Seminar Series 2012

Justin van de Ven 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 Justin van de Ven.

SPEAKER TOPIC LOCATION DATE

Dr Juergen Meinecke, Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

TBA

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 22nd November, 3.30pm ##

Julia Bredtmann, Researcher, RWI, Essen, Germany

The Role of Source and Host Country Characteristics in Female Immigrant Labour Supply (Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 15th November, 3.30pm ##

Dr Andrea Menclova, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Returns to Early Years of Formal Education: How the Date of Birth Affects Later Educational Outcomes in New Zealand

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 8th November, 3.30pm ##

Prof. Mark Wooden, Professorial Research Fellow and Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne

The Differential Impacts of Weather and Climatic Change on Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from a Large Nationally Representative Panel Dataset

(Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 25th October, 3.30pm ##

Dr Alfredo Paloyo, Researcher, Research Division: Labor Markets, Education, Population, RWI, Essen, Germany

The Wage and Employment Effects of a Minimum Wage when Space Matters

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Friday 12th October, 3.30pm ##

Assoc. Prof. Lyn Craig, University of New South Wales

Involving Men: Towards More Gender-equal Shares in Paid and Unpaid Work (Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 4th October, 3.30pm ##

Prof. Bob Gregory, Honorary Professorial Fellow, Australian Naitonal University

Mining Boom: How to think about the beginning of the end??

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 13th September, 3.30pm ##

Dr Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Post-doctoral Researcher, Universitat de Barcelona and Institut d'Economia de Barcelona

Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Pre-Natal and Early Childhood Investments (Paper)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 23rd August 3.30pm ##

Prof. Klaus Zimmerman, Director of the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), University of Bonn

Entrepreneurship of the left-behind (Paper)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 16th August 3.30pm ##

Dr Shawn Treier,

Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

"Measuring Democracy Discretely" or "Characterizing Respondent Ideology and Its Effects"

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 9th August, 3.30pm ##

Prof. Myoung-jae Lee, Professor of Economics, Korea University

Practical Panel Conditional Logit Estimators for
Binary, Ordered Discrete and Multinomial Responses (Slide Presentation)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 2nd August, 3.30pm ##

Prof. Ariel Kalil,

Director, Center for Human Potential & Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Diverging Destinies: Maternal Education and the Developmental Gradient in Time With Children

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 26th July, 3.30pm ##

Prof. John Gibson, Department of Economics, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Which Journal Impact Factors Best
Explain Academic Salaries? Evidence from the University of California (Abstract)

Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 12th July, 3.30pm ##
Prof. Martin Richardson, Professor, ANU College of Business and Economics

Faddists, enthusiasts and Canadian divas: the supply response to local content recquirements in broadcasting (Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 24th May, 3.30pm ##
Dr Peter Siminski, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong

I was only Nineteen, 45 Years Ago: What can we learn from Australia's Conscription Lotteries? (Abstract & Working Paper)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 17th May, 11am

Dr Youjin Hahn, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Monash University

Assessing the Impacts of Secondary School Tracking: Peer and Coursework Effects (Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 3rd May, 11am
Dr Lionel Page, Postdoctoral Fellow, Queensland University of Technology

Subjective beliefs about the income distribution and political position (Abstract)

Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 19th April, 11am

Prof. Maarten Lindeboom,

Professor of Economics at VU University, Amsterdam

TBA

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Monday 16th April, 11am ##

Dr Francesca Cornaglia,

Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London

Crime and Mental Wellbeing (Abstract)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 5th April, 3.30pm ##
Prof. Michael Smith, Professor of Management, Melbourne Business School

Bicycle commuting in Melbourne during the 2000s energy crisis: A semiparametric analysis of intraday volumes (Paper)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Wednesday 28th March, 11am ##
Prof. John Micklewright, Professor, Dept. of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of Education, University of London

Does meeting a performance target in primary school affect children's achievement in secondary school? An analysis using regression discontinuity design

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**

Thursday 22nd March, 11am
Dr Mariano Kulish, Senior Research Manager, Reserve Bank of Australia

Estimation and Solution of Rational Expectations Models with Anticipated Structural Changes

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 1st March, 11am
Prof. Andrew J. Oswald, Visiting Fellow, and Acting Research Director, IZA, Bonn & Department of Economics, University of Warwick

An Introduction to the Structure of Biomarker Equations (Paper)

 Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Tuesday 14th February, 11am ##
Prof. Carol Propper, Professor of Economics and Head of the new Healthcare Management Group, Imperial College

The Impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals (Paper)

Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 2nd February, 11:30am ##

 

** Melbourne Institute Seminar Room is located on the 6th Floor, Alan Gilbert Building (Building A), 161 Barry Street, Carlton (enter via 7th floor reception).

## Please note the amended Seminar time.