The UCL Department of Economics announces research seminars for Week 10 of Term 1 2024

CReAM Brownbag Research Seminar
Speaker: Fabrizio Colella, USI Lugano and RF Berlin.
Title: 'Effects of Mandatory Job Postings on Labour Market Outcomes'.
Date: Tuesday 26 November, 1230-1330hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, G26 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): si.xu.20@ucl.ac.uk.

Human Capital and Labor Markets Research Seminar
Speaker: Clara von Bismarck-Osten, UCL / IFS.
Title: 'Maternity Leave Revisited: Design Trade-offs and Identification'.
Date: Tuesday 26 November, 1430-1530hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.

Finance Research Seminar
Speaker: Svetlana Bryzgalova, London Business School.
Title: 'Strategic Arbitrage in Segmented Markets'.
Date: Wednesday 27 November, 1030-1145hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): jihee.yoon@ucl.ac.uk.

Macro Research Seminar
Speaker: Cristian Espinoza, UCL.
Title: 'From Protection to Retaliation: The Welfare Cost of Trade Wars'.
Date: Wednesday 27 November, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, BO6 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.olivi@ucl.ac.uk, l.rachel@ucl.ac.uk.

Applied Micro Research Seminar
Speaker: Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University.
Title: 'Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets'.
Date: Thursday 28 November, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): joao.granja@ucl.ac.uk.

IFS-UCL-LSE Development Workshop
Speaker: Gabriel Ulyssea UCL.
Title: 'Dry Lives: Climate Adaptation and Mortality in the Semi-arid Regions of Brazil (w/Britto, Imbert, Fonseca and Sampaio)'.
Date: Thursday 28 November, 1400-1500hrs. 
Venue: IFS Library - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): britta_a@ifs.org.uk.

PhD Research Seminar
Speaker: Anton Reinicke & Yasuka Tateishi, UCL.
Title: 'Climate Change and Service Sector Vulnerabilities: Evidence from Firm Transactions in Uganda’.
Date: Friday 29 November, 1200-1300hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Room 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): lyujia.liu.20@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar signup.

CEMMAP Research Seminar
Speaker: Ivan Fernandez-Val, Boston University.
Title: 'Conditional Rank-Rank Regression'.
Date: Friday 29 November, 1230-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): daniel.j.lewis@ucl.ac.uk, b.deaner@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series; Seminar signup.

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Internal event(s) of interest

 
UCL Institute of the Americas Public Seminar Series: The implications of a second Trump administration for Latin America
Date: Wednesday 11 December, 1700-1900hrs. 
Venue: 51 Gordon Square, 103 - visit the location on a map.
Organiser(s): sudershana.dave@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Register attendance.


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External event(s) of interest

Kings College London: Bank of England Watchers' Conference 2024
Date: Monday 25 November, 0815-1730hrs. 
Venue: 155 Bishopsgate, London - visit the location on a map.
Further info: Register attendance.