Past events
Getting out the youth vote in Vietnam: A randomized experiment on the 2021 VNA election
The study investigates the motivations for citizen participation in authoritarian elections, specifically among young people, through a Get Out the Vote experiment during the 2021 Vietnamese National Assembly election. Despite none of the government-approved voter information treatments positively affecting turnout or vote choice, the treatment emphasizing civic duty led to a significant increase in interest in the assembly, suggesting the value of civic duty communication in engaging younger voters in such contexts.
Is it a curse or blessing to have a resource-rich neighbour? The case of gas extraction in Indonesia
Abdul Nasir presents his research on the effects of natural gas extraction on the neighbour economies in Indonesia.
Fully integrated assessment modelling: simultaneous solution of climate and economic models
This seminar will present integrated assessment modelling results of climate change.
Declining demand for Australia’s fossil fuel exports, potential economic impacts and policy responses
Cedric Hodges presents his research on the impact of declining fossil fuel demand on the Australian economy.
Imputing poverty indicators without consumption data: an exploratory analysis
This research employs survey-to-survey imputation to address data challenges and generate accurate poverty measurements, using various indicators from 22 household surveys across six countries. The study shows that augmenting imputation models with household utility or food expenditure data, as well as geospatial data on soil quality, could significantly enhance the accuracy of poverty predictions, despite the limitations of larger survey intervals and model goodness-of-fit.
Family size and domestic violence in a high-fertility society
Dyah Pritadrajati presents her research on the relationship between family size and domestic violence in Samoa.
Discipline reform, school culture, and student achievement
The study uses administrative data on middle school students in New York City public school systems and adopts a difference-in-difference framework to look at the effects of a school reform on students’ achievements.
The time-varying anchoring of inflation expectations in Australia: new evidence based on surveys and bond-market data
Hang Duong investigates the extent to which inflation expectations in Australia are anchored at the central bank’s target and its implications for the effectiveness of policies and the credibility of the central bank.
Global economic impacts of antimicrobial resistance
Roshen Fernando presents his research on the global economic impacts of an escalation of antimicrobial resistance.
The price of food staples and child labour: evidence from Bangladesh
Tanvir Bashar presents his research on the impacts of rice price changes on child labour supply in Bangladesh.
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