Dear Colleagues,

Research Portal on Machine Learning for Social and Health Policies (MLPortal) with the support of Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI) is organizing a (1st) Workshop of Applied Microeconomics on August 24 and 25 2022. The 2-day program will have presenters mostly from Atlantic Canada and other places as well.

You can register the whole workshop and join selective presentations by using the following link in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdeiorDsqE93wq5Aps6mKLTa9LBe5jGZB

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the workshop. The details of the program is shown below.

Wednesday, August 24

9:30-10.10 Mevlude Akbulut - Dalhousie

World War II Blues: Long-lasting Mental Health Effects of Childhood Trauma

10:10-10:50 Umut Oguzoglu - University of Manitoba

Look Ma, I'm Okay! Intergenerational Transfers of Health

11:10-11:50 Marie-Claire Robitaille - Saint Mary's

Forced Sterilization and the Use of Child and Maternal Health Care in India

11:50-12:30 Fraser Summerfield - St. Francis Xavier

The long shadow of bullying: labour market consequences for an American cohort

13:40-14:20 Nick Manuel - Saint Mary's

A Skill Distance-Based Measure of the Match Between Fields of Study and Occupations

14:20-15:00 Weina Zhou- Dalhousie

The long-term impact of the Chinese famine on health outcomes

15:20-16:00 Melanie Khamis- Wesleyan

Absentee Landlords and Land Tenancy in India

Thursday, August 25

9:30-10.10 Dozie Okoye - Dalhousie

The Long-Term Direct and Indirect Effects of a Large-Scale Education Expansion Program

10:10-10:50 Joniada Milla - Saint Mary's

Attracting Talent to Teaching: Evidence from a Chilean Scholarship Program

11:10-11:50 Mutlu Yuksel - Dalhousie

The Role of Tax Incentives and Risk Aversion in Purchasing Private Health Insurance among Australian Immigrants: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data

11:50-12:30 Diana Alessandrini - St. Francis Xavier

Minimum wage effects on human capital accumulation: Evidence from Canadian data

13:40-14:20 Hui Xiao - Saint Mary's

Trust Thy Neighbor? Uncovering the Structure of the Real Estate Market

14:20-15:00 Mrittika Shamsuddin - Dalhousie

The Labor Market Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil

15:20-16:00 Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary’s) & Jan Ditzen (University of Bolzano)

Application of "dominance analysis" with health data: Identifying regional spreaders of a viral pathogen and their socio-spatial predictors in Nova Scotia

We hope to see you all