The CAU Public Economics Workshop, sponsored by the Economic Research Institution and organized by the school of economics of Chung-Ang University, is a forum for economists using quantitative approach to answer policy-relevant questions.
Date: TBA
Venue: TBA
Program: TBA
Friday, May 19, 2023 (jointly sponsored by KWEN)
9:00 am - 10:00 am Serena Rhee (Chung-Ang University) "The Joint Design of Old-Age Pension and Means-Tested Cash Transfers"
10:15 am - 11:15 am Eunhee Lee (Seoul National University) "High-skill Immigration, Offshore R&D, and Firm Dynamics"
1:30 pm -2:30 pm Yoon J. Jo (Texas A&M University) "Are Gas Prices Salient in the US?: Using State-Level Gas Tax Variations"
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Chaewon Baek (Tufts University) "Inflation Expectations and Labor Supply: Evidence from an Experimental Study"
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Yoosoon Chang (Indiana University Bloomington) "How Do Macroaggregates and Income Distribution Interact Dynamically? A Novel Structural Mixed Autoregression with Aggregate and Functional Variables"
5:00 pm Adjourn
Friday, October 21, 2022 (Online)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Minsu Chang (Georgetown University) "Marital Transitions, Housing, and Savings in Old Age"
9:30 am - 10:00 am Sagiri Kitao (University of Tokyo) "Why Women Work the Way They Do in Japan: Roles of Fiscal Policies"
10:10 am -10:40 am Kai(Jackie) Zhao (University of Connecticut) "Homelessness"
10:40 am - 11:10 am Youngsoo Jang (University of Queensland) "Credit, Default, and Optimal Health Insurance"
11:20 am - 11:50 am Serena Rhee (Chung-Ang University) "The Effects of Basic Pension on Labor Supply of Elderly Workers"
11:50 am - 12:20 pm Yunho(Simon) Cho (Jinan University) "Taxing Homeowners in China: Who are the Winners and Losers?"
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm Donghui Kim (Chung-Ang University) "Church and Human Capital: Evidence from Korea during 1884-1930"
1:00 pm Adjourn
Friday, May 27, 2022 (Online)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Yujung Hwang (Johns Hopkins University) "Structural Analysis of Xenophobia"
9:50 am - 10:30 am Siha Lee (McMaster University) "Bequest Motives and the Social Security Notch"
10:40 am -11:20 am Fang Yang (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) "Marriage and Work among Prime Age Men"
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Kyungbae Kim (Sejong University) "Discrete-Choice Models and Representative Consumer Theory"
12:10 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm Serena Rhee (Chung-Ang University) "Labor Market Screening and Social Insurance Program Design for the Disabled"
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm Poe Porapakkarm (GRIPS) "The Lifetime Costs of Bad Health"
3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Elena Capatina (Australian National University) "Health Shocks and the Evolution of Earnings over the Life-cycle"
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Yugyung Jung (Chung-Ang University) "The Economic Cost of Fake News: Case Study of Covid-19"
5:00 pm Adjourn