Past events
Sectoral stagnation and the yen
In this seminar Luke Meehan will analyse why Japanese economic growth now appears service-sector driven.
Middle class, inequality and economic development
In this seminar Ariun-Erdene Bayarjargal will discuss the relationship between economic growth and the size of middle class.
How income and education influence obesity risk in China
In this seminar Dung Doan will investigate how household income and education attainment influence the Body-Mass Index (BMI) and the probability of obesity among Chinese adults, using the China Health and Nutrition Survey 2004-2009.
Food insecurity and food prices
Per capita availability of food and reductions in real food prices are very strongly associated with reductions in undernourishment and poverty incidence. Professor Peter Warr explains why.
Decentralization, indirect tax reform and fiscal federalism in India
Professor Jha discusses the fiscal federalism in India. He argues for review and recalibration of the entire federal relations to ensure high economic growth.
Institutional settings and value adding in Indonesian mining: past and present
Indonesia, in an attempt to push domestic value adding, has recently put a ban on export of unprocessed minerals. Dr van der Eng reviews past experiences to shed light on this issue.
Using occam’s razor to assess the dynamics of comparative advantage
Professor James Riedel will discuss his paper which uses product-level data to analyse how comparative advantage evolves as per capita income rises in a sample of twenty relatively rapidly growing countries.
Deposit-only liability insurance in a country with weak rule of law: a case of Indonesia
In this seminar Dr Schmulow argues that traditional banking regulatory enforcement will not work where rule of law is weak. If Indonesia were to lose a bank, particularly a major bank, it would again face a financial crisis. To avoid that, he proposes a deposit-only liability insurance.
Remittances and economic growth: a multi-country analysis
In this seminar Rajan Panta will discuss the impact of remittances on long-term economic development of the receiving countries. The specifications of the growth equation and the econometric methodology of the paper systematically draw on the recent development in the empirical growth literature with a view to overcoming the limitations of the existing studies.
The employment effects of terminating disability benefits
Dr Timothy Moore discusses the employment effects of disability benefits termination and draws some lessons for reforms of the disability insurance program.
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