-Rudin (Department of Economics, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 06 December 2019 13:30 - 14:00

Buying and Selling Classic Cars

Wolfgang Ridinger (STICERD, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 06 December 2019 13:00 - 13:30

Are Chemists Good Bankers? Returns to the Match between Training and Occupation

Dita Eckardt (University of Warwick and CEP)

ONLINE

Friday 29 November 2019 13:00 - 14:00

Breaking Gender Barriers: Bringing Men into the Pink-Collar Jobs of the Future

Alexia Delfino (LSE)

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Friday 22 November 2019 13:00 - 14:00

Household indebtedness and mental wellbeing among older individuals in England

Aapo Hiilamo (CASE, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 15 November 2019 13:00 - 14:00

How much choice is enough? Comparing parents' experiences of school choice in England and Scotland

Aveek Bhattacharya (Social Market Foundation)

ONLINE

Friday 21 June 2019 13:00 - 14:00

The impact of in-service teacher training on student performance. Evidence from a developing country

There is limited research about the impacts of in-service teacher training on students' performance; more importantly, we don’t know how to incentivize the take-up of effective teacher training and continuing professiona...Read more...

Tatiana Torres (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 14 June 2019 13:00 - 14:00

TBC

Julia Philipp (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 07 June 2019 13:00 - 14:00

Gender Ratios and Group Interaction: Evidence from Local Parliamentary Meetings in South Korea

How does the proportion of females aﬀect the group dynamic in a male-dominated setting? We study this question in the context of local parliamentary meetings in South Korea, exploiting the introduction of gender q...Read more...

Martina Zanella (LSE)

SAL 3.05, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Friday 31 May 2019 13:00 - 14:00

TBC

Julia Philipp (Department of Social Policy, LSE)

ONLINE

Friday 24 May 2019 13:00 - 14:00

Motivating bureaucrats: Historical evidence on the impact of monetary incentives for tax inspectors

Reducing tax evasion is a key priority for many governments, particularly in developing countries. A growing literature has focused on the availability of third-party information as a critical factor to improve tax enfor...Read more...

Sacha Dray (Department of Economics, LSE)

ONLINE

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