Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2012
5th Irish Economics and Psychology Event November
The 5th in the series of conferences on economics and psychology in Ireland will take place on November 30th in the ESRI in Dublin. The previous four have been very energetic workshops including keynote talks from John O'Doherty, Arie Kapteyn and David Laibson. People who are interested in presenting should email me or Peter Lunn.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
SIRE Workshop on Value, Well-Being and Decisions: Thanks
Thanks to participant's at Friday's session on Value, Well-Being and Decisions held at Stirling. This was the first workshop of the new research group (twitter stream here). Thanks to colleagues from both the economics and psychology divisions at Stirling for attending, as well as audience participants and speakers from UCD, Malta, Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities. A number of themes emerged during the course of the day including (i) the importance of developing further the measurement of time and risk preferences (ii) conceptual issues in the measurement of well-being and use in policy (iii) the interplay between preferences and education throughout life (iv) the potential for cross-overs with animal psychology in understanding human well-being and stress measurement (v) the role perceptions of political parties and government motives may play in determining acceptance of policies based on behavioural economics. The next workshop for this new center will be in September and further details will be posted here soon. Suggestions very welcome.
Details:
On April 20th, Stirling will host a SIRE Workshop on Value, Well-Being and Decisions. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers at different career stages to discuss work in this growing cross-disciplinary area. There will be a strong emphasis on discussing potential future collaborative research in this area, and also a particular emphasis on the interplay between well-being research and research on the behavioural economics of time discounting. Scottish-based PhD students in SIRE institutions are eligible to receive their travel expenses. The venue is the management center in Stirling University. Registration can be made by emailing Clare Delargy (claremdelargy@gmail.com ). Places are somewhat limited due to space and will be allocated on a first-come basis. A new research group in Stirling will be launched in this area beginning in September 2012 and some details of this will also be provided on the day (see provisional website http://stirlingeconpsych.squarespace.com/ )
9am - 9.30am: Coffee and Introductions
9.30 - 10.15: Liam Delaney (Stirling) "Stress and Financial Decision-Making"
10.30 - 11.15: Marjon Van Pol (Aberdeen): "Socioeconomic Status, Time Preferences and Health"
11.15 - 12.00: Marie Briguglio (Stirling and Malta): "Determinants of Recycling Behaviour".
Lunch and break-out session
2pm - 2.45: Matt Dickson (UCD): "Education, Preferences and Well-Being"
3pm - 3.45: Mirko Moro (Stirling): "Environment and Well-Being".
3.45: Panel Discussion on Future Directions in Well-Being and Decision Research
Details:
On April 20th, Stirling will host a SIRE Workshop on Value, Well-Being and Decisions. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers at different career stages to discuss work in this growing cross-disciplinary area. There will be a strong emphasis on discussing potential future collaborative research in this area, and also a particular emphasis on the interplay between well-being research and research on the behavioural economics of time discounting. Scottish-based PhD students in SIRE institutions are eligible to receive their travel expenses. The venue is the management center in Stirling University. Registration can be made by emailing Clare Delargy (claremdelargy@gmail.com ). Places are somewhat limited due to space and will be allocated on a first-come basis. A new research group in Stirling will be launched in this area beginning in September 2012 and some details of this will also be provided on the day (see provisional website http://stirlingeconpsych.squarespace.com/ )
9am - 9.30am: Coffee and Introductions
9.30 - 10.15: Liam Delaney (Stirling) "Stress and Financial Decision-Making"
10.30 - 11.15: Marjon Van Pol (Aberdeen): "Socioeconomic Status, Time Preferences and Health"
11.15 - 12.00: Marie Briguglio (Stirling and Malta): "Determinants of Recycling Behaviour".
Lunch and break-out session
2pm - 2.45: Matt Dickson (UCD): "Education, Preferences and Well-Being"
3pm - 3.45: Mirko Moro (Stirling): "Environment and Well-Being".
3.45: Panel Discussion on Future Directions in Well-Being and Decision Research
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Scottish Economics Events
Below is some information particularly relevant to PhD students in Scotland
Dear Professor Hanley,
I am writing on behalf of the Scottish Economics Society to draw your attention to two events that may be of interest for students in your department.
The first is SES's 2012 Annual Conference (April 16th - April 18th at the Mercure Perth Hotel in Perth). Beginning this year, we invite all Scottish PhD students to attend the first day of the conference (excluding the Sir Alec Cairncross Memorial Dinner) for free. The conference programme has also been re-designed to move items of special interest for PhD students to the Monday (April 16th). All details and a preliminary programme are available at <http://www.ses-conference.co.
The second event is the traditional SES/SG Policy Forum organised jointly with the Scottish GES. This year, David Bell and Liam Delaney from the University of Stirling have agreed to be the key speakers and they will discuss well-being and youth unemployment. The Policy Forum will take place on Friday 11th May, and all your students (both undergraduate and graduate) are cordially invited to attend. (I am aware that mid-May is exam time, but we could not manage another date.) Further particulars will be made available on our main web site at <http://www.scotecsoc.org/>.
I would really appreciate it if you could circulate this information in any way possible. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or comments.
Kind regards,
Klaus Beckmann
--
Klaus B. Beckmann
President, Scottish Economics Society
Professor of Economics, HSU / UniBw H
http://www.scotecsoc.org/
T +49 40 6541 2844
Dear Professor Hanley,
I am writing on behalf of the Scottish Economics Society to draw your attention to two events that may be of interest for students in your department.
