This week's seminar is as follows:
"Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles" joint with N. Mocan
Speaker:
Ozkan Eren
Louisiana State University
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Manitoba RDC
Friday, December 4th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend. Here is the abstract for the paper:
Using the universe of juvenile court decisions in a U.S. state between 1996 and 2012, we analyze the effects of emotional shocks associated with unexpected outcomes of football games played by a prominent college team in the state. We find that unexpected losses increase disposition (sentence) lengths assigned by judges during the work week following the game. Unexpected wins, or losses that were expected to be close contests ex-ante, have no effect. The impacts of emotional shocks are asymmetrically borne by black defendants. Similarly, sentencing decisions following an important game, and juveniles who have committed felony offenses are impacted. These results provide evidence of expectation-based reference point behavior/loss aversion among a uniformly highly-educated group of individuals (judges), with decisions involving high stakes (sentence lengths). They also point to the existence of a subtle and previously-unnoticed capricious application of sentencing.
Thank you,
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Hello, just a reminder that the seminar is tomorrow, Friday, November 27th, please see below:
"Sex and salaries at a Canadian university: the song remains the same or the times they are a changin'? joint with E. Troutt (U Manitoba)
Speaker:
Laura Brown
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Friday, November 27th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
A copy of the paper is attached.
Thank you,
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Hello, just a reminder that the seminar is tomorrow, Friday, November 27th, please see below:
"Sex and salaries at a Canadian university: the song remains the same or the times they are a changin'? joint with E. Troutt (U Manitoba)
Speaker:
Laura Brown
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Friday, November 27th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
This week's Friday seminar is as follows:
"Sex and salaries at a Canadian university: the song remains the same or the times they are a changin'? joint with E. Troutt (U Manitoba)
Speaker:
Laura Brown
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Friday, November 27th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Hello, just a reminder that the seminar is tomorrow, Friday, November 20th please see below:
"The Impact of Converting Federal Non-Refundable Tax Credits Into Refundable Credits" joint with H. Stevens (Professional Affiliate, University of Manitoba)
Speaker:
Wayne Simpson
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Manitoba RDC
Friday, November 20th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
A link to the working paper is below:
http://policyschool.ucalgary.ca/?q=content/impact-converting-federal-non-re…
Thank you,
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
This week's Friday seminar is as follows:
"The Impact of Converting Federal Non-Refundable Tax Credits Into Refundable Credits" joint with H. Stevens (Prairie Research Associates)
Speaker:
Wayne Simpson
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Manitoba RDC
Friday, November 20th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
A link to the working paper is below:
http://policyschool.ucalgary.ca/?q=content/impact-converting-federal-non-re…
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Hello, just a reminder that the seminar is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 17th, please see below:
"Canadian urban-wage gaps and their determinants"
Speaker:
Sadjad Kalhor
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics
University of Manitoba
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
136 Isbister Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
Attached is a copy of the paper being presented.
All are welcome to attend.
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Next week's seminar on Tuesday is as follows:
"Canadian urban-wage gaps and their determinants"
Speaker:
Sadjad Kalhor
University of Manitoba
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics
University of Manitoba
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
136 Isbister Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
Hello, just a reminder that the seminar is tomorrow, please see below:
"Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal" joint with S. Staubli
Speaker:
Kathleen Mullen
RAND Corporation
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics
University of Manitoba
RDC Manitoba
Friday, November 13th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
Here is the abstract for the paper:
Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal
Kathleen J. Mullen, RAND
Stefan Staubli, University of Calgary
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance programs
is the elasticity of labor force participation with respect to benefit generosity. Yet, in many
countries including the United States all workers face identical benefit schedules, which are a
function of one's labor market history, making it difficult to separate the effect of the benefit
level from the effect of preferences for work on individuals' withdrawal from the labor force. To
circumvent this problem, we exploit exogenous variation in disability insurance benefits in
Austria arising from several reforms to its disability insurance and old age pension system in the
1990s and 2000s. We use comprehensive administrative social security records data on the
universe of Austrian workers to compute benefit levels under six different regimes, allowing us
to identify and precisely estimate the elasticity of labor force withdrawal (disability insurance
claiming) with respect to benefit generosity.
Thank you,
Gwen
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Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>
This week's seminar is as follows:
"Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal" joint with S. Staubli
Speaker:
Kathleen Mullen
RAND Corporation
Seminar sponsored by:
The Department of Economics
University of Manitoba
RDC Manitoba
Friday, November 13th , 2015
2:30 - 4:00 PM
307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
For more information call: 204-474-9207
All are welcome to attend.
Thank you,
Gwen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gwendolyn Band
Office Assistant
Department of Economics
Room 501 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba R3T 5V5
Ph: (204) 474-6239
Gwendolyn.Band(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Gwendolyn.Band@umanitoba.ca>