What is The WALL?
The WALL (WAterloo Laurier Labour) seminar workshop is a group of faculty members and PhD students who are interested in labour economics. Originally conceived as a reading group, this term it will resemble more a place to bounce ideas and get feedback for initial research work.
You will find on this page information regarding schedule and articles. Everyone is welcome. If you have questions or requests, contact Ana Ferrer (UW) or Tammy Schirle (WLU).
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Chris Riddell | "Evaluating the long-term outcomes of active labour market programs: A 25 year follow up of New Brunswick Works" |
| October 24 | Christine Neil | “Recent Research on Women in Economics” |
| November 14 | Andres Arcila Vasquez | ”Public Sector and women’s labour market” |
| November 21 | Colin Mang | "The Effect of Work Placements and Study Abroad Programs on University Graduates' Early Labour Market Success |
| November 28 | Antonella Mancino | “Estimating Substitution Patterns Between Crimes" |
Winter 2019 schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Chris Riddell | TBA |
| February 6 | David Johnson | The differences between blind and non-blind grading: evidence from Alberta |
| February 20 | CANCELLED due to Reading Week | N/A |
| February 27 | Ana Ferrer | Female employment in the OECD |
| March 13 | Antonella Mancino | TBA |
| March 27 | Mikal Skuterud | Foreign Students |
| April 10 | Tom Parker | TBA |
Fall 2018 schedule
Meets on Wednesdays in room HH235 from 10:30 to 11:30am
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Joel Blit | Data Science and Machine learning Overview |
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October 10 |
Tentative | |
| October 17 | Mike Pavlin | Prediction using Machine Learning |
| October 24 | Jack (Zong Jia) Chen | The impact of social interaction on university program choice |
| October 31 | Tom Parker | Inference using Machine Learning |
| November 7 | Ana Ferrer | Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrant Women in Europe |
| November 14 | Chris Riddell | Decision Trees in program evaluation |
| November 21 | Iuliia Nesterova |
Conspicuous consumption (second year paper) |
| November 28 | Mikko Packalen | Natural language processing in patent data |
| December 5 | Yazhuo (Annie) Pan | Family Patrimony Rules and Women’ s Labor Supply in Quebec |
The WALL Schedule (Fall 2017)
Meets on Wednesdays in room HH235 from 11:30 to 12:30 on alternate weeks, starting on September 20
| Date | Speaker |
Paper |
|---|---|---|
|
Sept. 20 |
Andres Arcila-Vasquez |
Autor, D., S. Houseman and S. Kerr (2016) “The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach”, JOLE 35(1) pp.149 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687522 |
| Oct. 4 | Iuliia Nesterova |
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Erik Hurst, Nikolai Roussanov; Conspicuous Consumption and Race, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 124, Issue 2, 1 May 2009, Pages 425–467, https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.425 |
| Oct. 18 | Virginia Hernanz | TBA |
| Nov. 1 | Tammy Schirle | TBA |
| Nov. 15 | Ana Ferrer |
Hartley, R.P. and Lamarche, C. (2017) “Behavioral Responses and Welfare Reform: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment” IZA DP 10905 http://ftp.iza.org/dp10905.pdf |
| Nov. 28 | Tao Chen | TBA |
The WALL Schedule (Winter 2017)
Meets on Fridays in room HH235 from 10:00 to 11:30 on alternate weeks, starting on January 27.
| Date | Speaker |
Paper |
|---|---|---|
|
January 27 |
Yazhuo Pan (Annie) |
“Household Bargaining and Female Labour Supply” |
| February 10 | Thomas Parker | TBD |
| March 3 | Chris Riddell | “Inside the black box of firm provided training: Evidence from the performance management records of four firms” |
| March 17 | Andres Arcila Vasquez | “Constructing a Job quality index” |
| March 31 | Mikal Skuterud | “The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students |
| April 14 | Pierre Chausse | TBD |