The first is SES's 2012 Annual Conference (April 16th - April 18th at the Mercure Perth Hotel in Perth). Beginning this year, we invite all Scottish PhD students to attend the first day of the conference (excluding the Sir Alec Cairncross Memorial Dinner) for free. The conference programme has also been re-designed to move items of special interest for PhD students to the Monday (April 16th). All details and a preliminary programme are available at <http://www.ses-conference.co.
The second event is the traditional SES/SG Policy Forum organised jointly with the Scottish GES. This year, David Bell and Liam Delaney from the University of Stirling have agreed to be the key speakers and they will discuss well-being and youth unemployment. The Policy Forum will take place on Friday 11th May, and all your students (both undergraduate and graduate) are cordially invited to attend. (I am aware that mid-May is exam time, but we could not manage another date.) Further particulars will be made available on our main web site at <http://www.scotecsoc.org/>.
I would really appreciate it if you could circulate this information in any way possible. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or comments.
Kind regards,
Klaus Beckmann
--
Klaus B. Beckmann
President, Scottish Economics Society
Professor of Economics, HSU / UniBw H
http://www.scotecsoc.org/
T +49 40 6541 2844
Monday, March 26, 2012
Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Psychometrics/Economics Sessions
Developing the following for a three hour session at the SGSSS summer school in June. Comments welcome as we go:
Incorporating subjective and psychometric measures into economics: issues and applications
The use of subjective and psychometric scales is becoming increasingly common in economics and offers a key point of intersection between economics and psychology. Such measures can be used in many different designs, including studies that seek to explain an important variable measured by self-report (such as health or well-being) or studies that seek to use self-reported variables as explanatory variables. This course outlines a number of key features that need to be taken into account when using self-reported or subjective measures in economic applications. Firstly, we examine survey design and the principles for sound construction of survey measures. Secondly, we examine basic linear and non-linear econometric methods for the analysis of survey data. Thirdly, we examine the use of subjective measures as dependent variables in standard regression designs. In particular, we consider the problem of differential item functioning, namely what happens when respondents to survey questions use different criteria for judging what the question means (King et al 2004) . We consider the use of anchoring vignettes and hierarchical regression models to take into account these errors. Finally, we examine the incorporation of self-reported and subjective measures in economic studies as explanatory variables explaining outcomes such as health and education. A recent literature (e.g. Borghans, Heckman, Duckworth and ter Weel 2008) has examined how to integrate constructs from psychology into understanding economic outcomes. This literature is rapidly becoming one of the major areas in fields such as health economics and education economics. However, there are many issues with using variables such as personality in econometric functions. We examine new statistical designs for incorporating such measures.
Borghan, L., Duckworth, A., Heckman, J., Weel, B (2008). "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(4).
King, Gary, Christopher J. L. Murray, Joshua A. Salomon, and Ajay Tandon. "Enhancing the Validity and Cross-cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research." American Political Science Review 98 (2004): 191-207
Incorporating subjective and psychometric measures into economics: issues and applications
The use of subjective and psychometric scales is becoming increasingly common in economics and offers a key point of intersection between economics and psychology. Such measures can be used in many different designs, including studies that seek to explain an important variable measured by self-report (such as health or well-being) or studies that seek to use self-reported variables as explanatory variables. This course outlines a number of key features that need to be taken into account when using self-reported or subjective measures in economic applications. Firstly, we examine survey design and the principles for sound construction of survey measures. Secondly, we examine basic linear and non-linear econometric methods for the analysis of survey data. Thirdly, we examine the use of subjective measures as dependent variables in standard regression designs. In particular, we consider the problem of differential item functioning, namely what happens when respondents to survey questions use different criteria for judging what the question means (King et al 2004) . We consider the use of anchoring vignettes and hierarchical regression models to take into account these errors. Finally, we examine the incorporation of self-reported and subjective measures in economic studies as explanatory variables explaining outcomes such as health and education. A recent literature (e.g. Borghans, Heckman, Duckworth and ter Weel 2008) has examined how to integrate constructs from psychology into understanding economic outcomes. This literature is rapidly becoming one of the major areas in fields such as health economics and education economics. However, there are many issues with using variables such as personality in econometric functions. We examine new statistical designs for incorporating such measures.
Borghan, L., Duckworth, A., Heckman, J., Weel, B (2008). "The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(4).
King, Gary, Christopher J. L. Murray, Joshua A. Salomon, and Ajay Tandon. "Enhancing the Validity and Cross-cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research." American Political Science Review 98 (2004): 191-207
Monday, January 16, 2012
Behavioural Economics Events
As part of the development of a research team around behavioural economics and well-being in Stirling, there will be a day-long conference on April 20th (further details to follow) and a launch-type workshop in September. I am very interested to hear people's thoughts either here, or as is more usual, by email on best format for continuing the regular November session we have held since 2008. These four events have been really interesting and engaging and I would not like them to stop. Default option is simply to run it again as normal in Dublin on last Friday in November and extend it by inviting more people from outside Ireland to present. Funding will, of course, be an issue but hopefully we can work something out on that side. Anyway, thoughts welcome.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Health talks on December 19th
This is intended as a catch-up session for some people working on projects at the Geary Institute or who have recently moved. Happy to include others if interested. Let me know via email. Venue will be seminar room of Geary Institute. Below is very provisional including me having just made up some titles and I will use this post to update.
