Please find below NIESR Special Sessions at RES Conference 2018:
NIESR 80th Anniversary Special Session on Productivity Puzzles
NIESR contribution to the Labour Economics Session
Session 24: Labour Economics: Wages 1 March 26, 2018 11:45 to 13:15 FUL 101 |
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Session Chair: rainer.kotschy [at] econ.lmu.de (Rainer Kotschy), LMU Munich |
1. Resolving the Public Sector Wage Premium Puzzle by Indirect Inference |
By Patrick Minford; Cardiff University and CEPR Yi Wang; Cardiff Metropolitan University Peng Zhou; Cardiff University |
presented by: ywang [at] cardiffmet.ac.uk (Yi Wang), Cardiff Metropolitan University |
2. Follow the Leader? The Interaction between Public and Private Sector Wage Growth in the UK |
By Arno Hantzsche; NIESR Peter Dolton; NIESR, University of Sussex Amit Kara; NIESR |
presented by: arno.hantzsche [at] gmail.com (Arno Hantzsche), NIESR - Download the slides here |
3. Changing the Structure of Minimum Wages: Employment Adjustment and Wage Spillovers |
By Giulia Giupponi; London School of Economics Stephen Machin; LSE |
presented by: g.giupponi [at] lse.ac.uk (Giulia Giupponi), London School of Economics |
4. Life Expectancy and Life-Cycle Wages: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Revolution in U.S. States |
By Rainer Kotschy; LMU Munich |
presented by: rainer.kotschy [at] econ.lmu.de (Rainer Kotschy), LMU Munich |
Session 30: A6: NIESR Special Session on Large-Scale Econometric Models: Do they have a Future? (with the University of Warwick) March 26, 2018 14:15 to 15:45 JUB-144 |
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Session Chair: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick |
1. Benchmarking the macroeconomic forecasting performance of expert forecasters in the UK |
By Ana Beatriz Galvao; University of Warwick Anthony Garratt; University of Warwick James Mitchell; University of Warwick |
presented by: anthony.garratt [at] wbs.ac.uk (Anthony Garratt), University of Warwick - Download the slides here |
2. DSGE Forecasts of the Lost Recovery: The New York Fed Experience |
By Michael Cai; Duke University Marco Del Negro; Federal Reserve Bank of New York Marc Giannoni; Federal Reserve Bank of New York Abhi Gupta; Federal Reserve Bank Pearl Li Erica Moszkowski; Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
presented by: delnegrojae [at] gmail.com (Marco Del Negro), Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Download the slides here |
3. The Uses and Abuses of Macroeconomic Models |
By Garry Young; NIESR |
presented by: Garry Young, NIESR - Download the slides here |
4. The Future of Large-Scale Models |
By Roger Farmer; University of Warwick |
presented by: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick - Download the slides here |
Session 56: B1: NIESR 80th Anniversary Special Session: Productivity Puzzles March 27, 2018 13:30 to 15:00 JUB Lrg LT |
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You can watch back the session here |
Session Chair: J.Chadha [at] niesr.ac.uk (Jagjit Chadha), NIESR |
1. Britain’s Persistent Productivity Failure: is the EU Really to Blame? |
By Nicholas Crafts; University of Warwick |
presented by: n.crafts [at] warwick.ac.uk (Nicholas Crafts), University of Warwick |
2. What Can We Learn from Cross-Country Firm-Level Analysis? |
By Eric Bartelsman; Vrije Univesiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute |
presented by: Eric Bartelsman, Vrije Univesiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute |
3. The Anatomy of Labour Productivity in the UK: Lessons from New and Existing Data Sources |
By Gaganan Awano; ONS Philip Wales; ONS |
presented by: philip.wales [at] ons.gsi.gov.uk (Philip Wales), ONS |
4. Winners and Losers in the Knowledge Economy: The Role of Intangible Capital |
By Rebecca Riley; National Institute of Economic and Socia Chiara Rosazza Bondibene; KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt |
presented by: r.riley [at] niesr.ac.uk (Rebecca Riley), National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
You can view the full Conference programme here.
