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Presented by: Professor Daniel Benjamin, Director of the Behavioural and Health Genomics Center, University of Southern California, and Co-Director of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium; Professor Michaela Benzeval, Director of Understanding Society, University of Essex; Professor Meena Kumari, Professor of Biomedical and Social Sciences,Understanding Society, University of Essex;

Venue: RIBA 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD

Presented by: Cecilie Dohlman Weatheral, Kraksfond University (visiting Tom Crossley)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room

Presented by: Basit Zafar

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Presented by: Basit Zafar, Arizona State University

Venue: ISER large seminar room, 2N2 4.16

Presented by: Understanding Society team

Venue: University Of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ

Presented by: Using a well established disclosure regime, in a setting where there is some limited school choice, this paper investigates the impact of school quality information shocks on both house prices and school choice. Importantly, for the information treatment used in this study – inspection ratings – I establish that (i) students enrolled in a school experiencing an uprating make larger test score gains and (ii) these test score gains are especially large for disadvantaged students. I exploit exogenous temporal variation in the release of ratings to identify their impact along the full school quality distribution. I find robust evidence of the causal impact of changes in ratings on both house prices as well as families’ school choices. The hedonic impact is especially large for homes located near schools serving advantaged students. There is almost no impact for units located near disadvantaged schools; potential explanations include consumer credit constraints and excess capacity at such schools. However, these two explanations are ruled out by the school choice analysis: uprated schools serving disadvantaged students experiences no increase in demand from local families even when these schools are in their choice set.

Venue: 2N2.5B.24

Presented by: Professor Stephen Jenkins, LSE

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Presented by: Sandra Walzenbach, Konstanz

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (Large Seminar Room)

Presented by: Markus Gehrsitz, University of Strathclyde

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Venue: University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ

Presented by: Annette Jäckle, ISER

Venue: 2N2.5B.24 - ISER Boardroom

Presented by: Stuart Campbell, UCL Institute of Education

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Presented by: Professor Sonia Bhalotra, Professor Adeline Delavande, Dr Paul Fisher (all of the University of Essex) & Dr Jonathan James (University of Bath)

Venue: University of Bath in London, 83 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ES

Presented by: Annelies Blom, University of Mannheim

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Presented by: Stefanie Schurer, University of Sydney

Venue: 2N2.5B.24 - ISER Boardroom

Presented by: Adriaan Kalwij, Utrecht (visiting Ricky Kanabar)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room

Presented by: Melinda Mills, University of Oxford

Venue: ISER Large Seminar Room, 2N2 4.16

Presented by: Elisabetta De Cao, University of Oxford (MiSoC Visitor)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 ISER Large Seminar Room

Presented by: Vera Toepel, University of Utrecht

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Presented by: Matthias Parey, Department of Economics

Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room