Geary Institute Health Presentations, December 19th
9.15 Liam Delaney: Intro and "Childhood mental health, scarring and unemployment"
10.00 Eimear Crowe: "Diurnal self-esteem, social interaction, depressive symptoms and the inflammatory response in MDD."
10.45 Sarah Gibney: "Childlessness and Wellbeing in a European Context"
11.30: Alan Fernihough: "The Demographic Transition and Childhood Health"
2pm: Eibhlin Hudson "Childhood determinants of health perceptions"
2.45pm: Michael Daly: "SES, Rank and Health"
3.30pm: Clare Delargy: "Organ Donation Consent Systems"
Geary Institute Health Presentations, December 19th
9.15 Liam Delaney: Intro and "Childhood mental health, scarring and unemployment"
10.00 Eimear Crowe: "Diurnal self-esteem, social interaction, depressive symptoms and the inflammatory response in MDD."
10.45 Sarah Gibney: "Childlessness and Wellbeing in a European Context"
11.30: Alan Fernihough: "The Demographic Transition and Childhood Health"
2pm: Eibhlin Hudson "Childhood determinants of health perceptions"
2.45pm: Michael Daly: "SES, Rank and Health"
3.30pm: Clare Delargy: "Organ Donation Consent Systems"
Sunday, December 04, 2011
SIRE WORK AND WELL-BEING WORKSHOP
SIRE WORK AND WELL-BEING WORKSHOP
University of Stirling, Venue: the Court Room
Friday 9 December 2011
12:30-5.15pm, followed by reception
Rapporteur: David Blanchflower
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1:30 – 3.00 Presentations on the theme of ‘subjective well-being’:
Felix Fitzroy and David Ulph (St Andrews): “So far so Good: Age, Happiness, and
Relative Income”
Liam Delaney (Stirling): “Day Reconstruction Methods: Stress and Decision Making”
David Bell (Stirling): “Well-being and Place”
3.00 – 3.30 Coffee
3.30 – 5.00 Presentations on the theme of ‘poverty, health and inequality’:
Anikó Biró (Edinburgh): “Poverty of Widows in Europe”
R. McQuaid and R. Raeside (Napier): “Health and Wellbeing of Employees In Employee-Owned Businesses”
Paul Allinson (Dundee): “The Longitudinal Analysis of Health Inequalities”
5.00-5.15 Closing remarks by David Blanchflower, followed by a short talk on “The Pulse of the Nation”
5.15 Reception
Format
In order to allow the maximum amount of time for discussion, presentations will be limited to a maximum of 25 minutes, and presenters will be asked to limit their remarks to the key questions and issues; an outline of the methodology; and the key conclusions. Copies of papers will be available for those wishing to pursue the details.
Registration
If you wish to attend the workshop, please send an e-mail to Lennie Jing (lennie.jing@stir.ac.uk) including details of any special diet requirements. Participants will receive a confirmation and further details on travel. SIRE shall reimburse travel expenses (limited to a second class rail and bus fare) for academics affiliated with a Scottish University Economics Department. Car pooling for a minimum of 2 people is also acceptable. A claim form will be provided on arrival.
Further information is available from the organisers David Bell (d.n.f.bell@stir.ac.uk) or David Ulph
(du1@st-andrews.ac.uk)
University of Stirling, Venue: the Court Room
Friday 9 December 2011
12:30-5.15pm, followed by reception
Rapporteur: David Blanchflower
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1:30 – 3.00 Presentations on the theme of ‘subjective well-being’:
Felix Fitzroy and David Ulph (St Andrews): “So far so Good: Age, Happiness, and
Relative Income”
Liam Delaney (Stirling): “Day Reconstruction Methods: Stress and Decision Making”
David Bell (Stirling): “Well-being and Place”
3.00 – 3.30 Coffee
3.30 – 5.00 Presentations on the theme of ‘poverty, health and inequality’:
Anikó Biró (Edinburgh): “Poverty of Widows in Europe”
R. McQuaid and R. Raeside (Napier): “Health and Wellbeing of Employees In Employee-Owned Businesses”
Paul Allinson (Dundee): “The Longitudinal Analysis of Health Inequalities”
5.00-5.15 Closing remarks by David Blanchflower, followed by a short talk on “The Pulse of the Nation”
5.15 Reception
Format
In order to allow the maximum amount of time for discussion, presentations will be limited to a maximum of 25 minutes, and presenters will be asked to limit their remarks to the key questions and issues; an outline of the methodology; and the key conclusions. Copies of papers will be available for those wishing to pursue the details.
Registration
If you wish to attend the workshop, please send an e-mail to Lennie Jing (lennie.jing@stir.ac.uk) including details of any special diet requirements. Participants will receive a confirmation and further details on travel. SIRE shall reimburse travel expenses (limited to a second class rail and bus fare) for academics affiliated with a Scottish University Economics Department. Car pooling for a minimum of 2 people is also acceptable. A claim form will be provided on arrival.
Further information is available from the organisers David Bell (d.n.f.bell@stir.ac.uk) or David Ulph
(du1@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Programme for November 25th: Tomorrow
A slightly revised programme for tomorrow.
November 25th Economics and Psychology Event Geary Institute
9.00: REGISTRATION
9.45: Credit Cards: Friend or Foe.
Yvonne McCarthy - Central Bank of Ireland.
10.15: Understanding Taxpayer Behaviour – New Opportunities for Tax Administration.
Keith Walsh- Revenue Commissioners
10.45: BREAK
11.00: Organ Donation and Individual Consent- The role of Family Consent in Donation Systems.
Clare Delargy- UCD Geary Institute
11.30: The Role of Economic Psychology in Students' Term-Time Employment and Academic Achievement.
