Seminar Series 2011
Alfons Palangkaraya is the program coordinator of these seminars. A time table for forthcoming seminars is presented below. If you would like to subscribe to the Melbourne Institute seminar electronic mailing list please email Alfons Palangkaraya.
| SPEAKER | TOPIC | LOCATION | DATE |
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| Professor Tomoko Kishi, Nanzan University | Changes in Female Labour Supply in Japan 1993-2008: a Panel Data Analysis (Abstract) (Paper) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 8th December, 11am |
| Professor Tito M. Boeri, Universit Bocconi | Moving to Segregation: Evidence on 8 Italian Cities (Abstract) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 1st December, 11am |
| Professor Peter Bardsley, University of Melbourne | TBA | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 17th November, 11am |
| Professor Matthew Sutton, University of Manchester | State and Self Investment in Health (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 10th November, 11am |
| Professor Steve Stillman, University of Otago | The Impact of the 2008 Minimum Wage Reform on Youth Outcomes in New Zealand (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 3rd November, 11am |
| Professor Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University | Horizontal Agreements and R&D Complementarities: Merger vs RJV (Abstract) (Paper) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 20th October, 11am |
| Professor Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University | Measuring the Economic Health of the American Middle Class: A Cross-Walk from Piketty-Saez to the Traditional Measurement Literature (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Friday 7th October, 11.30am |
| Dr Nattavudh Powdthavee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Putting Different Price Tags on the Same Health Condition: Re-evaluating the Well-being Valuation Approach | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Monday 26th September, 11am |
| Nan Jiang, University of Auckland | A Model for Predicting Readmission Risk in New Zealand (Abstract) (Paper) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 8th September, 11am |
| Professor Richard Freeman, Harvard University | Scientists and Engineers in the Global Labor Market: Collaboration and Competition? |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 18th August, 11am |
| Professor David Neumark, University of California - Irvine, NBER and IZA | Detecting Discrimination in Audit and Correspondence Studies (Abstract) (Paper) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 21st July, 11am |
| Professor Han Bleichrodt, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | An Experimental Test of the Concentration Index (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 16th June, 11am |
| Albina Soultanaeva, Reserve Bank of Australia | Household indebtedness, house prices and financial stability the Swedish experience (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 9th June, 11am |
| Nikhil Jha, University of Texas at Dallas | Do Geographic Peers Affect Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Large Urban District (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Wednesday 11th May, 11am |
| Peter Jonson | Great Crises of Capitalism (Abstract) (Bio) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Cancelled |
| Professor Mark Wooden, The University of Melbourne | Re-engaging with Survey Non-respondents: The BHPS, SOEP and HILDA Survey Experience (Abstract) (Paper) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 5th May, 11am |
| Professor Yongcheol Shin, Leeds University Business School | A Nonlinear Panel Data Model of Cross-sectional Dependence (Abstract) (Paper) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 14th April, 11am |
| Professor Robert F. Elliott, University of Aberdeen | Local Labour Markets, Nurse Recruitment and Retention and Skill Mix in English Hospitals (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 7th April, 11am |
| Professor Jan Erik Askildsen, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway | Do Hospitals Respond to Prices? Evidence from Norway (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 31st March, 11am |
| Mustafa Karakaplan, Texas A&M University | School District Consolidation or Fragmentation: The Missing Link of Competition (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 10th March, 11am |
| Prof. Brian McCall, University of Michigan | Employment Insurance Allowable Earnings and Working While on Claim Behavior in Canada (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 3rd March, 11am |
| Kai Liu, Johns Hopkins University | Wage Risk, On-the-job Search and Partial Insurance (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 24th February, 1pm |
| Prof. Hugh Gravelle, University of York | Does better management of chronic conditions in general practice reduce emergency hospital admissions? (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 17th February, 11am |
| Hiren Nisar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA | Do Charter Schools Improve Student Achievement? (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Wednesday 16th February, 2pm |
| Jonathan Smith, Boston University, USA | The Effect of College Applications on Enrollment (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Wednesday 16th February, 11am |
| Jesse Matheson, University of Calgary, Canada | Estimating tobacco price elasticity in Canada's Aboriginal communities (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Tuesday 15th February, 2pm |
| Kadir Atalay, University of New South Wales | Euler Equation Estimation on Micro Data (Abstract) | Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 10th February, 11am |
| Rong Zhu, University of New South Wales | Economic Restructuring and Individual Heterogeneity in Returns to Schooling in Urban China (Abstract) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Friday 4th February, 12:30pm |
| Diana Warren, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research | Retirement in a Household Context: The Impact of Spousal Characteristics and Preferences on the Retirement Decision (Abstract) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Friday 4th February, 10:30am |
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| Dr Jeffery Evans, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, USA | Many novel trends converge in American economics: How can a labor economist make sense of it all? (Abstract) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Thursday 3rd February, 11am |
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| Sonja Kassenboehmer, RWI Essen and University of Bochum, Germany | Beyond GDP and Back: What is the Value-added by Additional Components of Welfare Measurement? (Abstract) |
Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** | Wednesday 2nd February, 1:30pm |
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** Melbourne Institute Seminar Room is located on the 6th Floor, Alan Gilbert Building (Building A), 161 Barry Street, Carlton (enter via 7th floor reception).