Arslan Austin: Willingness To COVID-19 Vaccination: Empirical Evidence From EU (MUES seminar)

10:00 AM

The unforgettable COVID-19 shock can only be reversed by a viable vaccination strategy. In this paper, we investigate the willingness to be vaccinated (WTV) against COVID-19. We provide first-of-its-kind...

Luigi Gifuni: Real Oil Price Forecasting: Gains and Weaknesses of Text Data (MUES seminar)

1:00 PM

Maksym Bryukhanov: Biology, religion and socioeconomic behavior: connecting our past findings to human health (MUES seminar)

6:00 PM

Is in utero exposure to testosterone correlated with health and healthy lifestyle? Does religiosity have a non-linear effect on illness? We will discuss these research questions in close connection to...

Davit Adunts: Paternal Circular Migration and Development of Socio-Emotional Skills of Children Left Behind (MUES seminar)

5:00 PM

The study of how paternal absence due to circular migration affects the socio-emotional skills of children left behind is complicated by the potentially offsetting effects of fathers’ absences and remittances....

Bohdana Kurylo: The Impact of Same-Race Teachers on Student Non-Test Academic Outcomes (MUES seminar)

4:00 PM

It is well established that students taught by same-race teachers improve their performance on exams. However, little is known about whether the positive impact extends beyond test scores to student non-test...

Martin Stojanovikj: Macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting in emerging market economies (MUES seminar)

3:00 PM

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting in 44 emerging market economies (EMEs) during 1970–2017. We estimate a dynamic panel data model, taking into account the endogeneity...

Jan Kabátek: Longer Careers: A barrier to hiring and coworker advancement? (MUES seminar)

2:00 PM

In response to the increasing fiscal burden imposed by public-pension systems, many countries have successfully encouraged older workers to delay retirement. These career extensions may significantly affect...

Irina Valenzuela: Do Unannounced Visits to Schools Affect Student Performance? Evidence from a Large-scale Monitoring Program in Peru (MUES seminar)

5:00 PM

The findings from prior studies on the impact of low-stakes monitoring (monitoring unaccompanied by explicit incentives or punishments) on student achievement in developing countries are mixed. Moreover,...