Martin Ryan- UCD Geary Institute
12.00: LUNCH
13.00: Corruption and Well-Being
Rob Gillanders - University College Dublin
13.30: Subcultures in Household Financial Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study of Risky Asset Ownership in the Netherlands.
Michael Dowling- DCU
14.00:BREAK
14.15: Political Determinants of Participation in a Recycling Programme
Marie Brugligio- University of Malta
14.45: Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters.
Pete Lunn, ESRI
15.15: BREAK
15.30: Behavioural Economics and the Irish Pension System
Liam Delaney- Stirling University and Geary Institute
16.00: Is the health impact of socioeconomic status explained by objective financial resources or subjective social status?
Michael Daly - Manchester and Aberdeen.
16.30: Panel Discussion
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Economics and Mental Health
In the preliminary stages of putting together a session on Economics and Mental Health to be held in NUI Galway in June. Please feel free to get in touch with suggestions if you are interested in this area.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Programme for November 25th
If you intend going to this and haven't RSVP'd yet, please drop geary@ucd.ie an email,.
November 25th Economics and Psychology Event Geary Institute
9.00: REGISTRATION
9.15: Organ Donation and Individual Consent- The role of Family Consent in Donation Systems.
Clare Delargy- UCD Geary Institute
9.45: Credit Cards: Friend or Foe.
Yvonne McCarthy - Central Bank of Ireland.
10.15: Understanding Taxpayer Behaviour – New Opportunities for Tax Administration.
Keith Walsh- Revenue Commissioners
10.45: BREAK
11.00: Deity and Development: A Study of the Impact of Religious Culture upon Social and Economic Development.
Ryan McKee- Queen’s University Belfast
11.30: The Role of Economic Psychology in Students' Term-Time Employment and Academic Achievement.
Martin Ryan- UCD Geary Institute
12.00: LUNCH
13.00: Corruption and Well-Being
Rob Gillanders - University College Dublin
13.30: Subcultures in Household Financial Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study of Risky Asset Ownership in the Netherlands.
Michael Dowling- DCU
14.00:BREAK
14.15: Political Determinants of Participation in a Recycling Programme
Marie Brugligio- University of Malta
14.45: Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters.
Pete Lunn, ESRI
15.15: BREAK
15.30: Behavioural Economics and the Irish Pension System
Liam Delaney- Stirling University and Geary Institute
16.00: Is the health impact of socioeconomic status explained by objective financial resources or subjective social status?
Michael Daly - Manchester and Aberdeen.
16.30: Panel Discussion
November 25th Economics and Psychology Event Geary Institute
9.00: REGISTRATION
9.15: Organ Donation and Individual Consent- The role of Family Consent in Donation Systems.
Clare Delargy- UCD Geary Institute
9.45: Credit Cards: Friend or Foe.
Yvonne McCarthy - Central Bank of Ireland.
10.15: Understanding Taxpayer Behaviour – New Opportunities for Tax Administration.
Keith Walsh- Revenue Commissioners
10.45: BREAK
11.00: Deity and Development: A Study of the Impact of Religious Culture upon Social and Economic Development.
Ryan McKee- Queen’s University Belfast
11.30: The Role of Economic Psychology in Students' Term-Time Employment and Academic Achievement.
Martin Ryan- UCD Geary Institute
12.00: LUNCH
13.00: Corruption and Well-Being
Rob Gillanders - University College Dublin
13.30: Subcultures in Household Financial Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study of Risky Asset Ownership in the Netherlands.
Michael Dowling- DCU
14.00:BREAK
14.15: Political Determinants of Participation in a Recycling Programme
Marie Brugligio- University of Malta
14.45: Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters.
Pete Lunn, ESRI
15.15: BREAK
15.30: Behavioural Economics and the Irish Pension System
Liam Delaney- Stirling University and Geary Institute
16.00: Is the health impact of socioeconomic status explained by objective financial resources or subjective social status?
Michael Daly - Manchester and Aberdeen.
16.30: Panel Discussion
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Seminar on Maternal and Child Health with David Barker
For a summary of Barker's work see http://www.thebarkertheory.org/. Geary's Orla Doyle and Colm Harmon are also speaking at this event.
The First One Thousand Days: Policy Implications for Maternal and Child Health
The School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science is hosting a workshop on Thursday 1st December 1pm-5pm, with a keynote lecture by Professor David Barker of the University of Southampton. Professor David Barker is a world-renowned authority on early life influences on later health and wellbeing and his developmental plasticity hypothesis has influenced a large body of research over the last two decades.
Please find attached flyer with details of the event.
Please RSVP to beth.kilkenny@ucd.ie by Friday 18th November if you would like to attend.
www.ucd.ie/phpsMonday, October 24, 2011
Conference on Irish Economy January
Currently organising, along with Stephen Kinsella and Colm Harmon, a conference on the Irish economy for January. The conference aims to explore a number of themes in the current economic environment including the current fiscal and banking situation and also a broad range of microeconomic issues including household balance sheets, health/education/social welfare policy, unemployment, technology and so on. Please feel free to leave suggestions in the comments, or by email. We have already received a number of good suggestions including the suggestion to increase interplay between different disciplines in analysing different aspects of the Irish economic situation. Full details and a more formal call for ideas will go up here and other places soon.
Conference on Population Geography
CALL FOR PAPERS
Population Geography:
Inter-Generational Patterns and Processes
Third Biannual British-Irish Population Conference 18-19 April 2012
Hosted by Queen's University Belfast under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG
Papers are invited for a British-Irish population geography conference on inter-generational patterns and processes. Whilst there is a focus on the UK and Ireland, papers that address the broad conference theme in other geographical contexts will be most welcome.
