Melbourne Institute Brown Bags 2014
Alfons Palangkaraya is the coordinator of the Brown Bags. Please contact Alfons if you wish to present in this series.
The schedule for 2014 is outlined below.
| DATE/ TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 9 December 2014 12pm |
Sam Tsiaplias Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Financial Stress Thresholds and Household Equivalence Scales | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Friday 28 November 2014 12pm |
Hielke Buddelmeyer Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
A Proposed Working Tax Credit to Compensate for a GST Increase | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 18 November 2014 12pm |
Jan Feld University of Gothenburg |
Understanding Peer Effects – On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 11 November 2014 12pm |
Terence Cheng Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Do You Have to Win it to Fix it? A Longitudinal Study of Lottery Winners and their Health Care Behaviours | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 28 October 2014 12pm |
Shannon Ward The University of Melbourne |
Does Juvenile Delinquency Reduce Educational Attainment? |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 21 October 2014 12pm |
Nikhil Jha Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Crime and Education | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 14 October 2014 12pm |
Shuddhasattwa Rafiq Deakin University |
Agriculture, Trade Openness and Emission: Evidences from Linear and Non-Linear Panel Estimations under Cross Sectional Dependence | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 7 October 2014 12pm |
Justin van de Ven Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
When General Skills are Not Enough | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 30 September 2014 12pm |
Natalia Malencu Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Social Capital and Economic Integration. The Case of Immigrants to Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 23 September 2014 12pm |
Susan J. Mendez Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
How do Drug Prices Respond to a Change from External to Internal Reference Pricing? - Evidence from a Danish Regulatory Reform | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 16 September 2014 12pm |
Katherine Wynn The University of Melbourne with German Spangenberg, Kevin Smith and William Wilson |
Valuing Genetically Modified Traits in Crops using Real Options | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 2 September 2014 12pm |
Melisa Bubonya Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
A Family Affair: Job Loss and the Mental Health of Spouses and Adolescents | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 19 August 2014 12pm |
Hielke Buddelmeyer Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
The Psychic Costs of Children | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 12 August 2014 12pm |
Barbara Broadway Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
20/20 Bifocals? The Importance of Economic Expectations for Retirement Entry | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Tuesday 8 July 2014 3.30pm Melbourne Institute Seminar Series |
Adam Jaffe MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research |
Evaluating the Effect of Public Research Funding using Regression Discontinuity Design | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 1 July 2014 12pm |
Nicole Watson Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Dead or Alive? Dealing with Unknown Eligibility in a Longitudinal Survey | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 24 June 2014 12pm |
Cain Polidano Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
If You Get What You Want, Do You Get What You Need? Outcomes from Student-Demand Driven Reforms in Vocational Education and Training |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 10 June 2014 12pm |
Tim Moore George Washington University |
Publishing and Establishing a Reputation: Some (Early)Thoughts | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 3 June 2014 12pm |
Nicolas Herault Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Understanding Changes in Progressivity and Redistributive Effects: The Role of Tax-Transfer Policies and Labor Supply Decisions | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 20 May 2014 12pm |
Ning Li Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Estimating Within-Person Changes in Happiness by the First-Derivative Method | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 13 May 2014 12pm |
Ted Joyce CUNY, New York |
Randomized Control Trial of Telephone Peer Counseling Program for Breastfeeding among WIC Clients: Exploring External Validity | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Friday 9 May 2014 12pm |
Nicole Watson Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
The Impact of Following Rules on the Sample Composition of Household-Based Panel Studies | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 6 May 2014 12pm |
Julie Moschion Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Achievement Effects from New Peers in Australia: Who Matters? | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 29 April 2014 12pm |
Tomoko Kishi Nanzan University |
Female Labour Supply in Australia and Japan: An Analysis based on Longitudinal Data | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 15 April 2014 12pm |
Natalia Malancu Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Social Capital and Post-Migration Job Quality. The Case of Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 8 April 2014 12pm |
Nikhil Jha Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
The Effect of Increase in School Entry-Age on Educational Achievement | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 1 April 2014 12pm |
Nick Powdthavee with Mark Wooden |
What Does Life Satisfaction Data tell us about Sexual Orientation Discrimination? A Simultaneous Equation Model for the United Kingdom and Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 25 March 2014 12pm |
Roger Wilkins Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Measuring Top Incomes Using Tax Record Data: A Cautionary Tale from Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 18 March 2014 12pm |
John Daley Grattan Institute |
Intergenerational Fairness Project | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 11 March 2014 12pm |
Daniel Kuehnle Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
What Factors Affect Doctors’ Work Decisions: Comparing a Discrete Choice Structural Approach to a Reduced-Form Approach | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 4 March 2014 12pm |
Moshe Justman with Kyle Peyton |
Enforcing Compulsory Schooling: Lessons from the Northern Territory Emergency Response Act in Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Friday 31 January 2014 12pm |
Michelle McIsaac Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
PhD Completion Presentation - Location Choice of General Practitioners: Exploring Supply, Mobility, and Equity in Australia | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 21 January 2014 12pm |
Ning Li Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Happiness and Age – An Examination on the Puzzling Findings | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
| Tuesday 14 January 2014 12pm |
Gary Neil Marks Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research |
Social Background, Schools, Ability and Student Performance in NAPLAN | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** |
** Melbourne Institute Seminar Room is located on the 6th Floor, Room 6.05, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton.