Macro Labour and Applied Micro Workshop 2019

About

The Macro Labour and Applied Micro Workshop will take place on 6 – 7 May 2019 on campus at Singapore Management University (SMU). It is organized by the School of Economics at SMU and has the objective to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and discussions among macro-labour and applied micro economists working on various topics. This year we are inviting a plenary speaker Professor Costas Meghir from Yale University.

Workshop Venue:

Singapore Management University
School of Economics & Social Sciences
Seminar Room 5.1, Level 5
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903

Programme

Day 1: 6 May 2019 (Monday)

Venue: SESS S.R 5.1

TimeEvent

0930 - 1000

Registration and Morning Tea

Chair: Jungho Lee

1000 - 1100

Luca Facchinello

The Effects of Children TV: Evidence from the Italian Transition to Digital TV

1100 - 1200

Jungho Lee

Self-financing, Parental Transfer, and College Education

1200 - 1300

Lunch for workshop participants

Chair: Tomoki Fujii

1300 - 1400

Tomoki Fujii
Conditional Cash Transfer and Loss Aversion: Evidence from a
Randomized Field Experiment in Bangladesh

Plenary talk

1400 - 1500

Costas Meghir 

Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net

1500 - 1530

Refreshments

Day 2: 7 May 2019 (Tuesday)

Venue: SESS S.R 5.1

TimeEvent

0930 - 1000

Registration and Morning Tea

Chair: Jing Li

1000 - 1100

Ismail Baydur

Duration Dependence over the Business Cycle

1100 - 1200

Jing Li

Digital Payments Induce Over-Spending: Evidence from the 2016 Demonetization in India

1200 - 1300

Lunch for workshop participants

Chair: Christine Ho

1300 - 1400

Seonghoon Kim

Does Health Insurance Make People Happier? Evidence from the 2006 Massachusetts Reform

1400 - 1500

Christine Ho

Do Elderly Parents' Intended Bequest Share Vary with a Child's Living Proximity and Material Support? Evidence from the Singapore Life Panel

1500 - 1530

Refreshments

Getting Here

Venue

Singapore Management University
School of Economics, Level 5
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903
Seminar Room 5.1

Please enter by the visitor's gate at the entrance, and let the security guard know that you are attending this conference.

Contact

Ms. CHEONG Pei Qi
Senior Executive
Office of Dean / School of Economics
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​​​​​​​Singapore Management University
Email: pqcheong@smu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6828 0855

Photos

Click here to view pictures from the workshop.