Fertility, mortality and migration, and their respective sub-components, have recorded temporal and spatial changes with each successive generation. The magnitude of change to these core components of population geography has arguably been greatest during recent decades and have obvious policy relevance. Established patterns have and continue to evolve with the causes and implications increasingly found to be multifaceted in nature. National fertility rates at, or just below the, population replacement level are accompanied by increases among specific groups, such as the number of teenage pregnancies and births occurring outside marriage. Births to women aged under 30 years have been declining, women on average are having fewer children and increasing numbers remain childless. Mortality too has declined accompanied by increasing life expectancy. The numbers aged 65 and over, 75 and over, and 85 and over are all projected to increase significantly so that demographic ageing is set to become the dominant demographic trend for the foreseeable future. Migration patterns have also evolved. Changing internal migration patterns and processes (across the lifecourse) are accompanied by increasingly complex immigration flows involving diverse origins and motivations (students, casual labour, family unification, professionals working for multinational companies, and those escaping strife and difficulty elsewhere). Second and third generation (and return) migrants also represent an increasing share of national populations. Collectively these inter-generational patterns and processes are highly variable at different geographical scales with similarities and differences noted between the UK and Ireland. Cutting across all are issues of society, community, family, health and well-being. The broad theme of inter-generational patterns and processes therefore provides a context for exploring and developing existing and new theoretical perspectives on population geography and its core components using traditional and new (such as, longitudinal studies) data sources.
Papers are invited on the following interlinked population geography themes with a particular focus on inter-generational change:
i. population patterns and processes
ii. lifecourse perspectives
iii. life expectancy and ageing
iv. implications for society, community, family, health and well-being.
Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited by Tuesday 20th December 2011. These should be submitted to bipopgeog@qub.ac.uk and include full contact details for the correspondence author. Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent by 31st January 2012. The conference programme (including additional information) along with on-line conference registration will be available throughout February and March 2012. This will be accessible via a web page conference link at
http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/TheInstituteofSpatialandEnvironmentalPlanning/bipconf2012/
Keynote Address: Professor Irene Hardill (Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University).
The conference opens with registration accompanied by tea/coffee on Wednesday 18th April 2012 at 10.30 in the Canada Room (Queen's University Belfast). This will be followed by the keynote address from 11.30 until lunch. The conference closes mid-afternoon on Thursday 19th April (with an optional field excursion Belfast: Population Matters!).
Conference Fee: £75 (includes a conference dinner on the evening of Wednesday 18th April, and lunch and tea/coffee on both Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th April). The optional field excursion will cost no more than £10 per person and is dependent on sufficient numbers.
Conference Organisers:
Darren Smith, Chair, RGS-IBG Population Geography Research Group D.P.Smith@lboro.ac.uk
Aileen Stockdale, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast a.stockdale@qub.ac.uk
Gemma Catney, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast g.catney@qub.ac.uk
Administrative Assistant (LSCS)
University of St Andrews
Geography & Geosciences
Irvine Building, North Street
St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL
lscs@st-andrews.ac.uk
cll@st-andrews.ac.uk
Population Geography:
Inter-Generational Patterns and Processes
Third Biannual British-Irish Population Conference 18-19 April 2012
Hosted by Queen's University Belfast under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG
Papers are invited for a British-Irish population geography conference on inter-generational patterns and processes. Whilst there is a focus on the UK and Ireland, papers that address the broad conference theme in other geographical contexts will be most welcome.
Fertility, mortality and migration, and their respective sub-components, have recorded temporal and spatial changes with each successive generation. The magnitude of change to these core components of population geography has arguably been greatest during recent decades and have obvious policy relevance. Established patterns have and continue to evolve with the causes and implications increasingly found to be multifaceted in nature. National fertility rates at, or just below the, population replacement level are accompanied by increases among specific groups, such as the number of teenage pregnancies and births occurring outside marriage. Births to women aged under 30 years have been declining, women on average are having fewer children and increasing numbers remain childless. Mortality too has declined accompanied by increasing life expectancy. The numbers aged 65 and over, 75 and over, and 85 and over are all projected to increase significantly so that demographic ageing is set to become the dominant demographic trend for the foreseeable future. Migration patterns have also evolved. Changing internal migration patterns and processes (across the lifecourse) are accompanied by increasingly complex immigration flows involving diverse origins and motivations (students, casual labour, family unification, professionals working for multinational companies, and those escaping strife and difficulty elsewhere). Second and third generation (and return) migrants also represent an increasing share of national populations. Collectively these inter-generational patterns and processes are highly variable at different geographical scales with similarities and differences noted between the UK and Ireland. Cutting across all are issues of society, community, family, health and well-being. The broad theme of inter-generational patterns and processes therefore provides a context for exploring and developing existing and new theoretical perspectives on population geography and its core components using traditional and new (such as, longitudinal studies) data sources.
Papers are invited on the following interlinked population geography themes with a particular focus on inter-generational change:
i. population patterns and processes
ii. lifecourse perspectives
iii. life expectancy and ageing
iv. implications for society, community, family, health and well-being.
Abstracts (max. 300 words) are invited by Tuesday 20th December 2011. These should be submitted to bipopgeog@qub.ac.uk and include full contact details for the correspondence author. Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent by 31st January 2012. The conference programme (including additional information) along with on-line conference registration will be available throughout February and March 2012. This will be accessible via a web page conference link at
http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/TheInstituteofSpatialandEnvironmentalPlanning/bipconf2012/
Keynote Address: Professor Irene Hardill (Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University).
