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MiSoC Research Workshop

Presented by: Arrival 9:30-10:00 (refreshments) 10:00 – Welcome (Emilia Del Bono) 10:00 – 10:30 Birgitta Rabe (ISER, Essex): Going universal - The impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes 10:30 – 11:00 Susan Harkness (Social Policy, Bristol): Lone motherhood and the accumulation of economic disadvantage in the US and UK 11:00 – 11:30 Paul Clarke (ISER, Essex): Machine learning for MiSoC 11:30 – 12:00 Emilia Del Bono (ISER, Essex): Skill formation and the trouble with child non-cognitive skills measures 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 13:30 Sonia Bhalotra (Economics, Essex): A lens on gender differences in the economic gains flowing from early childhood health investments: Evidence from Sweden 13:30 – 14:00 Amy Clair (ISER, Essex): Housing and Child Well-being 14:00 – 14:30 Renee Luthra (Sociology, Essex): Are immigrants becoming more selected? 14:30 – 15:00 Emily Grundy (ISER, Essex): Pregnancy and parturition experience, maternal depression and subsequent fertility

Venue: ISER large seminar room

ISER 30th anniversary interdisciplinary conference & drinks reception

Presented by: Guest speaker, James Banks, Co-Director of the Centre for Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), plus presentations of ISER's innovative recent work and a panel discussion on future research

Venue: British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Workshop on Applied Microeconomics

Presented by: Keynote speaker: Paola Giuliano (UCLA) Other speakers: Basit Zafar (Arizona), Anandi Mani (Oxford), Arnaud Maurel (Duke), Gabriella Conti (UCL), Aby Adams (Oxford), Alison Andrews (IFS), Siri Isaaksson (Harvard/Stockholm), Rachel Cassidy (IFS), Adeline Delavande (ISER, University of Essex), Manuel Fernandez Sierra (ISER, University of Essex), Sonia Bhalotra (ISER, University of Essex)

Venue: Institute for Social and Economic Research University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ

Addressing Methodological Challenges in the Neighbourhood Effects Research

Presented by: Dr Gundi Knies, ISER Research Fellow, Patricia Melo (University of Lisbon), Dr Emily Murray (University College of London), Heleen Janssen (TU Delft) and Professor Florence Goffette-Nagot (University of Lyon/ St Etienne)

Venue: The Nuffield Foundation 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS

Workshop on Applied Microeconomics

Presented by: Sam Asher (World Bank Research Department, intergenerational mobility), Mircea Trandafir (Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark), Enrico Rubolino (ISER, University of Essex), Manuel Fernandez (ISER, University of Essex), Selma Walther (University of Sussex), Andreas Kotsadam (University of Bergen, TBC) Amrit Amirapu (University of Kent, TBC)

Venue: Institute for Social & Economic Research University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ

Migration challenges in the UK at the dawn of Brexit – launch of the Centre for Migration Studies annual academic workshop

Presented by: Liliana Harding, UEA TBC, Alexandra Xanthaki, Brunel University London TBC, Caleb Kwong, University of Essex Michaela Benson and Chantelle Lewis, Goldsmiths Renee Luthra, University of Essex Neli Demireva, University of Essex, UK Gina Netto, Heriot Watt University Paul Statham, University of Sussex

Venue: University of Essex, Lakeview Room (SSC.2.12), 2nd Floor, Silberrad Student Centre, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ

MiSoC workshop on the economics of Higher Education

Presented by: Keynotes: Peter Arcidiacono (Duke University), Todd Stinebrickner (Western University) Speakers from the universities of Zurich, Uppsala, Royal Holloway, Utah, Purdue, Essex & Oslo.

Venue: ISER, University of Essex

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