Doctoral Workshop in Economics - Spring Session
The Spring Session of the Doctoral Workshop 2024 will take place on Friday, May 31, 2024 at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve.
The workshop will be followed by a Cheese&Wine in the evening.
Registration
To register, please fill in this form.
The registration deadline for presenters is May 20, 2024. For non-presenters who wish to join the lunch and/or cheese & wine the deadline is May 24.
Types of sessions
- Short session: 20’ presentation + 10’ questions
- Regular session: 30’ presentation + 5’ questions
- Job market session: 45’ presentation + 10’ discussant + 5’ questions
Programme
| 9:00 - 10:05 |
Parallel Session I |
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Industrial Organization
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Economic History
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| Giorgio Ferroni (UNamur) Recurrent backers in crowdfunding |
Filippo Manfredini (UCLouvain) Universities and divergence in pre-industrial Europe |
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| Riccardo Paba (Sassari University) Strategic pricing of perishable goods: the impact of circular economy platforms |
Zhaniya Idrissova (UCLouvain) Economic impact of proximity to the capital |
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| 10:05 - 10:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:20 - 11:25 |
Parallel Session II |
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Labour Economics 1
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Development Economics
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| Nabil Sheikh Hassan (UCLouvain) Assessing the 1996 law on employment and competitiveness in Belgium : a synthetic control method approach |
Anna Jolivet (UNamur) Female entrepreneurship and husband’s support in male-dominated sectors: experimental evidence from Benin |
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| Antoine Germain (UCLouvain) A maximum workday in Belgian coal mines |
Sirui Li (ULB) Standardized testing for college entrance: evidence from a major examination reform in China |
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| 11:25 - 11:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:40 - 12:45 |
Parallel Session III |
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Labour Economics 2
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Welfare and Inequality
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| Tiziano Toniolo (UCLouvain) Too much of a good thing? The macro implications of excessive firm entry |
Quentin Richard (UNamur) A decomposable indicator of mortality that accounts for lifespan inequality and population pyramids |
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| Manon Bolland (Liège University) Decomposing the gap in the take-up of the (equivalent) social integrationincome between immigrants and Belgian natives |
Nicolás Larrea Avila (Unamur) Income mobility and poverty transitions in Argentina |
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| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 15:35 |
Parallel Session IV |
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Public Economics
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Macroeconomics
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| Rory Green (UCLouvain - Saint-Louis) Marginal personal income tax changes: tax revenue, welfare, and labour supply |
Vincent Notte (UCLouvain) Exchange rate pass-through: the role of shocks and policy response |
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| Daniel Coppens (UCLouvain - Saint-Louis) The hidden cost of carbon pricing? Distinguishing behavioral responses by energy poverty status |
Leila Van Keisbilck (UCLouvain) The transmission of shocks across sectors and the dynamics of sectoral prices |
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| Giulia Klinges (Liège University) The Belgian pension system and the gender pension gap |
Lin Liu (UCLouvain) Imperfect macroeconomics expectations under Eurozone unconventional monetary policy |
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| 15:35 - 15:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:50 - 17:00 |
Parallel Sessions V |
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Political & Health Economics
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Internartional Economics & Econometrics
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| Margaux Clarr (UCLouvain) Diversionary drones |
Pound for pound: the sterling bills market during the first wave of globalization Youssef Ghallada (UCLouvain - Saint-Louis) |
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| Andualem Welde (University of Macerata) Ethnic favoritism in the provision of public goods |
Ghislain Cyril (UCLouvain) Identification of a common cause under the weak axiom of local independence |
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| 17:00 | Cheese & Wine |
More information?
If you would like to get further information, please visit the website of the Doctoral Workshop.
Venue
LECL61 and LECL62
Place Montesquieu 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
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Friday, 31 May 2024, 08h00Friday, 31 May 2024, 17h00
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Contactlaura.angelini@uclouvain.be