The conference opens with registration accompanied by tea/coffee on Wednesday 18th April 2012 at 10.30 in the Canada Room (Queen's University Belfast). This will be followed by the keynote address from 11.30 until lunch. The conference closes mid-afternoon on Thursday 19th April (with an optional field excursion Belfast: Population Matters!).
Conference Fee: £75 (includes a conference dinner on the evening of Wednesday 18th April, and lunch and tea/coffee on both Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th April). The optional field excursion will cost no more than £10 per person and is dependent on sufficient numbers.
Conference Organisers:
Darren Smith, Chair, RGS-IBG Population Geography Research Group D.P.Smith@lboro.ac.uk
Aileen Stockdale, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast a.stockdale@qub.ac.uk
Gemma Catney, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast g.catney@qub.ac.uk
Administrative Assistant (LSCS)
University of St Andrews
Geography & Geosciences
Irvine Building, North Street
St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Economics and Psychology One-Day Conference November 25th
The final programme for November 25th is below. The speakers are a mix of PhD students, researchers in public institutions and academics. This year’s main session take place at the Geary Institute on Friday November 25th. All are welcome. Please RSVP to geary@ucd.ie There will be a special issue of the ESR based on some of the papers from this year’s session. The panel session will be used to discuss how developments in the recent literature have policy relevance. There is no registration charge.
Programme:
9.00: REGISTRATION
9.15: Organ Donation and Individual Consent- The role of Family Consent in Donation Systems.
Clare Delargy- UCD Geary Institute
9.45: Credit Cards: Friend or Foe.
Yvonne McCarthy - Central Bank of Ireland.
10.15: Understanding Taxpayer Behaviour – New Opportunities for Tax Administration.
Keith Walsh- Revenue Commissioners
10.45: BREAK
11.00: Deity and Development: A Study of the Impact of Religious Culture upon Social and Economic Development.
Ryan McKee- Queen’s University Belfast
11.30: The Role of Economic Psychology in Students’ Term-Time Employment and Academic Achievement.
Martin Ryan- UCD Geary Institute
12.00: LUNCH
13.00: Corruption and Well-Being
Rob Gillanders - University College Dublin
13.30: Subcultures in Household Financial Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study of Risky Asset Ownership in the Netherlands.
Michael Dowling- DCU
14.00:BREAK
14.15: Behavioural Economics and participation in recycling programmes
Marie Brugligio- University of Malta
14.45: Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters.
Pete Lunn, ESRI
15.15: BREAK
15.30: Behavioural Economics and the Irish Pension System
Liam Delaney- Stirling University and Geary Institute
16.00: Is the health impact of socioeconomic status explained by objective financial resources or subjective social status?
Michael Daly - Manchester and Aberdeen.
16.30: Panel Discussion
Programme:
9.00: REGISTRATION
9.15: Organ Donation and Individual Consent- The role of Family Consent in Donation Systems.
Clare Delargy- UCD Geary Institute
9.45: Credit Cards: Friend or Foe.
Yvonne McCarthy - Central Bank of Ireland.
10.15: Understanding Taxpayer Behaviour – New Opportunities for Tax Administration.
Keith Walsh- Revenue Commissioners
10.45: BREAK
11.00: Deity and Development: A Study of the Impact of Religious Culture upon Social and Economic Development.
Ryan McKee- Queen’s University Belfast
11.30: The Role of Economic Psychology in Students’ Term-Time Employment and Academic Achievement.
Martin Ryan- UCD Geary Institute
12.00: LUNCH
13.00: Corruption and Well-Being
Rob Gillanders - University College Dublin
13.30: Subcultures in Household Financial Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study of Risky Asset Ownership in the Netherlands.
Michael Dowling- DCU
14.00:BREAK
14.15: Behavioural Economics and participation in recycling programmes
Marie Brugligio- University of Malta
14.45: Behavioural Economics and Policymaking: Learning from the Early Adopters.
Pete Lunn, ESRI
15.15: BREAK
15.30: Behavioural Economics and the Irish Pension System
Liam Delaney- Stirling University and Geary Institute
16.00: Is the health impact of socioeconomic status explained by objective financial resources or subjective social status?
Michael Daly - Manchester and Aberdeen.
16.30: Panel Discussion
Friday, October 21, 2011
ESRC Methods Event: Modelling Key Variables in Social Science
Modelling Key Variables in Social Science Research
Research Seminar, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
Thursday 24th November (12:30 - 17:15) and Friday 25th November (09:00 - 13:00) 2011
An ESRC National Centre for Research Methods funded Collaborative activity. ESRC NCRM Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling Node, ESRC DSR E-Stat Node & ESRC DSR Data Management through e-Social Science Node.
A number of 'key variables' pervade social science analyses, for example occupation, education and ethnicity. The measurement and coding of variables related to these concepts, and their appropriate preparation for advanced statistical modelling, is not trivial. The focus of this research seminar will be to highlight the problems and issues associated with the operationalisation of key social science variables in advanced statistical modelling. The presentations showcase statistical modelling and will include examples of complex social science data, including longitudinal and hierarchical data structures. Advanced issues such as dealing with missing data appropriately will also feature.
Attendance at this meeting is FREE and includes lunch on both days.
We cannot pay travel or accommodation costs.
Registration is required and attendance will be strictly limited to 50 places.
Please contact Sharon Day via e-mail by 4th November 2011 (sharon.day@stir.ac.uk).
In your e-mail message, please state your name, job title, university affiliation and academic discipline.
Your place will be confirmed by 11th November 2011.
