Calendrier du 09 avril 2024
Virtual Development Economics Seminar
Du 09/04/2024 de 17:00 à 18:00
Zoom
BHALOTRA Sonia ((Warwick University and CEPR))
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PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 09/04/2024 de 17:00 à 18:00
R1-09
TORRES Ornella (PSE)
Global Imbalances, Interest Rates and the Green Transition
Du 09/04/2024 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2.21
TOCHEV Todor (IPP)
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écrit avec Elena Manzoni, Simone Quercia and Sara Tonini
While media bias has been shown to exacerbate anti-immigration attitudes, little is known on how to counteract this effect. In this paper, we examine whether providing statistical information can countervail the effect of sensational news about immigrant crimes. Using a survey experiment in Italy, we randomly expose around 7,000 participants to a news story reporting a sexual assault perpetrated by an immigrant, and/or to statistical information about immigration and crime. We find that the news story increases anti-immigration attitudes while statistical information tends to have the opposite effect. When both are presented together the effect of the news story dominates the effect of information, resulting into an increase in anti-immigration sentiments. We further show that statistical information corrects factual beliefs, not only when presented in isolation, but also for individuals that are subsequently exposed to the news story. We find evidence suggesting that the emotional reaction to the news is an important factor explaining why, despite correcting misperceptions, information is not sufficient to counteract the attitudinal effect of the news story.
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 09/04/2024 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2.21
PECHEU Vladimir (IPP)
Trends and Inequality in Lifetime Earnings in France
écrit avec Bertrand Garbinti, Cecilia García-Pñalosa, Vladimir Pecheu, Frédérique Savignac
This paper is the first to compute lifetime earnings (LTE) in France for a large number of cohorts entering the labour market between 1967 and 1987, and to analyze their main determinants, as well as those of the evolution of the gender gap in LTE. We compare our results with evidence by Guvenen et al. (2022a) for the US, documenting sharp differences between the two countries. Median LTE show similar flat trends in both countries, but in France this results from a moderate increase for both genders together with increased female participation, while in the US, LTE declines for men and sharply grows for women. There have been marked changes in age profiles, as for both genders younger cohorts have experienced a decrease in entry wages that has been more than offset by faster wage growth. Our analysis of inequality finds that it is lower when we focus on LTE than in the cross-section, and that it follows a U-shaped pattern, although the increase is much smaller in France than that observed in the US. Lastly, we also find that i) education (returns and changes in attainment) plays a key role in shaping LTE across cohorts, ii) place of birth has a large influence on lifetime earnings and iii) differences in working time explain an increasing part of the gender gap in LTE over time as both men and women have increased the number of years they work but women have done so largely through part-time employment.