Seminar 5 - referee-report from group E

Here is the report from group E.

Seminar 5: Referee-reports 

Here is the report from group C, here is the report from group D and here is the report from group F.
(Hopefully), the groups will present, and we will discuss the reports at the seminar tomorrow.

Slides from lecture 10

Here are the slides from yesterday's lecture.

Seminar problems

As mentioned during the lecture, the seminar problems for next time consists of writing a short referee-report on a research paper. You should answer the following questions:

- What is the research question?

- Why is the question interesting and relevant?

- How do they try to answer the question?

o What kind of data

o What kind of model

o What kind of identification strategy

o What kind of institutional setting makes identification possible (is it a reform or something else)

- What do they find?

- Are the results credible?

- What kind of problems or weaknesses are discussed and tested for?

- Is there some problems not discussed or tested for you which you find relevant?

Group C: Johansson and Palme: Moral hazard in sickness insurance

Group D: Bratsberg, Raaum and Røed: Immigration

Group E: Zhang and Røed: Unemployment

Group F: Markussen, Mykletun and Røed: Graded sick leave

Lecture: Acitivity requirements in social insurance

The slides for “Activity requirements in social insurance” are found here.

The newspaper article from Ljungqvist and Sargent can be read in Dagens Nyheter

The paper Active Social Insurance by Knut Røed is forthcoming in the IZA Journal of Labor Policy and can be downloaded and read here

The paper The Case for Presenteeism by Simen Markussen, Arnstein Mykletun and Knut Røed is forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics and can be downloaded and read here

Suggested solution - Seminar 4

Here is the suggested solution to problem 2 by group B. I will go through problem 1 and 2 at the seminar tomorrow.

Problem set - Seminar 4

Here is the problem set for next week's seminar. Groups A and B hand in suggested solutions.

Lecture note: Moral hazard–applications

The slides for the next lecture are found here.

Seminar 3

Here is the suggested solution to part 1 by group E. Here is the suggested solutin to part 2 by group F. And here is group F's do-file. I will go through the problems at the seminar today (Thursday 3/10).

A brief note on curriculum and lecture 7

Earlier this semester we posted a relatively detailed rundown of what we expect you to pick up from the different parts of the curriculum. I mentioned at the time that this would be modified to some extent based on the lectures and seminars. It should be noted that this is highly likely to be the case for the material covered in lecture 7 - as we had more time to go through the different models this year compared to last.

Lecture 7 - two videos

Here are the two videos promised during lecture 7:

Signalling theory of education in a webcomic

 

Not that often webcomics feature economic theory, so I’ll post this.

“The easier college gets, the dumber you look for not having a degree”

Links to articles and supplementary readings

If you are signed in to a computer at UiO (or access UiO IT services from home - see here), you will be able to download the articles from the links provided on this page.

Slides from lecture 7

Here are the slides from lecture 7