Research Presentations
Dr Paul Lambert, ESRC DSR Data Management through e-Social Science Node
'Modelling Key Variables in Social Science: The Contribution of e-Social Science'
Dr Juliet Stone, ESRC Centre for Population Change
'Modelling Socio-Economic Positions over the Lifecourse'
Dr Mark Tranmer, ESRC DSR e-Stat Node
'Modelling Social Networks'
Dr James Carpenter, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
'Modelling Key Variables with Missing Data'
Professor Vernon Gayle, ESRC NCRM Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling Node
'Modelling Parental Occupations and Filial Educational Attainment'
Dr Richard Zijdeman, University of Utrecht
'Modelling Key Historical Variables'
Roxanne Connelly, University of Stirling
'Modelling the Role of Cognitive Ability: Examples from the British Birth Cohorts'
Robert French, Institute of Education, University of London
'Modelling Home Backgrounds in Education'
Dr Marina Shapira, ESRC Centre for Population Change
'Modelling Cross-national Variation in Migration and Education'
Attendance at this meeting is FREE and includes lunch on both days.
We cannot pay travel or accommodation costs.
Registration is required and attendance will be strictly limited to 50 places.
Please contact Sharon Day via e-mail by 4th November 2011 (sharon.day@stir.ac.uk).
In your e-mail message, please state your name, job title, university affiliation and academic discipline.
Your place will be confirmed by 11th November 2011.
www.dames.org.uk/key_variables_seminar
Research Seminar, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
Thursday 24th November (12:30 - 17:15) and Friday 25th November (09:00 - 13:00) 2011
An ESRC National Centre for Research Methods funded Collaborative activity. ESRC NCRM Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling Node, ESRC DSR E-Stat Node & ESRC DSR Data Management through e-Social Science Node.
A number of 'key variables' pervade social science analyses, for example occupation, education and ethnicity. The measurement and coding of variables related to these concepts, and their appropriate preparation for advanced statistical modelling, is not trivial. The focus of this research seminar will be to highlight the problems and issues associated with the operationalisation of key social science variables in advanced statistical modelling. The presentations showcase statistical modelling and will include examples of complex social science data, including longitudinal and hierarchical data structures. Advanced issues such as dealing with missing data appropriately will also feature.
Attendance at this meeting is FREE and includes lunch on both days.
We cannot pay travel or accommodation costs.
Registration is required and attendance will be strictly limited to 50 places.
Please contact Sharon Day via e-mail by 4th November 2011 (sharon.day@stir.ac.uk).
In your e-mail message, please state your name, job title, university affiliation and academic discipline.
Your place will be confirmed by 11th November 2011.
Research Presentations
Dr Paul Lambert, ESRC DSR Data Management through e-Social Science Node
'Modelling Key Variables in Social Science: The Contribution of e-Social Science'
Dr Juliet Stone, ESRC Centre for Population Change
'Modelling Socio-Economic Positions over the Lifecourse'
Dr Mark Tranmer, ESRC DSR e-Stat Node
'Modelling Social Networks'
Dr James Carpenter, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
'Modelling Key Variables with Missing Data'
Professor Vernon Gayle, ESRC NCRM Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling Node
'Modelling Parental Occupations and Filial Educational Attainment'
Dr Richard Zijdeman, University of Utrecht
'Modelling Key Historical Variables'
Roxanne Connelly, University of Stirling
'Modelling the Role of Cognitive Ability: Examples from the British Birth Cohorts'
Robert French, Institute of Education, University of London
'Modelling Home Backgrounds in Education'
Dr Marina Shapira, ESRC Centre for Population Change
'Modelling Cross-national Variation in Migration and Education'
Attendance at this meeting is FREE and includes lunch on both days.
We cannot pay travel or accommodation costs.
Registration is required and attendance will be strictly limited to 50 places.
Please contact Sharon Day via e-mail by 4th November 2011 (sharon.day@stir.ac.uk).
In your e-mail message, please state your name, job title, university affiliation and academic discipline.
Your place will be confirmed by 11th November 2011.
www.dames.org.uk/key_variables_seminar
Saturday, September 24, 2011
2012 Royal Economic Society Conference
Details below or at this link
2012 Annual Conference
26 March to 28 March 2012
University of Cambridge
Keynote Lectures
Elhanan Helpman Harvard University (EJ Lecture)
Nancy Stokey University of Chicago (Hahn Lecture)
Ariel Pakes Harvard University (Sargan Lecture)
Plenary Panel: Lessons from the European Debt Crisis
Ken Rogoff Harvard University
Guillermo Calvo Columbia University
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi ECB
Call for Papers
Join us at the Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society 2012. The Programme Committee invites submissions of papers for General Sessions from academic, government and business economists in any field of economics and econometrics. Submissions can be made from 15 July 2011. The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2011. Notification of acceptance will be sent by mid-December 2011.
Visit this site to make a submission for the 2012 Annual Conference:
https://editorialexpress.com/conference/res2012
Further details on registration, accommodation and other matters – including information on financial support for postgraduate students attending the Conference – will follow.
Call for Special Session Proposals
The RES conference committee invites invites proposals for special sessions to be considered for inclusion in the RES 2012 conference programme. Proposals can be submitted to res2012@econ.cam.ac.uk by 15 October. Details can be found here.
Call for Young Talent Nominations
The Royal Economic Society is running a special session to showcase 'young talent' at the RES 2012 conference. If you would like to nominate someone to be considered for inclusion in this session e-mail the programme chair at res2012@econ.cam.ac.uk by 15 September. More details can be found here.
