Economics research students present work at PhD conference
Economics PhD students nearing completion of their studies presented their research to a roomful of fellow students and faculty from the Department of Economics and the Institute of Development Studies at the Department’s annual PhD conference on 5 December.
Guest speaker Professor Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University, London) then presented his work on Social Security and Formal Labour Supply in Uraguay.
Presentations from Economics PhD students covered the following topics:
- Matteo Sandi
Migration in the time of crisis: evidence on its effectiveness from Indonesia - Malgorzata Sulimierska
Capital account liberalization, investment and productivity: Sector-level analysis - Janani Ranasubramanian
Impact of crop microinsurance on the use of agricultural inputs: Evidence from India - Omofolamihan Malomo
Informal payments and ethnic networks: The case of Nigerian Firms