The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference is their flagship event, hosted in 2018 by the University of Sussex. It brings together hundreds of academic and professional economists to present the latest developments in economics and showcase their real-world application. NIESR and ESCoE was delighted to present the following:
Session 8: Empirical Macro 1
March 26, 2018 11:45 to 13:15
FUL 109
Session Chair: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick |
4. Keynesian Macroeconomics Without the Phillips Curve |
By Roger Farmer; University of Warwick Giovanni Nicolò; UCLA |
presented by: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick |
Session 23: Labour Economics: Programme Evaluation
March 26, 2018 11:45 to 13:15
FUL 104
1. Can HRM Improve Schools’ Performance? |
By Alex Bryson; UCL Lucy Stokes; NIESR David Wilkinson; UCL |
presented by: Alex Bryson, UCL |
Session 24: Labour Economics: Wages 1
March 26, 2018 11:45 to 13:15
FUL 101
2. Follow the Leader? The Interaction between Public and Private Sector Wage Growth in the UK |
By Arno Hantzsche; NIESR Peter Dolton; NIESR, University of Sussex Amit Kara; NIESR |
presented by: Arno Hantzsche, NIESR |
Session 26: A2: ESCoE - ONS Special Session: Economic Statistics for Times of Transition
March 26, 2018 14:15 to 15:45
FUL A
1. The UK Management and Expectations Survey: First Results |
By Gaganan Awano; ONS Nicholas Bloom; Stanford University Paul Mizen; University of Nottingham Rebecca Riley; National Institute of Economic and Social Research Tatsuro Senga; Queen Mary University of London Philip Wales; ONS |
presented by: Tatsuro Senga, Queen Mary University of London |
Session 28: A4: Labour Share Dynamics, Heterogeneous Capital and Labour Market Regulation
March 26, 2018 14:15 to 15:45
JUB-115
1. The long-run decline of the labour share: technology and heterogeneous capital |
By Mary O'Mahony; King’s College London Michela Vecchi; Middlesex University Business School and NIESR Francesco Venturini; Università di Perugia |
presented by: Michela Vecchi, Middlesex University Business School and NIESR |
Session 30: A6: NIESR Special Session on Large-Scale Econometric Models: Do they have a Future? (with the University of Warwick)
March 26, 2018 14:15 to 15:45
JUB-144
Session Chair: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick |
1. Benchmarking the macroeconomic forecasting performance of expert forecasters in the UK |
By Ana Beatriz Galvao; University of Warwick Anthony Garratt; University of Warwick James Mitchell; University of Warwick |
presented by: Anthony Garratt, University of Warwick |
2. DSGE Forecasts of the Lost Recovery: The New York Fed Experience |
By Michael Cai; Duke University Marco Del Negro; Federal Reserve Bank of New York Marc Giannoni; Federal Reserve Bank of New York Abhi Gupta; Federal Reserve Bank Pearl Li Erica Moszkowski; Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
presented by: Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
3. The Uses and Abuses of Macroeconomic Models |
By Garry Young; NIESR |
presented by: Garry Young, NIESR |
4. The Future of Large-Scale Models |
By Roger Farmer; University of Warwick |
presented by: Roger Farmer, University of Warwick |
Session 47: Industrial Organisation: Organisations and Firms
March 27, 2018 9:00 to 10:30
FUL 207
1. Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms |
By Lorenzo Caliendo; Yale University Giordano Mion; NIESR and University of Sussex Luca David Opromolla; Banco de Portugal Esteban Rossi-Hansberg; Princeton University |
presented by: Giordano Mion, NIESR and University of Sussex |
Session 56: B1: NIESR 80th Anniversary Special Session: Productivity Puzzles
March 27, 2018 13:30 to 15:00
JUB Lrg LT
Session Chair: Jagjit Chadha, NIESR |
1. Britain’s Persistent Productivity Failure: is the EU Really to Blame? |
By Nicholas Crafts; University of Warwick |
presented by: Nicholas Crafts, University of Warwick |
2. What Can We Learn from Cross-Country Firm-Level Analysis? |
By Eric Bartelsman; Vrije Univesiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute |
presented by: Eric Bartelsman, Vrije Univesiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute |
3. The Anatomy of Labour Productivity in the UK: Lessons from New and Existing Data Sources |
By Gaganan Awano; ONS Philip Wales; ONS |
presented by: Philip Wales, ONS |
4. Below the aggregate: A detailed account of the UK productivity puzzle |
By Rebecca Riley; National Institute of Economic and Social Research Ana Rincon Aznar; The National Institute of Economic and Social Research Lea Samek; NIESR, ESCoE |
presented by: Rebecca Riley, National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
Session 68: Monetary Policy and Financial Crisis
March 27, 2018 15:30 to 17:00
FUL 109
2. The Money Multiplier in the Financial Crisis: a Quantitative Evaluation |
By Jagjit Chadha; NIESR Luisa Corrado; University of Rome Tor Vergata Jack Meaning; Bank of England Tobias Schuler; Ifo |
presented by: Tobias Schuler, Ifo |
Session 86: Empirical International Economics
March 27, 2018 15:30 to 17:00
FUL 110
1. Trade Blocks, Common Markets, Currency Unions and FDI stocks: the impacts of NAFTA and the EU |
By Ray Barrell; Brunel University Abdulkader Nahhas; The University of Exeter |
presented by: Abdulkader Nahhas, The University of Exeter |
Session 92: Monetary Policy Transmission
March 28, 2018 9:00 to 10:30
FUL 212
3. Animal Spirits in a Monetary Model |
By Roger Farmer; Warwick University Konstantin Platonov; UCLA |
presented by: Konstantin Platonov, UCLA |
Session 124: Education: Teachers
March 28, 2018 15:15 to 16:45
FUL 107
Session Chair: Peter Dolton, University of Sussex |
1. Are Schools Different? Wellbeing and Commitment Among Staff in Schools and Elsewhere |
By Alex Bryson; UCL Lucy Stokes; NIESR David Wilkinson; UCL |
presented by: David Wilkinson, UCL |
4. Public Opinion on Teacher Pay and Status: Cross Country Evidence |
By Peter Dolton; University of Sussex |
presented by: Peter Dolton, University of Sussex |
Session 130: Behavioural Decision Making
March 28, 2018 15:15 to 16:45
FUL 104
3. Fever pitch: are football fans irrational? |
By Peter Dolton; NIESR, University of Sussex George MacKerron; University of Sussex |
presented by: George MacKerron, University of Sussex |