Programme Chair: Francesco Caselli (LSE)
Deputy Programme Chair: Chryssi Giannitsarou (Cambridge)
Local Organizers: Pramila Krishnan and Solomos Solomou (Cambridge)
2012 Annual Conference
26 March to 28 March 2012
University of Cambridge
Keynote Lectures
Elhanan Helpman Harvard University (EJ Lecture)
Nancy Stokey University of Chicago (Hahn Lecture)
Ariel Pakes Harvard University (Sargan Lecture)
Plenary Panel: Lessons from the European Debt Crisis
Ken Rogoff Harvard University
Guillermo Calvo Columbia University
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi ECB
Call for Papers
Join us at the Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society 2012. The Programme Committee invites submissions of papers for General Sessions from academic, government and business economists in any field of economics and econometrics. Submissions can be made from 15 July 2011. The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2011. Notification of acceptance will be sent by mid-December 2011.
Visit this site to make a submission for the 2012 Annual Conference:
https://editorialexpress.com/conference/res2012
Further details on registration, accommodation and other matters – including information on financial support for postgraduate students attending the Conference – will follow.
Call for Special Session Proposals
The RES conference committee invites invites proposals for special sessions to be considered for inclusion in the RES 2012 conference programme. Proposals can be submitted to res2012@econ.cam.ac.uk by 15 October. Details can be found here.
Call for Young Talent Nominations
The Royal Economic Society is running a special session to showcase 'young talent' at the RES 2012 conference. If you would like to nominate someone to be considered for inclusion in this session e-mail the programme chair at res2012@econ.cam.ac.uk by 15 September. More details can be found here.
Programme Chair: Francesco Caselli (LSE)
Deputy Programme Chair: Chryssi Giannitsarou (Cambridge)
Local Organizers: Pramila Krishnan and Solomos Solomou (Cambridge)
Monday, September 19, 2011
November 25th Economics and Psychology Event
The fourth one day conference on Economics and Psychology will be held in the UCD Geary Institute on November 25th. The purpose of these sessions is to develop the link between Economics, Psychology and cognate disciplines in Ireland. A special theme of this year’s event will be the implications of behavioural economics for public policy. Selected papers will feature in a special issue of the ESR policy section. A full programme will be available shortly.
Information on events held in previous years is available at the following links:
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
CEMMAP: Measuring Living Standards and Wellbeing
Date: 11 Mar 2011 ( 10:00 - 17:00)
Organiser: Thomas Crossley
Venue: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Rates: Free of charge
Programme: Download programme
A cemmap workshop sponsored by the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
This workshop will explore the measurement of living standards and wellbeing, particularly at and individual and household level. Speakers will report new findings on the value of traditional measures such as income and consumption, as well as describing new approaches such as subjective measures of welling being and the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM).
Confirmed speakers include:
•Mike Brewer, IFS
•Michael Daly, Trinity College Dublin
•Gunther Fink, Harvard
•Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago
•Steve Pudney, Essex
•Arthur van Soest, Tilburg
Please note: We do not have funds to assist with travel for this event. Lunch will be provided.
Organiser: Thomas Crossley
Venue: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Rates: Free of charge
Programme: Download programme
A cemmap workshop sponsored by the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
This workshop will explore the measurement of living standards and wellbeing, particularly at and individual and household level. Speakers will report new findings on the value of traditional measures such as income and consumption, as well as describing new approaches such as subjective measures of welling being and the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM).
Confirmed speakers include:
•Mike Brewer, IFS
•Michael Daly, Trinity College Dublin
•Gunther Fink, Harvard
•Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago
•Steve Pudney, Essex
•Arthur van Soest, Tilburg
Please note: We do not have funds to assist with travel for this event. Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Population Association of America Conference
Papers and sessions from this event to take place in late March are up on the following website. There is an immense amount of interesting material up here including drafts of papers. One session that will be of interest to people looking at early conditions and later health is linked here. The usual caveat that conference papers represent earlier stage work than published peer review papers should apply but this is a provocative finding worth looking at in the context of the natural experiment literature.
The 1918 U.S. Influenza Pandemic as a Natural Experiment, Revisited
Ryan P. Brown, Duke University
Douglas Almond's use of the 1918 U.S. influenza pandemic as a natural experiment led to the seminal works on the subject of in utero health's impact on later life outcomes. The identification strength of his work, though, is driven by the inherent natural experiment supposition of random assignment. By using data from the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses, this study investigates this keystone assumption and shows that the families of the "treatment" cohort were significantly less literate and economically prosperous than the families of the "control" group. Additionally, when proxies for childhood environment are added to Almond’s analyses, his findings are appreciably reduced in magnitude and significance. This research implies that failing to control for the first order effect of parent's education and wealth on a child's long-run outcomes, eliminates Almond's ability to use the 1918 U.S. influenza pandemic to make direct inferences regarding fetal health's impact on long-term wellbeing.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
CEMMAP Event: Measuring Living Standards and WellBeing
Date: 11 Mar 2011 ( 10:00 - 17:00)
Organiser: Thomas Crossley
Venue: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Rates: Free of charge
Sponsored by the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
This workshop will explore the measurement of living standards and wellbeing, particularly at and individual and household level. Speakers will report new findings on the value of traditional measures such as income and consumption, as well as describing new approaches such as subjective measures of welling being and the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM).
Confirmed speakers include:
Michael Daly, Trinity College Dublin
Gunther Fink, Harvard
Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago
Steve Pudney, Essex
Arthur van Soest, Tilburg
Please note:We do not have funds to assist with travel for this event. Lunch will be provided.
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