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Mladen Kolar (University of Chicago Office - Booth School of Business)
Toulouse : TSE, 23 juin 2015, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
Understanding complex relationships between random variables is of fundamental importance in high-dimensional statistics, with numerous applications in biological and social sciences. Undirected graphical models are often used to represent dependencies between random variables, where an edge...
Daniel Paravisini (London School of Economics)
23 juin 2015
Toulouse, France, du 22 juin, 09h00 au 23 juin 2015, 18h00
Hippolyte d'Albis (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
TSE, 19 juin 2015, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
This paper presents an analysis of the differential role of mortality for the optimal schooling and retirement age when the accumulation of human capital follows the so-called "Ben-Porath mechanism". We set up a life-cycle model of consumption and labor supply at the extensive margin that allows...
Alexandre Vardoulakis (Federal Reserve Board)
18 juin 2015, BDF, Paris
Hélène Couprie (CEREQ-Marseille)
Toulouse : TSE, 16 juin 2015, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
In this article we study the trajectories of French youths entering the labour market just after the end of formal education with a special focus on part time work. The survey “Enquete Generation” of Cereq is specially designed for that purpose since it follows during 7 years the educational and...
Ujjayant Chakravorty (Tufts University)
Toulouse : TSE, 15 juin 2015, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
Fuelwood collection is often cited as the most important cause of deforestation in many developing countries. There is a significant literature on fuelwood markets but almost no studies on who is using the fuelwood collected. Is the fuelwood collected in rural areas used locally or by people living...
Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, 15 juin 2015
Marco Mazzola (Université Paris 6)
Toulouse : TSE, 12 juin 2015, 14h00–15h15, salle MF 323
Stephanie Scholder (University of Bristol)
TSE, 12 juin 2015, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
We show that a nationally-implemented voucher policy - the UK Healthy Start Scheme - increased spending on fruit and vegetables by 15 percent. However, the effects were heterogeneous. In line with standard economic predictions, households that previously spent less than the value of the voucher...
