November 2015 - EconGradStudentAlumni - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Economics Seminar Series - Friday, December 4th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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>

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**REMINDER**Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 27th - Paper attached
by Gwendolyn Band 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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>

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**REMINDER**Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 27th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

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>

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Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 27th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

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>

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FW: **REMINDER**Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 20th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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>

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FW: Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 20th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

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>

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**REMINDER**Economics Seminar Series - Tuesday, November 17th
by Gwendolyn Band 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

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>

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Economics Seminar Series - Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

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>

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**REMINDER++Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 13th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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>

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Economics Seminar Series - Friday, November 13th, 2015
by Gwendolyn Band 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

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>

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