Recent MiSoC Events

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

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