YSI is delighted to support the Solve Climate by 2030. We opened a call for YSI members to organizer webinars in their own University (on April 7, 2020) discussing ambitious solutions to fight climate change.The goal is to make them in a simultaneous fashion, then increasing the reach of this action. We invited Prof Eban …
The second reading session on the causality and econometrics. Paper: Angrist, J., Pischke, J.-S.(2010). "The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24 (2): 3-30.Key words: econometrics; macroeconomics; reality; causalityLink to the paper: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZJXrUvNOQqSLWrgNcuZ84frqtEN6TMLDDate: 19. February 2020, 21:00 (CET, Berlin) Besides, it …
Sixth reading session: Angrist & Pischke (2010) The Credibility Revolution Read More »
Overview of the event Date:Feb. Mon. 24th, 2020 arrival to Frankfurt and welcome dinnerFeb. Tue. 25th, 2020 • Welcome, LPFMI introduction • CCP, CSD, Blockchain • YSI LPFMI participants present heir research ideas • Mapping exercise • Prepare & review ECB / BuBa/ Chicago Fed conference schedule • DinnerFeb. Wed. 26th, 2020 • Full day …
More than a decade after the subprime crisis many economies are still struggling to recover from its effects and current policy prescriptions have not been enough to deal with the scale and complexity of the new economic conditions. Central Banks policies of massive stimulus, historically low interest rates for an unprecedented length and other non-conventional …
YSI Pre-event @ the 46th Eastern Economics Association Conference Read More »
India counts 12477 companies (MoCA 2016) for 5099 factories (ASI 2016). This statistical gap cannot be solely explained by registration tactics or data errors; it illustrates how India’s firms are not only restricted to manufacturing activities. Some firms do not possess any manufacturing unit, yet they are actively involved in the design, packaging, branding, promotion, …
Small Pharma: hyper-specialization in India’s pharmaceutical industry Read More »
The Finance, Law, and Economics and the Political Economy of Europe working group are glad to host the second webinar in preparation for our meeting with Dr Enria in Frankfurt, on April 27. This second session "Digital Banking Ecosystem: The Challenges Ahead" will be presented by Giuseppe Colangelo (Jean Monnet Professor of European Innovation Policy), …
The third reading session on the causality and econometrics. Paper: Deaton, A., Cartwright, N. (2018). Understanding and misunderstandingrandomized controlled trials. Social Science & Medicine, pp. 2-21Key words: RCTs, balance, Bias, Precision, External validity, Transportation of results, Health, Economic developmentLink to the paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zpJScoD25RaL32d5YTS1itQigMOTpysK/view?usp=sharingDate: 4. March 2020, 21:00 (CET, Berlin) Besides, it is mandatory to read …
Seventh reading session: Angus Deaton and Nancy Cartwright (2018) on RCTs Read More »
The seminar was cancelled. We will be rescheduling it for next week on Zoom. Professor Gruber, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, will present the recently published "Historia del Pensamiento Económico en el Perú. AntologÃa y selección de textos" (Contreras & Gruber, Eds. 2019. PUCP). This is currently the only available book on the …
Decent work for both men and women have been promoted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for several years along with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recently, a special attention on the care work and care jobs for the future of decent work has become intensified because such care work, both paid and unpaid, is …
WOMEN’S PAID AND UNPAID CARE WORK AND TIME-USE SURVEY DATA Read More »
Fourth session on causality and econometrics. This time we read Athey and Imbens (2017) The State of Applied Econometrics: Causality and Policy Evaluation. In the paper, authors discuss "recent developments in econometrics that they view as important for empirical researchers working on policy evaluation questions". They cover three major discussions i) identification strategies in program …
Econometrics reading session: Athey and Imbens (2017) Read More »
Tuvimos problemas con Zoom y tuvimos que hacer el seminario en otra plataforma. La grabación está disponible en el canal de YouTube del GIHPTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asIesjlndcQ El profesor Stephan Gruber (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) presentará el libro "Historia del pensamiento económico en el Perú. AntologÃa y selección de textos," (Contreras y Gruber, Eds. 2019. PUCP). …
IntroductionCooperatives are unique models as they are guided by the principles of voluntary and open membership, economic cooperation and democratic control. This means that any individual regardless of wealth and gender can participate in a cooperative. It is these principles that raise questions on the sustainability of the cooperative business model in the modern world. …
African Young Scholars Workshop on Cooperatives 2020 Read More »