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2nd UKMOD Fest

We are pleased to announce the 2nd UKMOD Fest, a gathering of developers, users and friends of UKMOD to share experiences and ideas related to UKMOD, the free tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK and its constituent nations. Date: 30 June 2023 Venue:abrdn Financial Fairness Trust6 St Andrew Square,Edinburgh, EH2 2AH Register...

Venue: abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, Edinburgh

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Borderline Dialogues

Presented by: Renee Luthra Neli Demireva

Venue: Art Exchange, University of Essex

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The Legacy of Longevity: Persistent inequalities in UK life expectancy 1500-2022

That global life expectancy has more than doubled within the previous two centuries is – by any objective standard – something miraculous to behold, and the academic literature across the fields of economics, demography, public health, and evolutionary biology have all contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms behind variations...

Presented by: Dr Charles Rahal (University of Oxford)

Venue: 2N2.4.16

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Family Fortunes: Wealth and elite recruitment, 1890-1990

What is the relationship between family wealth and recruitment to Britain’s most powerful and influential positions, and how has it changed over time? In this paper we address these questions by combining 120 years of data from the UK Who’s Who (a unique catalogue of the British elite) with 140...

Presented by: Professor Aaron Reeves (University of Oxford)

Venue: 2N2.4.16

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Early life exposure to measles and later-life outcomes: Evidence from the introduction of a vaccine

Until the mid 1960s, the UK experienced regular measles epidemics, with the vast majority of children being infected in early childhood. The introduction of a measles vaccine substantially reduced its incidence. The first part of this paper examines the long-term human capital and health effects of this improvement in the...

Presented by: Professor Stephanie von Hinke (University of Bristol)

Venue: 2N2.4.16

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Couples’ Education and Fertility across Europe: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

The link between education and fertility has been a long-standing research interest in family demography, since education is considered an important indirect determinant of fertility behaviour. Empirical evidence on the relationship between education and fertility, however, is mostly based on findings concerning women’s life course. This is a major drawback...

Presented by: Dr Alessandra Trimarchi

Venue: Zoom. Link available upon request. Email iserseminars@essex.ac.uk if you're interested in attending.

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Does more education lead to a society that is more tolerant of immigrants? Examining the nature of the relationship between educational attainment and attitudes towards immigrants across generations in Britain

In the West highly educated people are consistently found to have more positive attitudes towards immigrants than the lower educated. The sharp education expansion that started in the 1980s has therefore inspired optimism in the academic and public policy community about expected aggregate increases in tolerance. Yet, the evidence on whether...

Presented by: Dr Victoria Donnaloja

Venue: 2N2.5b.24

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Think-Manager-Think-Male: the role of unconscious discrimination in the workplace

Examining managers’ evaluation of resumes in a large publicly-listed Italian firm, we find that managers unintentionally discriminate against women and that exposing managers to their own bias closes the gender gap in resumes’ evaluation. We measure managers’ unconscious bias through the Gender-Career Implicit Association Test (IAT) and, akin to an...

Presented by: Professor Paola Profeta, Bocconi University

Venue: Online.

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UKMOD training course

Presented by: Justin Van De Ven and Matteo Richiardi

Venue: abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, Edinburgh

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Joint Economics / ISER Seminar Series

Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent

Presented by: Fabian Waldinger

Venue: Economics Common Room 5B.307