Monday, October 22, 2012

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

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